William Read Woodfield Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
While Mr. Woodfield made a lucrative but relatively unknown career in screenwriting, he became most famous as a photographer. He took many portraits of film stars, such as Elizabeth Taylor and Jayne Mansfield, for such magazines as "Life", "Esquire" and "Playboy". His most noted work was a series of nude photos of Marilyn Monroe, taken on the set ...
November 24, 2001, Los Angeles, California, United States
Place Of Birth
San Francisco, California, USA
Profession
Writer, Miscellaneous Crew, Producer
Nationality
American
Spouse
Lili Woodfield
Nominations
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series, Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Episodic Drama, Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Long Form – Original, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Dramatic Program
Movies
Satan's Triangle, Mission: Impossible vs. the Mob, The Hypnotic Eye
Woodfield formed a writing partnership with Allan Balter during production of Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1964). They wrote an early episode of Mission: Impossible (1966) and quickly got more work and became script consultants. By the third season of the show, they were elevated to producers. However, they clashed with executive producer Bruce Geller and left the show at its peak of popularity.
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Perry Mason: The Case of the Telltale Talk Show Host
1993
TV Movie story
The Return of Ironside
1993
TV Movie written by
A Twist of the Knife
1993
TV Movie written by
Columbo
1989-1991
TV Series written by - 3 episodes
The Fall Guy
1984
TV Series story - 1 episode
Masquerade
1983-1984
TV Series writer - 3 episodes
Barbary Coast
1975
TV Series story - 1 episode
Satan's Triangle
1975
TV Movie written by
Shaft
1973-1974
TV Series writer - 3 episodes
Earth II
1971
TV Movie
San Francisco International Airport
1970
TV Series written by - 2 episodes
Mission Impossible Versus the Mob
1969
writer
Mission: Impossible
1966-1968
TV Series written by - 24 episodes
The Time Tunnel
1966
TV Series writer - 1 episode
Lost in Space
1965-1966
TV Series writer - 2 episodes
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
1965-1966
TV Series written by - 14 episodes
Convoy
1965
TV Series writer - 1 episode
Death Valley Days
1962
TV Series written by - 1 episode
Everglades
TV Series teleplay - 1 episode, 1962 written by - 1 episode, 1961
The Hypnotic Eye
1960
Sea Hunt
1958-1959
TV Series written by - 2 episodes
Miscellaneous
Title
Year
Status
Character
Columbo
1990-1991
TV Series executive story consultant - 9 episodes
Masquerade
1983-1984
TV Series executive story consultant - 12 episodes
Shaft
1974
TV Series developed for television - 2 episodes
Mission: Impossible
TV Series script consultant - 24 episodes, 1967 - 1968 story consultant - 15 episodes, 1967
Come Blow Your Horn
1963
still photgrapher
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Shaft
1974
TV Series executive producer - 3 episodes
Earth II
1971
TV Movie producer
San Francisco International Airport
1970
TV Series producer - 1 episode
Mission: Impossible
1968
TV Series producer - 7 episodes
Camera Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Manchurian Candidate
1962
still photographer - uncredited
Spartacus
1960
still photographer - uncredited
Nominated Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
1971
Primetime Emmy
Primetime Emmy Awards
Outstanding Writing Achievement in Drama - Original Teleplay
San Francisco International Airport (1970)
1969
Primetime Emmy
Primetime Emmy Awards
Outstanding Dramatic Program
Mission: Impossible (1966)
1968
Primetime Emmy
Primetime Emmy Awards
Outstanding Writing Achievement in Drama
Mission: Impossible (1966)
1968
WGA Award (TV)
Writers Guild of America, USA
Episodic Drama
Mission: Impossible (1966)
Known for movies
Mission: Impossible (1966-1968) as Writer
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1965-1966) as Writer
Mission Impossible Versus the Mob (1969) as Writer
$13 Million
