Pat Fielder obit

 Screenwriter Pat Fielder Has Died

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She was an American screenwriter known for penning cult B monster movies like The Return of Dracula in the 1950s. For TV, she worked on everything from Baretta to The Rifleman to Starsky & Hutch.

Pat was born in Pasadena, California, to Patrick Penny and Mary Lloyd. She attended John Marshall High and later UCLA, where she studied theatre arts; after graduation, she worked as a teacher before landing a job at Gramercy Pictures. After initially serving as a production assistant, she was eventually given the chance to write scripts, starting with The Vampire and The Monster that Challenged the World.

 

Writer

Goliath Awaits (1981)

Goliath Awaits

6.6

TV Mini Series

story

teleplay

1981

 

Today's F.B.I. (1981)

Today's F.B.I.

7.1

TV Series

Writer

1981

1 episode

 

Barry Bostwick and Deborah Raffin in Foul Play (1981)

Foul Play

6.2

TV Series

story

1981

1 episode

 

Fred Grandy, Bernie Kopell, Ted Lange, Gavin MacLeod, and Lauren Tewes in The Love Boat (1977)

The Love Boat

6.3

TV Series

written by (segment The Major's Wife)

1980

1 episode

 

Ricardo Montalban and Hervé Villechaize in Fantasy Island (1977)

Fantasy Island

6.6

TV Series

story (segment My Fair Pharaoh)

1980

1 episode

 

Claude Akins, Brian Kerwin, and Mills Watson in The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo (1979)

The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo

6.5

TV Series

story

teleplay

1980

1 episode

 

Greg Evigan in B.J. and the Bear (1978)

B.J. and the Bear

6.4

TV Series

story

1979

1 episode

 

Vincent Price, Coral Browne, Woodrow Parfrey, William Phipps, and James Reynolds in Time Express (1979)

Time Express

7.0

TV Series

written by

1979

1 episode

 

Jack Klugman in Quincy M.E. (1976)

Quincy M.E.

7.3

TV Series

written by

1979

1 episode

 

Starsky and Hutch (1975)

Starsky and Hutch

7.0

TV Series

written by

1978

1 episode

 

Robert Blake in Baretta (1975)

Baretta

6.7

TV Series

written by

story

teleplay

1977–1978

7 episodes

 

Squire Fridell and Tony Roberts in Rosetti and Ryan (1977)

Rosetti and Ryan

6.7

TV Series

Writer

1977

1 episode

 

Rock Hudson and Susan Saint James in McMillan & Wife (1971)

McMillan & Wife

7.2

TV Series

story

teleplay

written by

1975–1977

2 episodes

 

Farrah Fawcett, Kate Jackson, and Jaclyn Smith in Charlie's Angels (1976)

Charlie's Angels

6.5

TV Series

story

teleplay

1976

1 episode

 

Helen Hunt, Willie Aames, Pat Delaney, Martin Milner, and Eric Olson in Swiss Family Robinson (1975)

Swiss Family Robinson

6.5

TV Series

written by

1976

1 episode

 

Westwind

6.9

TV Series

Writer

1975

1 episode

 

Angie Dickinson in Police Woman (1974)

Police Woman

6.6

TV Series

written by (as Patricia Fielder)

1974

2 episodes

 

The ABC Afternoon Playbreak (1972)

The ABC Afternoon Playbreak

7.3

TV Series

Writer

1973

1 episode

 

George Peppard in Banacek (1972)

Banacek

7.7

TV Series

story

1973

1 episode

 

Arthur Hill in Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law (1971)

Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law

7.0

TV Series

written by

1971–1972

2 episodes

 

Glenn Ford, Edgar Buchanan, Victor Campos, Sandra Ego, Peter Ford, and Taylor Lacher in Cade's County (1971)

Cade's County

7.0

TV Series

written by

1972

1 episode

 

James Daly in Medical Center (1969)

Medical Center

7.1

TV Series

Writer

1971

1 episode

 

James Brolin, Robert Young, Barbara Sigel, and Elena Verdugo in Marcus Welby, M.D. (1969)

Marcus Welby, M.D.

7.0

TV Series

Writer

1971

1 episode

 

Pete Duel and Ben Murphy in Alias Smith and Jones (1971)

Alias Smith and Jones

7.6

TV Series

writer

1971

1 episode

 

The Name of the Game (1968)

The Name of the Game

7.6

TV Series

teleplay by

1971

1 episode

 

Vince Edwards in Matt Lincoln (1970)

Matt Lincoln

6.6

TV Series

writer

1970

1 episode

 

Leif Erickson, Linda Cristal, Henry Darrow, Cameron Mitchell, and Mark Slade in The High Chaparral (1967)

The High Chaparral

7.6

TV Series

written by

1967

1 episode

 

The Road West (1966)

The Road West

6.9

TV Series

written by

1966–1967

2 episodes

 

Richard Crenna and Maxine Stuart in Slattery's People (1964)

Slattery's People

8.1

TV Series

writer

1965

2 episodes

 

Ben Casey (1961)

Ben Casey

7.1

TV Series

written by

1964–1965

2 episodes

 

Angela Lansbury and Tuesday Weld in The Eleventh Hour (1962)

The Eleventh Hour

7.8

TV Series

written by

1963–1964

3 episodes

 

John McIntire in Wagon Train (1957)

Wagon Train

7.5

TV Series

written by

1963

1 episode

 

Chuck Connors in Geronimo (1962)

Geronimo

5.8

screenplay

story

1962

 

Dr. Kildare (1961)

Dr. Kildare

7.0

TV Series

Writer

1962

1 episode

 

The only authorized DVD edition of all episodes in  Season One.

The Rifleman

8.3

TV Series

written by

teleplay

writer

1959–1962

7 episodes

 

Nick Adams in The Rebel (1959)

The Rebel

7.8

TV Series

teleplay

1960–1961

3 episodes

 

Law of the Plainsman (1959)

Law of the Plainsman

8.2

TV Series

writer

1959

1 episode

 

Roger Moore in The Alaskans (1959)

The Alaskans

8.5

TV Series

teleplay

1959

1 episode

 

Norma Eberhardt, Francis Lederer, Ray Stricklyn, Virginia Vincent, and John Wengraf in The Return of Dracula (1958)

The Return of Dracula

5.7

screenplay

story

1958

 

Robert Brown, Kathleen Crowley, and Arthur Franz in The Flame Barrier (1958)

The Flame Barrier

4.6

screenplay

1958

 

Barbara Darrow in The Monster That Challenged the World (1957)

The Monster That Challenged the World

5.7

screenplay

1957

 

John Beal and Coleen Gray in The Vampire (1957)

The Vampire

5.8

screenplay

story

1957

 

Additional Crew

Norma Eberhardt, Francis Lederer, Ray Stricklyn, Virginia Vincent, and John Wengraf in The Return of Dracula (1958)

The Return of Dracula

5.7

production assistant (uncredited)

1958

 

Barbara Darrow in The Monster That Challenged the World (1957)

The Monster That Challenged the World

5.7

production assistant (uncredited)

1957

 

John Beal and Coleen Gray in The Vampire (1957)

The Vampire

5.8

production assistant (uncredited)

1957

 

Edward G. Robinson, Paulette Goddard, K.T. Stevens, and Adam Williams in Vice Squad (1953)

Vice Squad

6.7

production assistant

1953

 

Producer

Goliath Awaits (1981)

Goliath Awaits

6.6

TV Mini Series

associate producer

1981