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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]
Witness is a 1985 American neo-noir crime thriller film [1] directed by Peter Weir. The film stars Harrison Ford and Kelly McGillis, with Josef Sommer, Lukas Haas, Jan Rubeš, Danny Glover, Alexander Godunov, Patti LuPone and Viggo Mortensen (in his feature film debut).
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.
Earl W. Wallace was born on October 23, 1942. He was a writer, known for Witness (1985), How the West Was Won (1976) and Supertrain (1979). He was married to Pamela Wallace.
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...
