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name: "Walter Dallenbach"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/walter-dallenbach"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "21 August 1937"
died: "28 February 2014"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T20:36:29.908272+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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# Walter Dallenbach

Writer. Born 21 August 1937 in New Rochelle, New York, USA. Died 28 February 2014.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 21 August 1937, New Rochelle, New York, USA
- **Died:** 28 February 2014
- **Active:** 1974–1990
- **Works often with:** John Patterson, Mike Post

## Biography

Walter Dallenbach was an American television writer. Born on 21 August 1937 in New Rochelle, New York, he died on 28 February 2014 in Santa Barbara, California.

He wrote episodes for series including *Adam-12* (1968), *The Rockford Files* (1974), *T. J. Hooker* (1982) and *Law & Order* (1990). He received a Writers Guild of America Certificate of Excellence for contributions to two of the 100 Best Written TV Series of all time. Later in his career he taught screenwriting at Santa Barbara City College and the Santa Barbara Writers Conference.

*Sources: imdb.com, independent.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Rockford Files* (1974), Fi1m 83, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-rockford-files.md)

## Also credited on (not yet reviewed)

- *Law & Order* (1990), Writer

## Also known for

- *T. J. Hooker* (1982), Story
- *Adam-12* (1968), Writer

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