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name: "Jeff Wilhelm"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jeff-wilhelm"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "17 December 1946"
died: "25 February 2026"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T16:27:59.241262+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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# Jeff Wilhelm

Writer. Born 17 December 1946 in Noblesville, Indiana. Died 25 February 2026.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 17 December 1946, Noblesville, Indiana
- **Died:** 25 February 2026

## Biography

Jeff Wilhelm was a television writer. His credits include a story for one episode of *M*A*S*H* (1974), an episode of *The Bob Newhart Show* (1973), an episode of *Magnum, P.I.* (1981), and two episodes of *Supertrain* (1979), on which he also served as story editor.

He later trained for the ministry, earning a Master of Divinity and being ordained as an Episcopal priest at the age of 58. He served at St Stephen’s in Beaumont, California, and St Andrew’s in Ojai, California.

*Sources: imdb.com, starksfamilyfh.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *M*A*S*H* (1972), Fi1m 85, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/m-a-s-h-1972.md)

## Also known for

- *Magnum, P.I.* (1980), Writer
- *The Bob Newhart Show* (1972), Writer

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