Laurence Heath (Writer)
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Works
Murder, She Wrote
An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life homicide cases.
Release Date1984-09-30
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count10
Vote Count413
Mannix
Mannix is an American television detective series that ran from 1967 through 1975 on CBS. Created by Richard Levinson and William Link and developed by executive producer Bruce Geller, the title character, Joe Mannix, is a private investigator. He is played by Mike Connors. Mannix was the last series produced by Desilu Productions.
Release Date1967-09-16
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count1
Vote Count51
Mission: Impossible
Mission: Impossible is an American television series that was created and initially produced by Bruce Geller. It chronicles the missions of a team of secret government agents known as the Impossible Missions Force. In the first season, the team is led by Dan Briggs, played by Steven Hill; Jim Phelps, played by Peter Graves, takes charge for the remaining seasons. A hallmark of the series shows Briggs or Phelps receiving his instructions on a recording that then self-destructs, followed by the theme music composed by Lalo Schifrin. The series aired on the CBS network from September 1966 to March 1973, then returned to television for two seasons on ABC, from 1988 to 1990, retaining only Graves in the cast. It later inspired a popular series of theatrical motion pictures starring Tom Cruise, beginning in 1996.
Release Date1966-09-17
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count21
Vote Count295
Hawaii Five-O
Hawaii Five-O is an American police procedural drama series produced by CBS Productions and Leonard Freeman. Set in Hawaii, the show originally aired for 12 seasons from 1968 to 1980, and continues in reruns. Jack Lord portrayed Detective Lieutenant Steve McGarrett, the head of a special state police task force which was based on an actual unit that existed under martial law in the 1940s. The theme music composed by Morton Stevens became especially popular. Many episodes would end with McGarrett instructing his subordinate to "Book 'em, Danno!", sometimes specifying a charge such as "murder one".
Release Date1968-09-20
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count1
Vote Count149
The Invaders
The Invaders, alien beings from a dying planet. Their destination: the Earth. Their purpose: to make it their world. David Vincent has seen them, for him it began one lost night on a lonely country road, looking for a shortcut that he never found. It began with a closed deserted diner, and a man too long without sleep to continue his journey. It began with the landing of a craft from another galaxy. Now, David Vincent knows that the Invaders are here, that they have taken human form. Somehow he must convince a disbelieving world that the nightmare has already begun.
Release Date1967-01-10
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count4
Vote Count58
Dazzle
Beautiful successful photographer battles evil half-sisters and evil land developers to keep the family ranch intact, following her father's death. In the midst of all this, she finds love and fulfillment.
Release Date1995-10-15
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Vote Count2
The Magician
Bill Bixby stars in this NBC pilot movie as a famous stage magician and escape artist who solves crimes.
Release Date1973-03-17
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Vote Count4
Animal Farm
Animals on a farm lead a revolution against the farmers to put their destiny in their own hands. However this revolution eats their own children and they cannot avoid corruption.
Release Date1954-12-28
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Vote Count513
The Magician
The Magician is an American television series that ran during the 1973–1974 season. It starred Bill Bixby as stage illusionist Anthony "Tony" Blake, a playboy philanthropist who used his skills to solve difficult crimes as needed. In the series pilot, the character was instead named Anthony Dorian. The name change was due to a conflict with the name of a real life stage magician.
Release Date1973-10-02
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count2
Vote Count12
Lancer
Lancer is an American Western series that aired on CBS from September 1968, to May 1970. The series stars Andrew Duggan, James Stacy, and Wayne Maunder as a father with two half-brother sons, an arrangement similar to the more successful Bonanza on NBC.
Release Date1968-09-24
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count2
Vote Count5
Canyon Crossroads
A mining engineer, who is shunned by his peers for his unorthodox beliefs concerning the whereabouts of large uranium deposits, joins forces with a girl and her father to search for the mineral. When the father is hurt in an accident, daughter and engineer continue the project, aided by a Native American guide. Unbeknownst to the group, a reputable citizen of the town, really of low moral value, is shadowing them, his intention to jump their claim.
Release Date1955-01-01
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
Vote Count2
Code Red
Code Red is an American drama series that ran from 1981 to 1982 on ABC and was produced by Irwin Allen. The series revolves around the family and crew of L.A. Battalion Fire Chief Joe Rorchek.
Release Date1981-09-20
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count1
Vote Count2
Triumph of the Spirit
During World War II, Salamo Arouch, a passionate boxer, is arrested and sent to a concentration camp. Soon, he is forced to box against his fellow prisoners for the sake of entertainment.
Release Date1989-12-08
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Vote Count57
Christopher Columbus
After his proposal to sail west to the East Indies is rejected by Portugal, Columbus overcomes court intrigue in Spain to gain support for his expedition.
Release Date1985-03-07
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
Episode Count4
Vote Count2
Call to Danger
A federal agent recruits a computer whiz to try to free a Mafia witness who has been kidnapped and held in a heavily fortified compound.
Release Date1973-02-27
DepartmentProduction
JobProducer
Most Wanted
Most Wanted is an American crime drama series shown on ABC
Release Date1976-03-21
DepartmentCreator
JobCreator
Vote Count2
Jacqueline Susann's Valley of the Dolls
Updated version of the Jacqueline Susann best selling 1960's novel shows the lives of three very different women who come to New York City to achieve fame and fortune in show business and get all messed up in the process.
Release Date1981-10-19
DepartmentWriting
JobTeleplay
Vote Count4
The Beasts Are on the Streets
Panic grips a small community after a tanker truck crashes through a fence at a wild animal park, freeing dozens of dangerous beasts.
Release Date1978-05-18
DepartmentWriting
JobTeleplay
Vote Count6
Seventh Avenue
A poor young man from New York's Lower East Side determines to overcome his status, and through hard work rises to become a power in the garment industry.
Release Date1977-02-10
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count3
Vote Count1
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars is an anthology series that was telecast from 1951 until 1959 on CBS. Offering both comedies and drama, the series was sponsored by the Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company. The title was shortened to Schlitz Playhouse, beginning with the fall 1957 season.
Release Date1951-10-05
DepartmentWriting
JobWriters' Assistant
Episode Count1
Vote Count4
Ski Lift to Death
A sports promoter tries to matchmake for a pair of ski champions and, as a result, they end up trapped in a derailed ski-lift car along with a gangster and the hitman sent to kill him.
Release Date1978-03-03
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
The Memory of Eva Ryker
A young woman has spent her life tormented by the death of her mother, who was on a ship torpedoed during World War II. When her father hires an investigator to look into the circumstances of the mother's death 30 years prior, it triggers a new rash of emotional turmoil for the young woman and uncovers a heinous crime.
Release Date1980-05-05
DepartmentWriting
JobTeleplay
Vote Count1
Mission: Impossible - The Controllers
An Eastern Bloc nation is trying to develop a mind-controlling drug, a project led by Dr. Karl Turek. Phelps devises a plan to play Turek off against a rival, Colonel Borodin. Phelps and Meredyth pose as a pair of defecting U.S. scientists, who supposedly have developed an alternative drug to the one that Turek is working on. The IMF's scheme calls for Turek to try to kill Borodin, which will result in a trial where Turek will be discredited. But the complicated plan goes awry and the episode ends with Phelps under fire by guards.
Release Date1969-10-12
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter