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name: "John Furia, Jr."
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roles: ["Writer"]
born: "16 August 1929"
died: "7 May 2009"
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updated: "2026-09-16T15:42:10.522001+00:00"
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# John Furia, Jr.

Writer. Born 16 August 1929 in New York City. Died 7 May 2009.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 16 August 1929, New York City
- **Died:** 7 May 2009

## Biography

John Furia Jr. was an American television writer and producer. Born in New York City, he graduated from Fordham University and began his career writing for anthology series including *Playhouse 90* and *Climax!* before moving to California.

He contributed scripts to numerous series, including *Bonanza* (1959), *The Twilight Zone* (1959), *Dr. Kildare*, *Hawaii Five-O*, *The Waltons* and *Kung Fu* (1972). He co-developed the long-running series *Hotel* (1983) and served as showrunner on *Kung Fu* and other programmes. His film writing credits include *The Singing Nun* (1966) and the story for *Change of Habit* (1969).

Furia was president of the Writers Guild of America, West from 1973 to 1975 and later a professor and founding chair of the writing division at the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts. He died in Los Angeles in 2009.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Twilight Zone* (1959), Fi1m 84, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-twilight-zone.md)

## Also known for

- *Bonanza* (1959), Writer

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