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name: "Peter B. Germano"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/peter-b-germano"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "17 May 1913"
died: "20 September 1983"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T16:01:10.896173+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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# Peter B. Germano

Writer. Born 17 May 1913 in New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA. Died 20 September 1983.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 17 May 1913, New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA
- **Died:** 20 September 1983

## Biography

Peter B. Germano (1913–1983) was an American author and screenwriter. He began writing short stories in the 1930s and served as a combat correspondent for the Marines during the Second World War. He later published numerous western novels, many under pseudonyms including Barry Cord, and also wrote science fiction.

Germano wrote scripts for many television series from the 1950s onwards. His credits include episodes of *The Rifleman* (1958), *Wagon Train* (1961–1964), *The Fugitive* (1963–1964), *The Time Tunnel* (1966) and *Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea* (1967). He was married to Muriel Clara Garant, with whom he collaborated on some projects.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

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

## Also known for

- *The Time Tunnel* (1966), Story
- *The Rifleman* (1958), Writer

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