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Jack B. Sowards(1929-2007)

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Jack B. Sowards was born on 18 March 1929 in Texarkana, Arkansas, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982), Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987) and The Streets of San Francisco (1972). He died on 8 July 2007 in Valley Village, California, USA.
BornMarch 18, 1929
DiedJuly 8, 2007(78)
BornMarch 18, 1929
DiedJuly 8, 2007(78)
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    • 3 nominations total

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Kirstie Alley, Leonard Nimoy, William Shatner, and Ricardo Montalban in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
7.7
Movie
  • Writer
  • 1982
Michael Dorn, Jonathan Frakes, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, LeVar Burton, and Patrick Stewart in Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)
Star Trek: The Next Generation
8.7
TV Series
  • Writer
The Streets of San Francisco (1972)
The Streets of San Francisco
7.3
TV Series
  • Additional Crew
The Bold Ones: The Lawyers (1969)
The Bold Ones: The Lawyers
7.0
TV Series
  • Writer

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  • Falcon Crest (1981)
    Falcon Crest
    6.2
    TV Series
    • executive story consultant
    • 1982
  • The Streets of San Francisco (1972)
    The Streets of San Francisco
    7.3
    TV Series
    • executive story consultant
    • 1975–1977
  • Bonanza (1959)
    Bonanza
    7.3
    TV Series
    • executive story consultant
    • story editor
    • 1970–1973
  • Erika Peters in Heroes Die Young (1960)
    Heroes Die Young
    4.4
    • dialogue director (as Jack Sowards)
    • 1960

Writer

  • Inglorious Treksperts (2018)
    Inglorious Treksperts
    8.4
    Podcast Series
    • excerpt screenplay Star Trek II
    • 2024
  • Burt Reynolds in B.L. Stryker (1989)
    B.L. Stryker
    6.1
    TV Series
    • written by
    • 1990
  • Michael Dorn, Jonathan Frakes, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, LeVar Burton, and Patrick Stewart in Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)
    Star Trek: The Next Generation
    8.7
    TV Series
    • written by
    • 1988
  • As the World Turns (1956)
    As the World Turns
    6.2
    TV Series
    • co-head writer
    • 1985
  • Stacy Keach in The New Mike Hammer (1984)
    The New Mike Hammer
    6.8
    TV Series
    • teleplay
    • 1984
  • T.J. Hooker (1982)
    T.J. Hooker
    6.1
    TV Series
    • written by
    • 1983
  • Kirstie Alley, Leonard Nimoy, William Shatner, and Ricardo Montalban in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
    Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
    7.7
    • screenplay by
    • story by
    • 1982
  • Chad Everett in Hagen (1980)
    Hagen
    5.7
    TV Series
    • writer
    • 1981
  • Buddy Ebsen in Barnaby Jones (1973)
    Barnaby Jones
    6.9
    TV Series
    • written by
    • 1974–1979
  • Desperate Women (1978)
    Desperate Women
    6.1
    TV Movie
    • Writer
    • 1978
  • The Streets of San Francisco (1972)
    The Streets of San Francisco
    7.3
    TV Series
    • teleplay
    • written by
    • 1973–1977
  • Death Cruise (1974)
    Death Cruise
    5.9
    TV Movie
    • Writer
    • 1974
  • John Forsythe in Cry Panic (1974)
    Cry Panic
    6.3
    TV Movie
    • written by
    • 1974
  • Deliver Us from Evil (1973)
    Deliver Us from Evil
    6.9
    TV Movie
    • written by
    • 1973
  • Bonanza (1959)
    Bonanza
    7.3
    TV Series
    • teleplay
    • executive story consultant
    • writer ...
    • 1968–1972

Producer

  • Burt Reynolds in B.L. Stryker (1989)
    B.L. Stryker
    6.1
    TV Series
    • producer
    • 1989–1990
  • Stacy Keach in The New Mike Hammer (1984)
    The New Mike Hammer
    6.8
    TV Series
    • supervising producer
    • 1984–1985
  • Chad Everett in Hagen (1980)
    Hagen
    5.7
    TV Series
    • producer
    • 1980–1981

Personal details

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  • Alternative name
    • Jack Sowards
  • Born
    • March 18, 1929
    • Texarkana, Arkansas, USA
  • Died
    • July 8, 2007
    • Valley Village, California, USA(complications from ALS)
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    • 1 Interview
    • 1 Article

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    Taught screen writing classes at Santa Monica College and U.C.L.A. where he met Whitney Scott Bain who became his star pupil and good friend.

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