---
name: "Tom Palmer"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/tom-palmer"
fi1m_id: "tom-palmer"
imdb_id: "nm0658479"
tmdb_id: 1222230
wikidata_id: "Q7817153"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "1 January 1901"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 82
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T17:25:31.184790+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."
---

# Tom Palmer

## Identity

Tom Palmer

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/tom-palmer
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** tom-palmer
- **IMDb ID:** nm0658479
- **TMDB ID:** 1222230
- **Wikidata ID:** Q7817153
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7817153, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0658479/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1222230

Writer. Born 1 January 1901.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 1 January 1901
- **Active:** 1988–2007
- **Frequently works with:** [Lisa Albert](https://film.one/person/lisa-albert.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 82, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 77 (1), 2000s 88 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7817153, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0658479/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1222230

## Streaming the US now

- **AMC+:** [*Mad Men*](https://film.one/tv/mad-men.md) (88)
- **Tubi:** [*Murphy Brown*](https://film.one/tv/murphy-brown.md) (77)

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

## Biography

Tom Palmer is an American television writer and producer. His credits include writing and producing on *Murphy Brown* (1988), for which he contributed multiple episodes, as well as work on *Coach* (1989) and *The Twilight Zone* (1985).

He served as co-executive producer on the first season of *Mad Men* (2007) and wrote two episodes. Alongside the writing staff, he won a Writers Guild of America award for best new series and was nominated for best dramatic series.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Mad Men* (2007), Fi1m 88, Writer, Co-Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/mad-men.md)
- *Murphy Brown* (1988), Fi1m 77, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/murphy-brown.md)

## Complete filmography (10)

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

- *Murphy Brown* (2018), series, Writer
- *Mad Men* (2007), series, Writer, Co-Executive Producer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/mad-men.md)
- *Baby Bob* (2002), series, Writer, Producer
- *Living in Captivity* (1998), series, Writer, Creator
- *The Naked Truth* (1995), series, Writer
- *Good Advice* (1993), series, Writer
- *Coach* (1989), series, Writer
- *Murphy Brown* (1988), series, Writer — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/murphy-brown.md)
- *My Sister Sam* (1986), series, Writer
- *The Twilight Zone* (1985), series, Writer

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