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Richard Leighton Levinson (August 7, 1934 – March 12, 1987) was an American screenwriter and producer who often worked in collaboration with William Link. [1] [2] Life and career. Levinson was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He attended the University of Pennsylvania, where he earned a Bachelor's Degree in Economics in 1956.
Richard Levinson (1934-1987) was a prolific TV writer and producer, best known for creating and writing Columbo and Murder, She Wrote. He also wrote and produced several TV movies and stage musicals, and collaborated with William Link for many years.
- Writer, Producer, Additional Crew
- August 7, 1934
- Richard Levinson
- March 12, 1987
Schoolfriends William Link and Richard Levinson, inspired by Porfiry Petrovich in Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment and the books of GK Chesterton, had already used Lt Columbo on stage with ...
Richard Levinson was born on August 7, 1934 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for Columbo (1971), Murder, She Wrote (1984) and Rehearsal for Murder (1982). He was married to Rosanna Huffman. He died on March 12, 1987 in Brentwood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
- August 7, 1934
- March 12, 1987
Richard Levinson and William Link were American television producers and writers who collaborated for 43 years, until Levinson's death.
Mar 13, 1987 · Richard Levinson, who with his boyhood partner William Link, wrote some of the most memorable and profitable programs in television history, died early Thursday at his Brentwood home of an...
The character of Columbo was created by the writing team of Richard Levinson and William Link, who said that Columbo was partially inspired by Fyodor Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment character Porfiry Petrovich, as well as G. K. Chesterton's humble cleric-detective Father Brown.
