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name: "John Tomerlin"
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born: "26 March 1930"
died: "25 November 2014"
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updated: "2026-09-16T15:42:38.473308+00:00"
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# John Tomerlin

Writer. Born 26 March 1930 in Los Angeles, California, USA. Died 25 November 2014.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 26 March 1930, Los Angeles, California, USA
- **Died:** 25 November 2014

## Biography

John Tomerlin (1930–2014) was an American screenwriter and author. He wrote episodes for numerous television series from the late 1950s onwards, including *Wanted: Dead or Alive*, *Lawman* (eleven episodes) and *The Twilight Zone*.

He adapted Charles Beaumont's short story "The Beautiful People" for the 1964 *Twilight Zone* episode "Number 12 Looks Just Like You". His other credits include episodes of *Thriller*, *Richard Diamond, Private Detective* and *S.W.A.T.* (1975), and the screenplay for the 1973 television film *The Picture of Dorian Gray*.

Tomerlin studied television and radio broadcasting at the University of Southern California and began working as a full-time freelance writer in 1956. He also wrote novels and collaborated with Beaumont on *Run From the Hunter* (1957, under the pseudonym Keith Grantland).

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

## On Fi1m (1)

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

## Also known for

- *S.W.A.T.* (1975), Writer

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