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R. W. Campbell
Best known as a screenwriter, he also built a strong second life as a novelist, bringing a sharp eye for character and a feel for drama to both page and screen. His work ranged from television and film to mystery fiction, giving readers a writer who knew how to keep a story moving.
3 Audiobooks
Private Spud Tamson
by R. W. Campbell
John Brown: Confessions of a New Army Cadet
by R. W. Campbell
The Kangaroo Marines
by R. W. Campbell
About the author
Robert Wright Campbell was an American writer, screenwriter, and occasional actor, born in Newark, New Jersey, in 1927. He studied painting at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn and served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War before heading to Hollywood, where he began working in film and television.
Often credited as R. Wright Campbell or Robert Campbell, he wrote for series including Maverick and Marcus Welby, M.D. and later became known as a crime novelist as well. Archival and reference sources describe him as the author of dozens of novels and numerous screenplays, showing how comfortably he moved between popular fiction and screenwriting.
He died in Monterey, California, in 2000. A suitable confirmed portrait image was not available from the source page I could verify, so no profile image is included here.