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Harold Livingston(1924-2022)

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In 1948, just three years after the liberation of Nazi death camps, a group of Jewish American pilots answered a call for help. In secret and at great personal risk, they smuggled planes out of the U.S., trained behind the Iron Curtain in Czechoslovakia and flew for Israel in its War of Independence. This ragtag band of brothers not only turned the tide of the war; they also embarked on personal journeys of discovery and renewed Jewish pride. ABOVE AND BEYOND is their story. The first major feature-length documentary about the foreign airmen in the Â’48 War, ABOVE AND BEYOND brings together new interviews as well as stunning aerial footage to present a fascinating, little-known tale filled with heart, heroism and high-flying chutzpah.
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Above and Beyond (2014)
Harold Livingston was born on 4 September 1924 in Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA. He was a writer, known for Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979), Mission: Impossible (1966) and Future Cop (1976). He died on 28 April 2022 in Westlake Village, Los Angeles, California, USA.
BornSeptember 4, 1924
DiedApril 28, 2022(97)
BornSeptember 4, 1924
DiedApril 28, 2022(97)
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  • Awards
    • 1 nomination total

Known for

Leonard Nimoy, William Shatner, and Persis Khambatta in Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)
Star Trek: The Motion Picture
6.4
  • Writer
  • 1979
Barbara Bain, Martin Landau, Peter Graves, Peter Lupus, and Greg Morris in Mission: Impossible (1966)
Mission: Impossible
7.9
TV Series
  • Writer
Future Cop (1976)
Future Cop
5.8
TV Series
  • Writer
Mannix (1967)
Mannix
7.4
TV Series
  • Writer

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  • Leonard Nimoy, William Shatner, and Persis Khambatta in Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)
    Star Trek: The Motion Picture
    6.4
    • screenplay by
    • 1979
  • Ricardo Montalban and Hervé Villechaize in Fantasy Island (1977)
    Fantasy Island
    6.6
    TV Series
    • teleplay (segment "Treasure Hunt")
    • 1978
  • Harold Gould and Stefanie Powers in The Feather and Father Gang (1976)
    The Feather and Father Gang
    6.8
    TV Series
    • written by
    • 1976–1977
  • Future Cop (1976)
    Future Cop
    5.8
    TV Series
    • written by
    • writer
    • teleplay
    • 1977
  • Roddy McDowall, Carl Franklin, Ike Eisenmann, Jared Martin, and Katie Saylor in The Fantastic Journey (1977)
    The Fantastic Journey
    6.9
    TV Series
    • writer
    • 1977
  • Barbary Coast (1975)
    Barbary Coast
    6.7
    TV Series
    • written by
    • 1975
  • Archer (1975)
    Archer
    5.7
    TV Series
    • written by
    • 1975
  • Mannix (1967)
    Mannix
    7.4
    TV Series
    • story
    • written by
    • 1974
  • George Peppard in Banacek (1972)
    Banacek
    7.6
    TV Series
    • written by
    • story by
    • 1974
  • Lee Majors in The Six Million Dollar Man (1973)
    The Six Million Dollar Man
    7.1
    TV Series
    • story
    • 1974
  • Bill Bixby in The Magician (1973)
    The Magician
    7.5
    TV Series
    • written by
    • 1973
  • Barbara Bain, Martin Landau, Peter Graves, Peter Lupus, and Greg Morris in Mission: Impossible (1966)
    Mission: Impossible
    7.9
    TV Series
    • story by
    • teleplay by
    • written by
    • 1970–1972
  • The Bold Ones: The Protectors (1969)
    The Bold Ones: The Protectors
    7.0
    TV Series
    • story
    • 1970
  • The Name of the Game (1968)
    The Name of the Game
    7.6
    TV Series
    • written by
    • 1969
  • Escape to Mindanao (1968)
    Escape to Mindanao
    4.9
    TV Movie
    • teleplay
    • 1968

Additional Crew

  • Future Cop (1976)
    Future Cop
    5.8
    TV Series
    • executive story editor
    • 1977

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Personal details

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  • Born
    • September 4, 1924
    • Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA
  • Died
    • April 28, 2022
    • Westlake Village, Los Angeles, California, USA(old age)
  • Children
      Leah Hopkins
  • Publicity listings
    • 1 Biographical Movie
    • 1 Article

Did you know

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  • Trivia
    Before his career as a novelist and screenwriter, Livingston was a fighter pilot. He was one of the founding members of the Israeli Air Force, and he was instrumental in ensuring Israel's victory during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.
  • Quotes
    The Egyptian pilots got the shock of their lives the first time the Messerschmitts took off to meet them. [Livingston flew ex-German fighter jets into Israel for use in the 1948 Arab-Israel War.]
  • Salary
    • Star Trek: The Motion Picture
      (1979)
      $10,000 /week

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