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name: "Charles Sailor"
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# Charles Sailor

Writer.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Active:** 1973–1974
- **Also known as:** Stewart Alexander
- **Works often with:** Charles S. Dubin, David Taylor, Eric Kaldor, Fred Baratta, Jeannot Szwarc, Jerry London

## Biography

Charles Sailor is a writer, actor and producer. He wrote episodes of the television series *Kojak* (1973), for which he is also credited with stories, and *The Rockford Files* (1974). He has written for other series including *CHiPs* (1977) and *Charlie's Angels* (1976), as well as television films, and has been credited under the pseudonym Stewart Alexander.

Sailor is the author of the New York Times bestselling novel *The Second Son* (with a first printing of 1.2 million copies) and other novels. He began his career as an actor, appearing in motion pictures and television programmes including *Return to Peyton Place* and *Medical Center*.

*Sources: imdb.com, vvh.org, amazon.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *The Rockford Files* (1974), Fi1m 83, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-rockford-files.md)
- *Kojak* (1973), Fi1m 80, Story, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/kojak.md)

## Also known for

- *CHiPs* (1977), Writer

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