| Norman Macdonnell | |
|---|---|
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| Personal Information | |
| Birthname: | Norman Scarth Macdonnell |
| Born: | November 8, 1916 |
| Birthplace: | Pasadena, California U.S. |
| Died | November 28, 1979 (aged 63) |
| Death Location | Burbank, California U.S. |
| Occupation/ Career: |
Radio/TV Producer, director, scriptwriter |
| Spouse(s): | Judith Estelle Murray (1946-1979, his death) |
| Series connection | |
| Appeared on/Involved with: | Gunsmoke (radio series) Gunsmoke (TV series) |
| Jobs/Role(s): | Co-creator of Gunsmoke TV & radio series with John Meston Producer, Associate producer & Executive producer of TV series (356 episodes) |
Norman Scarth Macdonnell (November 8, 1916 – November 28, 1979) was an American producer, director, and scriptwriter for radio, television, and feature films. He is best known for co-creating with writer John Meston the CBS Western series Gunsmoke, which was broadcast on CBS Radio from 1952 to 1961, and on CBS-TV from 1955 to 1975.
Other radio series that Macdonnell either produced, directed, or at various times wrote scripts for include Suspense, Escape, The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, Fort Laramie, Rogers of the Gazette, and Have Gun—Will Travel.[1][2][3] He was also a long-time executive producer for the NBC television series The Virginian.
Personal life and death[]
On January 6, 1946, in Pasadena, California married Judith E. (née Bennett) Murray, a native of Butte, Montana.[4] The couple subsequently had one child, a daughter; and they remained married until Norman's death in 1979.[5] On November 28 that year, less than three weeks after his 63rd birthday, he died of kidney failure at a hospital in Burbank, California.[6] His gravesite is located in Altadena, California, at the Mountain View Cemetery and Mausoleum.[7]
References[]
- ↑ Dunning, John. (1976). Tune in Yesterday: The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio, 1925-1976. Prentice-Hall, Inc. Template:ISBN, pp. 12, 185, 215, 259-60, 268, 518, 584.
- ↑ Rogers of the Gazette. Retrieved on June 2, 2014.
- ↑ "CBS Mystery Series", Broadcasting (Washington, D.C.), advertised on cover as "The Newsweekly of Television and Radio Telecasting", June 13, 1949, p. 58, col. 3. Internet Archive, San Francisco, California. Retrieved November 26, 2018.
- ↑ "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952", digital copy of original marriage documents signed by Macdonnell and Judith E. Murray prior to wedding ceremony on January 6, 1946; California Department of Health Services, Sacramento. FamilySearch. Retrieved November 20, 2018.
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedhour - ↑ "Norman S. Macdonnell, Creator of 'Gunsmoke' for Radio, Dies", Los Angeles Times, December 1, 1979, p. A34. Archives (1923-1995) of Los Angeles Times, ProQuest Historical Newspapers. Retrieved November 20, 2018.
- ↑ "Norman Scarth Macdonnell (1916-1979)", Mountain View Cemetery and Mausoleum, Altadena, California. Find a Grave, Ancestry.com, Lehi, Utah. Retrieved November 24, 2018.
External links[]
- Norman Macdonnell at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Norman Macdonnell at the Internet Movie Database
