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name: "Don Carlos Dunaway"
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roles: ["Writer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T20:36:24.338388+00:00"
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# Don Carlos Dunaway

Writer.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Active:** 1974–1993
- **Works often with:** Alexander Singer, Corey Allen, Gordon T. Dawson, James Crocker, Reza Badiyi, Winrich Kolbe

## Biography

Don Carlos Dunaway is an American screenwriter whose career spanned the 1970s to the mid-1990s, working primarily in television. He wrote episodes of series including *Toma* (1974), *Baretta* (1975), *The Rockford Files* (1975–76) and *The Equalizer* (1986).

In 1978 he co-created the CBS series *Kaz* with Ron Leibman and wrote 23 episodes of it. He also contributed the teleplay for the *Star Trek: Deep Space Nine* episode "The Forsaken" (1993). His film credits include co-writing the screenplays for *Cujo* (1983) and *Impulse* (1984). Dunaway directed one episode of the 1985 revival of *The Twilight Zone*.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

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

## Also credited on (not yet reviewed)

- *Star Trek: Deep Space Nine* (1993), Teleplay

## Also known for

- *Cujo* (1983), Screenplay
- *The Twilight Zone* (1985), Director
- *The Equalizer* (1985), Writer
- *Impulse* (1984), Writer
- *Baretta* (1975), Writer

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