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name: "Barney Slater"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/barney-slater"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "21 January 1923"
died: "29 November 1978"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 84
updated: "2026-09-16T16:08:59.350392+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Barney Slater

Writer. Born 21 January 1923 in Gastonia, North Carolina, USA. Died 29 November 1978.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 21 January 1923, Gastonia, North Carolina, USA
- **Died:** 29 November 1978
- **Active:** 1966–1971

## Biography

Barney Slater (1923–1978) was an American screenwriter and television writer. Born in Gastonia, North Carolina, he contributed stories and teleplays to feature films and numerous television series from the 1950s to the 1970s.

His film credits include the story for *The Tin Star* (1957), for which he received a shared Academy Award nomination, and stories for *Three Violent People* (1956) and *Cahill: United States Marshal* (1973). On television he wrote episodes of *Lost in Space* (1965–1968), *Mission: Impossible* (1966), *The Time Tunnel* (1966), *Columbo* (1971) and *CHiPs* (1977). He died in Los Angeles following a hit-and-run accident.

*Sources: imdb.com, missionimpossible.fandom.com, grokipedia.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Columbo* (1971), Fi1m 86, Story — [page](https://film.one/tv/columbo.md)
- *Mission: Impossible* (1966), Fi1m 82, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/mission-impossible-1966.md)

## Also known for

- *The Time Tunnel* (1966), Writer
- *Cahill: United States Marshal* (1973), Story
- *CHiPs* (1977), Writer
- *The Tin Star* (1957), Story
- *Lost in Space* (1965), Teleplay, Writer
- *Three Violent People* (1956), Story

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