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Bill Davidson(1918-2001)

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Bill Davidson was born in 1918 in Jersey City, New Jersey, USA. He was a writer, known for The Name of the Game (1968), The Art of Crime (1975) and Indict and Convict (1974). He was married to Maralynne Beth Nitz and Muriel Davison. He died on 15 January 2001 in Palm Desert, California, USA.
Born1918
DiedJanuary 15, 2001
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DiedJanuary 15, 2001
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Known for

The Name of the Game (1968)
The Name of the Game
7.6
TV Series
  • Writer
The Art of Crime (1975)
The Art of Crime
4.5
TV Movie
  • Writer
  • 1975
William Shatner and Eli Wallach in Indict and Convict (1974)
Indict and Convict
6.4
TV Movie
  • Writer
  • 1974

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  • The Art of Crime (1975)
    The Art of Crime
    4.5
    TV Movie
    • teleplay
    • 1975
  • William Shatner and Eli Wallach in Indict and Convict (1974)
    Indict and Convict
    6.4
    TV Movie
    • book
    • 1974
  • The Name of the Game (1968)
    The Name of the Game
    7.6
    TV Series
    • story
    • 1968

Personal details

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  • Born
    • 1918
    • Jersey City, New Jersey, USA
  • Died
    • January 15, 2001
    • Palm Desert, California, USA(stroke)
  • Spouses
      Maralynne Beth NitzJuly 27, 1986 - January 15, 2001 (his death)
  • Other works
    Release of Danny Thomas' autobiography: "Make Room for Danny", by Danny Thomas with Bill.

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    His first wife, Muriel, a television executive who also wrote books and collaborated with him on a 1966-67 series of articles on organized crime for the Saturday Evening Post, was shot to death in her Benedict Canyon home in 1983. Robert Thom, former aerospace worker, whom she had counseled for alcoholism as a volunteer at St. John's Hospital in Santa Monica, pleaded no contest to second-degree murder and was given a sentence of 17 years to life.

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