Allan Cole Dies: Veteran Screenwriter And Newsman Was 75
Allan Cole, a screenwriter, author and award-winning journalist, has died. He was 75. The WGA said h..
Allan Cole, a screenwriter, author and award-winning journalist, has died. He was 75. The WGA said he died Friday, in Boca Raton, FL, after battling cancer.
Cole and his late writing partner, Chris Bunch, sold more than 150 television and film scripts, but he probably was best known for co-authoring the Sten science fiction series.
The son of a CIA operative, Cole was born in Philadelphia and moved around with his family before settling in California.
He worked as a journalist for 14 years, taking on jobs at several Los Angeles-area newspapers including the Inglewood Daily News; San Gabriel Valley Tribune; and the Santa Monica Outlook, where he was city editor and national news editor.
Cole and Bunch earning writing credits on such hit TV shows as Magnum, P.I.; Quincy, M.E.; The Incredible Hulk; The A-Team; and Walker, Texas Ranger. They also were story editors on Galactica 1980, Code Red, Gavilan, and Werewolf.
Cole was a Writers Guild of America West member since 1976.
The two writers penned an eight-volume science fiction series beginning with Sten in 1982. The series was a worldwide hit, especially inRead More – Source
