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name: "Sy Salkowitz"
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born: "21 April 1926"
died: "22 August 1991"
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# Sy Salkowitz

Writer. Born 21 April 1926 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Died 22 August 1991.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 21 April 1926, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- **Died:** 22 August 1991
- **Active:** 1966–1971
- **Works often with:** Alf Kjellin, Bernard L. Kowalski, Howard Berk, Jackson Gillis, Jerrold L. Ludwig, John T. Dugan

## Biography

Sy Salkowitz was an American television writer, producer and executive. He began his screenwriting career in 1956 with an episode of *The Errol Flynn Theatre* and went on to write more than 350 episodes for series including *Naked City*, *Perry Mason*, *Mission: Impossible*, *The Virginian*, *Ironside* and *Police Story*.

Salkowitz served as president of 20th Century Fox Television from 1976 to 1981. He received the Edgar Allan Poe Award from the Mystery Writers of America in 1974. He also wrote the feature films *Thunder Alley* (1967) and *The Biggest Bundle of Them All* (1968), and his papers are held by the Wisconsin Center for Theatre Research.

*Sources: latimes.com, imdb.com, missionimpossible.fandom.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Columbo* (1971), Fi1m 86, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/columbo.md)
- *Mission: Impossible* (1966), Fi1m 82, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/mission-impossible-1966.md)

## Also known for

- *The Six Million Dollar Man* (1974), Writer
- *Perry Mason* (1957), Writer
- *Ironside* (1967), Writer

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