Dick Berg

{{short description|American film producer}} {{for|persons of a similar name|Richard Berg (disambiguation)}} {{One source|date=August 2021}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2013}}

'''Richard Berg''' (February 16, 1922 – September 1, 2009) was an American screenwriter as well as a film and television producer. Among his credits is the 1985 miniseries ''Space'' and ''Wallenberg: A Hero's Story''.

== Biography == Berg was born in New York City and raised in New Rochelle, New York. After graduating from Lehigh University in 1942, Berg went west to Hollywood to pursue a career in acting or producing and found work as a dialogue coach for Roy Rogers and other cowboy actors at Republic Pictures. Berg died on September 1, 2009, after falling at his home in Los Angeles. He was 87.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-dick-berg2-2009sep03,0,1129186.story |title=Dick Berg dies at 87; television and film writer and producer |website=Los Angeles Times |access-date=September 4, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090907031259/http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-dick-berg2-2009sep03,0,1129186.story |archive-date=September 7, 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

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