# Ed Waters
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{{short description|American screenwriter}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Ed Waters
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| birth_date = September 23, 1930
| birth_place = [New York City](/source/New_York_City), [New York](/source/New_York_(state)), United States
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2004|10|30|1930|9|23}}
| death_place = [Santa Monica](/source/Santa_Monica%2C_California), [California](/source/California), United States
| other_names =
| occupation = [Television writer](/source/Screenwriting), [screenwriter](/source/screenwriter)
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'''Ed Waters''' (September 23, 1930 – October 30, 2004)[{{cite news|title=PASSINGS; Edward S. Waters, 74; TV Writer and Producer Won an Emmy in 1976|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/737849391.html?dids=737849391:737849391&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Nov+18,+2004&author=&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=PASSINGS;+Edward+S.+Waters,+74;+TV+Writer+and+Producer+Won+an+Emmy+in+1976&pqatl=google|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103181113/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/737849391.html?dids=737849391:737849391&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Nov+18,+2004&author=&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=PASSINGS;+Edward+S.+Waters,+74;+TV+Writer+and+Producer+Won+an+Emmy+in+1976&pqatl=google|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 3, 2012|accessdate=September 2, 2010|newspaper=[Los Angeles Times](/source/Los_Angeles_Times)|date=November 18, 2004}}][{{cite news|title=FOR THE RECORD|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/738608511.html?dids=738608511:738608511&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Nov+19,+2004&author=&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=FOR+THE+RECORD&pqatl=google|accessdate=September 2, 2010|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=November 19, 2004|archive-date=November 3, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103181128/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/738608511.html?dids=738608511:738608511&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Nov+19,+2004&author=&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=FOR+THE+RECORD&pqatl=google|url-status=dead}} (date correction for death)] was an American writer for film and television.
He co-wrote ''[Sorority Girl](/source/Sorority_Girl)'', wrote an episode of the television series ''[The Lieutenant](/source/The_Lieutenant)'', and won an [Emmy Award](/source/Emmy_Award) in 1976.[
==Filmography==
===Films===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year !! Film !! Credit !! Notes
|-
| 1957
|''[Sorority Girl](/source/Sorority_Girl)''
|Written By
|Co-Wrote screenplay with "Leo Lieberman"
|-
| 1961
|''[Man-Trap](/source/Man-Trap)''
|Screenplay By
|Based on the short story " " by "[John D. MacDonald](/source/John_D._MacDonald)"
|-
| 1967
|''[The Caper of the Golden Bulls](/source/The_Caper_of_the_Golden_Bulls)''
|Screenplay By
|Co-Wrote screenplay with "David Moessinger", Based on the novel "The Caper of the Golden Bulls" by "[William P. McGivern](/source/William_P._McGivern)"
|-
| 1970
|''[Darker Than Amber](/source/Darker_than_Amber_(film))''
|Screenplay By
|Based on the novel "[Darker than Amber](/source/Darker_than_Amber)" by "[John D. MacDonald](/source/John_D._MacDonald)"
|-
| 1974
|''Bad Men of the West''
|Screenplay By
|
|-
| 1981
|''The Intruder Within''
|Written By
|Television Movie
|-
| 1983
|''Murder 1, Dancer 0''
|Written By
|Television Movie
|-
|}
===Television===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year !! TV Series !! Credit !! Notes
|-
| 1958
|''[Richard Diamond, Private Detective](/source/Richard_Diamond%2C_Private_Detective)''
|Writer
|1 Episode
|-
| 1960
|''[Johnny Midnight](/source/Johnny_Midnight_(TV_series))''
|Writer
|4 Episodes
|-
| 1962
|''[Surfside 6](/source/Surfside_6)''
|Writer
|2 Episodes
|-
| 1962-73
|''[Insight](/source/Insight_(American_TV_series))''
|Writer
|11 Episodes
|-
| rowspan=3|1963
|''[Kraft Television Theatre](/source/Kraft_Television_Theatre)''
|Writer
|1 Episode
|-
|''[The Lieutenant](/source/The_Lieutenant)''
|Writer
|1 Episode
|-
|''[Sam Benedict](/source/Sam_Benedict)''
|Writer
|1 Episode
|-
| 1965-67
|''[Combat!](/source/Combat!)''
|Writer
|2 Episodes
|-
| rowspan=2|1966
|''[Court Martial](/source/Court_Martial_(TV_series))''
|Writer
|2 Episodes
|-
|''[Run For Your Life](/source/Run_for_Your_Life_(TV_series))''
|Writer
|1 Episode
|-
| 1967
|''[The Virginian](/source/The_Virginian_(TV_series))''
|Writer
|1 Episode
|-
| 1970
|''[The Young Lawyers](/source/The_Young_Lawyers)''
|Writer
|1 Episode
|-
| 1970-72
|''[Mannix](/source/Mannix)''
|Writer
|3 Episodes
|-
| 1971-73
|''[The F.B.I.](/source/The_F.B.I._(TV_series))''
|Writer
|11 Episodes
|-
| 1972
|''[The Sixth Sense](/source/The_Sixth_Sense_(American_TV_series))''
|Writer, Story Editor
|3 Episodes
|-
| 1973-75
|''[Kung Fu](/source/Kung_Fu_(1972_TV_series))''
|Writer, Executive Story Consultant
|Multiple Episodes
|-
| 1975
|''[Caribe](/source/Caribe_(American_TV_series))''
|Write
|1 Episode
|-
| 1975-76
|''[Bronk](/source/Bronk_(TV_series))''
|Writer, Creator
|
|-
| 1975-77
|''[Police Story](/source/Police_Story_(1973_TV_series))''
|Writer, Executive Story Consultant
|43 Episodes
|-
| 1975-78
|''[Baretta](/source/Baretta)''
|Writer, Producer
|
|-
| 1983-84
|''[T. J. Hooker](/source/T._J._Hooker)''
|Writer, Producer
|21 Episodes
|-
|1984
|''[The Mississippi](/source/The_Mississippi_(TV_series))''
|Writer, Producer
|1 Episode
|-
| 1985-86
|''[Miami Vice](/source/Miami_Vice)''
|Supervising Producer
|21 Episodes
|-
| 1986-88
|''[The Equalizer](/source/The_Equalizer_(1985_TV_series))''
|Writer, Supervising Producer, Executive Producer
|44 Episodes
|-
| 1989
|''[Jake and the Fatman](/source/Jake_and_the_Fatman)''
|Writer, Executive Producer
|10 Episodes
|-
|}
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
*{{IMDb name|0914073}}
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Category:2004 deaths
Category:1930 births
Category:American television writers
Category:Emmy Award winners
Category:American male television writers
Category:20th-century American screenwriters
Category:20th-century American male writers
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