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Earl W. Wallace (October 23, 1942 – May 12, 2018) was an American screen and television writer who began his career in the 1970s writing episodes of the hit CBS Western series Gunsmoke, one of which inspired him, his wife Pamela, and William Kelley to develop the screenplay for the 1985 film Witness. [1] [2]
Earl W. Wallace was born on 23 October 1942. He was a writer, known for Witness (1985), How the West Was Won (1976) and Supertrain (1979). He was married to Pamela Wallace. He died on 12 May 2018.
- Earl W. Wallace
- May 12, 2018
- October 23, 1942
Earl W. Wallace (October 23, 1942 – May 12, 2018) was an American screen and television writer who began his career in the 1970s writing episodes of the hit CBS Western series Gunsmoke, one of which inspired him, his wife Pamela, and William Kelley to develop the screenplay for the 1985 film Witness.
The script was initially named Called Home and was written by William Kelley and Earl W. Wallace, based on a story they developed with Pamela Wallace. They based the script on an episode of the acclaimed TV show Gunsmoke they wrote a decade earlier.
Feb 13, 2023 · The screenplay by William Kelley and Earl W. Wallace was derived from a "Gunsmoke" episode the duo had written in 1970. The project had been rejected by nearly every studio in Hollywood...
May 23, 2022 · When Weir sent Kelley and Wallace a significant rewrite, the "Gunsmoke" scribes were stunned. Per a fascinating Cinephilia and Beyond article by Sven Mikulec , Weir said, "I put more Amish ...
Feb 8, 2003 · Kelley and Earl Wallace first met in the 1970s when Kelley was writing scripts for “Gunsmoke” and Wallace was the show’s executive story consultant. “Bill had a marvelous sense of humor, in...
