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name: "Robert W. Lenski"
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roles: ["Writer"]
born: "11 June 1926"
died: "19 June 2002"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T16:49:49.539567+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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# Robert W. Lenski

Writer. Born 11 June 1926 in Michigan, USA. Died 19 June 2002.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 11 June 1926, Michigan, USA
- **Died:** 19 June 2002
- **Also known as:** Robert Lenski

## Biography

Robert W. Lenski was an American screenwriter. Born on a farm in Michigan in 1926, he served in the United States Marines during the Second World War, landing on Iwo Jima. He graduated from the University of Michigan with a degree in English and journalism, then worked as a journalist in Jackson, Michigan, before moving into advertising and screenwriting in the early 1970s.

His credits included episodes of the series *Kojak* (1973), *Mannix* (1967) and *Cannon* (1971). He also wrote for miniseries and television films such as *The Dain Curse* (1978), *Decoration Day* (1990) and *Breathing Lessons* (1994). Lenski received three Primetime Emmy Award nominations for his writing between 1978 and 1994, and won an Edgar Allan Poe Award for *The Dain Curse*.

He died in Los Angeles in 2002.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Kojak* (1973), Fi1m 80, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/kojak.md)

## Also known for

- *Mannix* (1967), Writer
- *Cannon* (1971), Writer

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