John Vlahos
John Vlahos | |
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| Born | December 26, 1917 Springfield, Ohio, U.S. |
| Died | April 8, 2004 Westport, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Occupation | Screenwriter, playwright |
| Years active | 1941–2004 |
| Notable works | The Defenders, Route 66, The United States Steel Hour, A Business Proposition, The Brandenberg Gate |
| Notable awards | Emmy Award (1962), Sylvania Award (1958), Ohio State Radio-TV Award |
| Spouse | Olivia Vlahos |
| Children | Dr. Michael Vlahos, Melissa Vlahos, Stephanie Vlahos |
John Vlahos (December 26, 1917 – April 8, 2004) was an American screenwriter.
Along with his contemporaries, Horton Foote, Reginald Rose, and Rod Serling, he was one of the leading screenwriters of the 1950s and 1960s, writing for television series, including The Philco Television Playhouse, Studio One, Robert Montgomery Presents, Goodyear Television Playhouse, The United States Steel Hour, Climax!, Playhouse 90, The Alcoa Hour, Boris Karloff's Thriller, Route 66, The Defenders, The Nurses, Doctor Kildare, and Marcus Welby, M.D..
His credits include seventeen film screenplays, seventy radio scripts, fifty-two network television live and film dramas, and more than two hundred episodes for various daytime shows.