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name: "Burton Armus"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/burton-armus"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "11 December 1934"
died: "8 April 2024"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T20:36:15.249617+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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# Burton Armus

Writer. Born 11 December 1934 in New York, New York, USA. Died 8 April 2024.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 11 December 1934, New York, New York, USA
- **Died:** 8 April 2024
- **Active:** 1973–1993
- **Also known as:**  Burt Armus
- **Works often with:** Rift Fournier

## Biography

Burton Armus (also credited as Burt Armus) was an American television writer and producer. Born in New York in 1934, he began his career as an NYPD detective before serving as technical advisor on the series *Kojak* from 1973, for which he also wrote nine episodes and appeared as an actor in three.

After retiring from the police force, Armus moved to Los Angeles and wrote for numerous series, including *The Streets of San Francisco*, *CHiPs*, *The Fall Guy*, *Knight Rider*, *Airwolf*, *Street Hawk* and *Star Trek: The Next Generation*. He worked as a producer on several programmes and contributed to *NYPD Blue* as writer, executive story consultant and co-producer, earning a Primetime Emmy Award in 1995 for Outstanding Drama Series. Armus died in 2024.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Kojak* (1973), Fi1m 80, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/kojak.md)

## Also credited on (not yet reviewed)

- *NYPD Blue* (1993), Teleplay, Writer

## Also known for

- *Star Trek: The Next Generation* (1987), Writer
- *Knight Rider* (1982), Writer, Story
- *Airwolf* (1984), Writer
- *The Fall Guy* (1981), Writer
- *CHiPs* (1977), Writer
- *The Streets of San Francisco* (1972), Writer
- *Street Hawk* (1985), Writer

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