---
name: "Ron Osborn"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ron-osborn"
fi1m_id: "ron-osborn"
imdb_id: "nm0651592"
tmdb_id: 4178
roles: ["Writer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 84
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T17:26:15.772614+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."
---

# Ron Osborn

## Identity

Ron Osborn

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ron-osborn
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** ron-osborn
- **IMDb ID:** nm0651592
- **TMDB ID:** 4178
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0651592/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4178

Writer.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Active:** 1985–1999
- **Frequently works with:** [Jeff Reno](https://film.one/person/jeff-reno.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 84, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 82 (1), 1990s 86 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0651592/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4178

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*The West Wing*](https://film.one/tv/the-west-wing.md) (86)
- **Disney+:** [*Moonlighting*](https://film.one/tv/moonlighting.md) (82)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Ron Osborn is an American writer and producer. His credits span television series and feature films from the late 1970s onward, including story editor and writing roles on *Mork & Mindy* (1978) and *Night Court* (1984), as well as writing contributions to *Moonlighting* (1985), *Duckman* (1994) and *Silver Spoons* (1982).

He co-wrote the screenplay for the film *Meet Joe Black* (1998) and the teleplay for an episode of *The West Wing* (1999) with his frequent collaborator Jeff Reno. Osborn also served as producer or consulting producer on several of these series and received multiple Primetime Emmy nominations for his writing and producing work.

*Sources: imdb.com, westwing.fandom.com, filmconnection.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *The West Wing* (1999), Fi1m 86, Teleplay — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-west-wing.md)
- *Moonlighting* (1985), Fi1m 82, Story, Producer, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/moonlighting.md)

## Complete filmography (13)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Animus* (2023), Writer
- *She Spies* (2002), series, Consulting Producer, Writer, Director
- *The West Wing* (1999), series, Teleplay — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-west-wing.md)
- *Meet Joe Black* (1998), Screenplay
- *Cupid* (1998), series, Writer
- *Radioland Murders* (1994), Screenplay
- *Duckman* (1994), series, Writer, Executive Producer
- *Moonlighting* (1985), series, Writer, Producer, Story — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/moonlighting.md)
- *Goldie and the Bears* (1985), Teleplay
- *Night Court* (1984), series, Writer, Story Editor
- *Silver Spoons* (1982), series, Writer
- *Too Close for Comfort* (1980), series, Writer
- *Mork & Mindy* (1978), series, Writer

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