---
name: "David Richardson"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/david-richardson"
fi1m_id: "david-richardson"
imdb_id: "nm0724491"
tmdb_id: 1216626
wikidata_id: "Q3018693"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "24 December 1955"
died: "18 January 2021"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 72
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-23T23:02:33.690636+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."
---

# David Richardson

## Identity

David Richardson

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/david-richardson
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** david-richardson
- **IMDb ID:** nm0724491
- **TMDB ID:** 1216626
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3018693
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Richardson_(writer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3018693, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0724491/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1216626

Writer. Born 24 December 1955 in Phoenix, Arizona, USA. Died 18 January 2021.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 24 December 1955, Phoenix, Arizona, USA
- **Died:** 18 January 2021
- **Active:** 1989–2003
- **Also known as:** Dave Richardson
- **Frequently works with:** [Eric Kaplan](https://film.one/person/eric-kaplan.md), [Jay Kogen](https://film.one/person/jay-kogen.md), [Jeff Melman](https://film.one/person/jeff-melman.md), [Steve Tompkins](https://film.one/person/steve-tompkins.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 72, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 88 (1), 2000s 55 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Richardson_(writer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3018693, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0724491/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1216626

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*The Simpsons*](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md) (88)
- **Peacock:** [*Two and a Half Men*](https://film.one/tv/two-and-a-half-men.md) (55)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

David Richardson was an American television writer and producer. He began his career in the mid-1980s writing for series including *Grand* and *Empty Nest*, later working as a writer and producer on *Phenom*, *The John Larroquette Show* and *Local Heroes*.

Richardson wrote the 1994 episode 'Homer Loves Flanders' of *The Simpsons* and served as supervising producer on eleven episodes of the series. He also wrote for *Malcolm in the Middle*, *Two and a Half Men* and *F Is for Family*, and produced episodes of *Ed* and *Married to the Kellys*. He won a Humanitas Prize in 1995.

Born in Phoenix, Arizona, on 24 December 1955, Richardson died in Los Angeles on 18 January 2021.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Two and a Half Men* (2003), Fi1m 55, Teleplay, Writer, Story — [page](https://film.one/tv/two-and-a-half-men.md)
- *The Simpsons* (1989), Fi1m 88, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md)

## Complete filmography (13)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Married to the Kellys* (2003), series, Writer
- *Two and a Half Men* (2003), series, Writer, Consulting Producer, Co-Executive Producer, Teleplay, Story — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/tv/two-and-a-half-men.md)
- *My Big Fat Greek Life* (2003), series, Co-Executive Producer
- *Ed* (2000), series, Writer
- *Manhattan, AZ* (2000), series, Writer, Creator
- *Malcolm in the Middle* (2000), series, Writer, Co-Executive Producer
- *Soul Man* (1997), series, Writer
- *Local Heroes* (1996), series, Writer
- *Phenom* (1993), series, Writer
- *The John Larroquette Show* (1993), series, Writer
- *Grand* (1990), series, Writer
- *The Simpsons* (1989), series, Writer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md)
- *Empty Nest* (1988), series, Writer

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