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name: "Robert E. Thompson"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/robert-e-thompson"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "3 November 1924"
died: "11 February 2004"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T15:59:29.769126+00:00"
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# Robert E. Thompson

Writer. Born 3 November 1924 in Los Angeles, California, USA. Died 11 February 2004.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 3 November 1924, Los Angeles, California, USA
- **Died:** 11 February 2004
- **Also known as:** Robert Thompson

## Biography

Robert E. Thompson was an American screenwriter and television producer. Born in Los Angeles, California, on 3 November 1924, he served in the US Army during the Second World War and graduated from Yale University. He began writing for live television dramas in the mid-1950s and contributed episodes to series including *Bonanza*, *Have Gun – Will Travel* and *The Man from U.N.C.L.E.*.

Thompson wrote two episodes of *Mission: Impossible* in 1968, for which he also served as producer and script consultant. His feature screenplay for *They Shoot Horses, Don't They?* (1969), co-written with James Poe, earned an Academy Award nomination. He produced episodes of *Rawhide* and wrote television films such as *The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald* (1977) and *A Case of Rape* (1974). Thompson died in Santa Monica, California, on 11 February 2004.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Mission: Impossible* (1966), Fi1m 82, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/mission-impossible-1966.md)

## Also known for

- *Bonanza* (1959), Writer
- *They Shoot Horses, Don't They?* (1969), Screenplay
- *The Man from U.N.C.L.E.* (1964), Writer

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