Barry Oringer

{{short description|American producer and screenwriter}} {{Infobox person | name = Barry Oringer | image = Barry Oringer.png | birth_date = {{birth date|1935|12|03}} | birth_place = New York, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|2021|01|10|1935|12|03}} | death_place = Novato, California, U.S. | occupation = Producer, screenwriter | spouse = Janine Oringer<ref name="a">{{Cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/sfgate/name/barry-oringer-obituary?id=7164345|title=Barry Oringer Obituary (1935-2021)|work=San Francisco Chronicle|date=January 15, 2021|access-date=October 15, 2022}}</ref> | children = 2<ref name="a" /> | alma_mater = Brooklyn College }}

'''Barry Oringer''' (December 3, 1935 – January 10, 2021) was an American producer and screenwriter. He was known for writing the pilot episode of the American soap opera television series ''Hotel'' with John Furia Jr.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cinema.usc.edu/news/article.cfm?id=9778|title=In Memoriam: John Furia, Jr.|work=USC School of Cinematic Arts|date=May 11, 2009|access-date=October 15, 2022}}</ref>

==Life and career== Born in New York, Oringer was raised in a Jewish family.<ref name="a" /> He attended Brooklyn College, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in drama and English.<ref name="a" />

Oringer began his career in 1962, when he wrote the English script for Curtis Bernhardt's film ''Damon and Pythias''. He then wrote for television programs including ''The Invaders'', ''Mannix'', ''The Fugitive'', ''Ben Casey'', ''Barnaby Jones'', ''The F.B.I.'', ''Lancer'', ''I Spy'' and ''The Virginian''.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OvPH-sYo_O8C|title=A History of Television's The Virginian, 1962-1971|first=Paul|last=Green|page=246|publisher=McFarland|date=January 10, 2014|isbn=9780786457991|via=Google Books}}</ref>

Barry Oringer died in January 2021, of Lewy body disease at his home in Novato, California, at the age of 85.<ref name="a" /> He was buried in Bolinas Cemetery.<ref name="a" />

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Category:1935 births Category:2021 deaths Category:Television producers from New York (state) Category:Screenwriters from New York (state) Category:American male screenwriters Category:American soap opera writers Category:American male television writers Category:American television writers Category:20th-century American screenwriters Category:20th-century American male writers Category:Brooklyn College alumni Category:Deaths from Lewy body dementia