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name: "James Menzies"
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roles: ["Writer"]
born: "12 August 1926"
died: "1 October 2008"
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# James Menzies

Writer. Born 12 August 1926 in New York, USA. Died 1 October 2008.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 12 August 1926, New York, USA
- **Died:** 1 October 2008
- **Active:** 1963–1971
- **Works often with:** Anthony Lawrence, Leo Penn, Richard Levinson, Robert Butler, Robert Douglas, Vincent McEveety

## Biography

James Menzies was an American television writer and producer. Born in New York in 1926, he contributed scripts to numerous series from the early 1960s onwards.

His credits include episodes of *The Fugitive* (1965), *Columbo* (1975), *Hawaii Five-O* (1976–1980), *The Virginian*, *Combat!*, *The Streets of San Francisco* and *Mr. Novak*. He also worked as a producer on *Mr. Novak* and served in story editor and story consultant roles on other programmes.

Menzies died in San Luis Obispo, California, in 2008.

*Sources: imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Columbo* (1971), Fi1m 86, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/columbo.md)
- *The Fugitive* (1963), Fi1m 84, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-fugitive-1963.md)

## Also known for

- *Hawaii Five-O* (1969), Story, Writer

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