Lee Madddux obit

Lee Madddux, Writer on ‘Night Court,’ Dies at 68 

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Lee Maddux, a television writer who did stints as executive story consultant for the NBC sitcom “Night Court” and the CBS spy dramedy “Scarecrow and Mrs. King,” died on September 9. He was 68.

Maddux served as executive story consultant on “Scarecrow” for 31 episodes from 1985-87 (also writing seven episodes) and for “Night Court” for 22 episodes in 1991-92.

He was credited as co-producer on 13 episodes of “In the Heat of the Night” and penned three episodes.

Maddux also wrote episodes of “Benson,” “Simon & Simon,” “Crime Story,” “Hunter” and “MacGyver.”

In 1999 he penned “The Coronation,” a German-language short that spoofed film noir. In 2002, still working in German, he penned a series, the animated Western spoof “WinneToons”; it was followed by (still German) the short “Fuck Me? Fuck You!,” and then a feature version of “WinneToons,” “WinneToons – Die Legende vom Schatz im Silbersee,” which he co-wrote.

Lee Maddux was born in 1946 in Lyon, Rhône, Rhône-Alpes, France. He was a writer and producer, known for Scarecrow and Mrs. King (1983), In the Heat of the Night (1988) and Hunter (1984). He died on September 9, 2014 in San Francisco, California, USA.

 

Additional Crew

Harry Anderson, Selma Diamond, Ellen Foley, John Larroquette, Charles Robinson, and Richard Moll in Night Court (1984)

Night Court

7.7

TV Series

executive story consultant

1991–1992

22 episodes

 

Jennifer Aniston, Mayim Bialik, Pamela Brull, Luke Edwards, and Kevin Scannell in Molloy (1990)

Molloy

6.4

TV Series

creative consultant

1990

1 episode

 

Bruce Boxleitner and Kate Jackson in Scarecrow and Mrs. King (1983)

Scarecrow and Mrs. King

7.1

TV Series

executive story consultantstory editorexecutive story editor

1985–1987

34 episodes

 

Writer

The Cliffwood Avenue Kids

written by

ReleasedTV Series

1977

1 episode

 

WinneToons - Die Legende vom Schatz im Silbersee (2009)

WinneToons - Die Legende vom Schatz im Silbersee

5.3

screenplay

2009

 

Natalie O'Hara and Sascha Schäfke in Fuck Me? Fuck You! (2004)

Fuck Me? Fuck You!

6.2

Short

Writer

2004

 

WinneToons (2002)

WinneToons

6.9

TV Series

writer

2002

15 episodes

 

The Coronation (2000)

The Coronation

7.1

Short

writer

2000

 

Harry Anderson, Selma Diamond, Ellen Foley, John Larroquette, Charles Robinson, and Richard Moll in Night Court (1984)

Night Court

7.7

TV Series

written by

1990–1991

3 episodes

 

Jennifer Aniston, Mayim Bialik, Pamela Brull, Luke Edwards, and Kevin Scannell in Molloy (1990)

Molloy

6.4

TV Series

written by

1990

1 episode

 

Richard Dean Anderson in MacGyver (1985)

MacGyver

7.6

TV Series

written by

1990

1 episode

 

Fred Dryer and Stepfanie Kramer in Hunter (1984)

Hunter

6.9

TV Series

written by

1988–1989

2 episodes

 

Carroll O'Connor in In the Heat of the Night (1988)

In the Heat of the Night

7.6

TV Series

written by

1988–1989

3 episodes

 

Billy Campbell, Dennis Farina, Paul Butler, Steve Ryan, and Bill Smitrovich in Crime Story (1986)

Crime Story

8.3

TV Series

written by

1988

1 episode

 

Bruce Boxleitner and Kate Jackson in Scarecrow and Mrs. King (1983)

Scarecrow and Mrs. King

7.1

TV Series

written by

1985–1987

7 episodes

 

Gerald McRaney and Jameson Parker in Simon & Simon (1981)

Simon & Simon

7.1

TV Series

written by

1984

1 episode

 

All Night Radio

TV Movie

Writer

1982

 

Robert Guillaume in Benson (1979)

Benson

7.2

TV Series

teleplay bystory by

1979

1 episode

 

The Krofft Supershow (1976)

The Krofft Supershow

7.2

TV Series

Writer (segment "Wonderbug")

1976–1977

2 episodes

 

Gordon Jump in Wonderbug (1976)

Wonderbug

6.4

TV Series

written by

1976–1977

2 episodes

 

Producer

Carroll O'Connor in In the Heat of the Night (1988)

In the Heat of the Night

7.6

TV Series

co-producer

1988–1989

13 episodes