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name: "Gordon T. Dawson"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/gordon-t-dawson"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "20 April 1938"
died: "6 March 2023"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T20:36:24.304833+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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# Gordon T. Dawson

Writer. Born 20 April 1938 in Pasadena, California, USA. Died 6 March 2023.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 20 April 1938, Pasadena, California, USA
- **Died:** 6 March 2023
- **Active:** 1974–1993
- **Also known as:** Gordon Dawson
- **Works often with:** Alexander Singer, Corey Allen, Don Carlos Dunaway, James Crocker, Reza Badiyi, Winrich Kolbe

## Biography

Gordon T. Dawson was an American writer, producer and former wardrobe supervisor. He began his film career in the costume department before collaborating extensively with director Sam Peckinpah on *The Wild Bunch* (1969), *The Ballad of Cable Hogue* (1970), *The Getaway* (1972), *Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid* (1973) and *Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia* (1974), where he also served as associate producer and co-wrote the screenplay.

Dawson wrote for numerous television series from the late 1960s onwards, including episodes of *Bonanza*, *Lou Grant* and nine episodes of *The Rockford Files* (1975–1979). He created and wrote all 18 episodes of the 1981–1982 series *Bret Maverick*, and later wrote 32 episodes of *Walker, Texas Ranger* (1993–2001) while serving as supervising producer and co-executive producer. Other credits include *Star Trek: Deep Space Nine*, *Silk Stalkings* and *Diagnosis: Murder*. He received Western Writers of America Spur awards and Western Heritage Wrangler awards, and was nominated for a Writers Guild of America award for the 1999 telefilm *Purgatory*.

*Sources: hollywoodreporter.com, deadline.com, variety.com, 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), Writer

## Also known for

- *Walker, Texas Ranger* (1993), Teleplay
- *Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid* (1973), Second Unit Director
- *Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia* (1974), Screenplay
- *The Ballad of Cable Hogue* (1970), Writer
- *Diagnosis: Murder* (1993), Writer
- *Purgatory* (1999), Writer
- *Silk Stalkings* (1991), Writer

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