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name: "Paul Robert Coyle"
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average_fi1m_score: 80
updated: "2026-09-16T23:22:56.353402+00:00"
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# Paul Robert Coyle

Writer.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Active:** 1993–1995
- **Works often with:** Anson Williams, John T. Kretchmer, Paul Lynch, Peter Allan Fields, Stephen L. Posey

## Biography

Paul Robert Coyle is a television writer and producer. He wrote the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "Whispers" (1994) and five episodes of Xena: Warrior Princess between 1996 and 2001. He also contributed to Star Trek: Voyager and wrote extensively for Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, where he served as co-producer and wrote numerous episodes from 1997 to 1999.

Coyle began his career writing for series such as CHiPs, Barnaby Jones, Jake and the Fatman and Crazy Like a Fox. He later worked on Superboy, Space Precinct and The Dead Zone. In 2021 he published the memoir Swords, Starships and Superheroes, recounting his experiences across detective procedurals and genre television. A fictionalised version of Coyle was portrayed by Michael Hurst in two episodes of Hercules: The Legendary Journeys.

*Sources: imdb.com, memory-alpha.fandom.com, hercules-xena.fandom.com, borg.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Xena: Warrior Princess* (1995), Fi1m 74, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/xena-warrior-princess.md)
- *Star Trek: Deep Space Nine* (1993), Fi1m 85, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/star-trek-deep-space-nine.md)

## Also known for

- *Star Trek: Voyager* (1995), Writer
- *Hercules: The Legendary Journeys* (1995), Writer, Director, Story
- *The Dead Zone* (2002), Story
- *CHiPs* (1977), Writer
- *The Streets of San Francisco* (1972), Writer
- *Jake and the Fatman* (1987), Writer

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