Ward Hawkins (29 December 1912 – 22 December 1990) was an American author, who wrote from the 1940s through the 1980s. His later works seem to have been science fiction, but earlier he wrote serial stories for the Saturday Evening Post in the 1940s and 1950s. He often wrote with his brother John Hawkins, and the University of Oregon has a collection of their manuscripts. In the 1960s, the brothers were writing for television, notably as staff writers for Bonanza, and in the 1970s, John Hawkins was a producer and writer for Little House on the Prairie, while Ward was Story Editor and also contributed many teleplays for the program.
Filmography
Films Year Film Credit Notes 1944Secret CommandStory ByCo-Wrote Story with "John Hawkins" 1954Crime WaveStory ByCo-Wrote Story with "John Hawkins" 1956The Killer Is LooseStory ByCo-Wrote Story with "John Hawkins" 1957The Shadow on the WindowStory ByCo-Wrote Story with "John Hawkins" 1958Floods of FearStory ByCo-Wrote Story with "John Hawkins" 1965The Final HourStory By
Television Year TV Series Credit Notes 1952Chevron TheatreWriter2 Episodes 1952–56Studio OneWriter2 Episodes1955Fireside TheatreWriter1 EpisodeCelebrity PlayhouseWriter1 Episode 1956Kraft Television TheatreWriter1 Episode 1956–58General Electric TheaterWriter2 Episodes1957Schlitz Playhouse of StarsWriter1 EpisodeClimax!Writer1 Episode 1957–58NBC Matinee TheaterWriter2 Episodes 1958SuspicionWriter1 Episode195977 Sunset StripWriter1 EpisodeBourbon Street BeatWriter1 Episode1960M SquadWriter1 EpisodeStagecoach WestWriter1 EpisodeThe Best of the PostWriter1 Episode1961ShannonWriter1 EpisodeManhuntWriter1 Episode 1961–73BonanzaWriter, Story Editor40 Episodes 1962Alcoa TheatreWriter3 Episodes 1962–65RawhideWriter2 Episodes 1962–67The VirginianWriter7 Episodes 1963Kraft Mystery TheatreWriter1 Episode1965Burke's LawWriter1 EpisodeConvoyWriter1 EpisodeDaniel BooneWriter1 Episode 1965–67Voyage To The Bottom Of The SeaWriter4 Episodes 1966TarzanWriter1 Episode 1967–68The High ChaparralWriter, Story Editor, Script Consultant19 Episodes 1974The CowboysWriter2 Episodes 1974–75Little House on the PrairieWriter, Story Editor13 Episodes
Books Floods of Fear, 1956 (Filmed in 1959) A Girl, a Man, and a River by John Hawkins and Ward Hawkins, paperback 1957 Violent City by John and Ward Hawkins, Red Badge Mystery, 1957 Kings Will Be Tyrants, 1959, paperback 1960 The Damnation of John Doyle Lee, 1982 Sword of Fire, 1985 Red Flame Burning, 1985 Blaze of Wrath, 1986 Torch of Fear, 1987
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