Robert Pirosh enjoyed a lengthy Hollywood career which began when he was signed by MGM, along with fellow newcomer George Seaton , as a contributing writer in 1934. His most notable success was garnering the Academy Award for his screenplay of Battleground (1949), a motion picture based on the Second World War Battle of the Bulge in which he had ...
Fought as an infantryman in the US Army during World War II in the infamous "Battle of the Bulge". He used his experiences there in his screenplay for the classic Battleground (1949).
Miscellaneous
Title
Year
Status
Character
Combat!
1963-1967
TV Series series developer - 120 episodes
Le silence est d'or
1947
additional director: American version - uncredited / english adaptation - uncredited
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Waltons
1978-1981
TV Series written by - 8 episodes
Hawaii Five-O
1977
TV Series written by - 1 episode
The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries
1977
TV Series written by - 2 episodes
The Oregon Trail
1977
TV Series teleplay - 1 episode
Ellery Queen
1975-1976
TV Series written by - 3 episodes
Barnaby Jones
TV Series teleplay - 1 episode, 1975 written by - 1 episode, 1974
Harry O
TV Series story - 1 episode, 1975 teleplay - 1 episode, 1975
Mannix
TV Series 1 episode, 1972 teleplay - 2 episodes, 1970 - 1973 story - 1 episode, 1974 written by - 1 episode, 1971
Firehouse
TV Series written by - 3 episodes, 1974 writer - 1 episode, 1974
Twice in a Lifetime
1974
TV Movie
Bonanza
TV Series writer - 3 episodes, 1970 - 1972 teleplay - 1 episode, 1971
My Three Sons
1971
TV Series written by - 1 episode
Ironside
TV Series written by - 2 episodes, 1968 - 1970 story - 1 episode, 1971 teleplay - 1 episode, 1971
Family Affair
1970
TV Series written by - 1 episode
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors
1969
TV Series teleplay - 1 episode
What's So Bad About Feeling Good?
1968
writer
The Guns of Will Sonnett
1968
TV Series writer - 2 episodes
Alexander the Great
1968
TV Movie creator / screenplay / story
Off to See the Wizard
1968
TV Series story and teleplay - 1 episode
The Fugitive
1963
TV Series written by - 1 episode
A Gathering of Eagles
1963
screenplay
Combat!
1962
TV Series written by - 1 episode
Hell Is for Heroes
1962
screenplay / story
The Law and Mr. Jones
1960-1961
TV Series written by - 5 episodes
Bachelor Father
1961
TV Series written by - 1 episode
Laramie
TV Series story - 1 episode, 1959 writer - 1 episode, 1959
Spring Reunion
1957
Lux Video Theatre
1956
TV Series original screenplay - 1 episode
The Girl Rush
1955
screenplay
Valley of the Kings
1954
written by
Washington Story
1952
Go for Broke!
1951
written by
Battleground
1949
story and screenplay
Up in Arms
1944
original screenplay
I Married a Witch
1942
screen play
Rings on Her Fingers
1942
original story
Song of the Islands
1942
original screenplay
The Night of January 16th
1941
screenplay
The Quarterback
1940
The Wizard of Oz
1939
contributing writer - uncredited
A Day at the Races
1937
original story / screen play
A Night at the Opera
1935
draft - uncredited
The Winning Ticket
1935
story
Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
Spring Reunion
1957
The Girl Rush
1955
Valley of the Kings
1954
Washington Story
1952
Go for Broke!
1951
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Combat!
1962
TV Series producer - 1 episode
Laramie
1959
TV Series producer - 2 episodes
Battleground
1949
associate producer
Le silence est d'or
1947
associate producer - uncredited
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
Spring Reunion
1957
lyrics: "Carson High"
Go for Broke!
1951
writer: "The Meaning of Love"
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976
Documentary acknowledgment: the non-musical sequences represent outstanding contributions by
$700,000
