Finding Aid for the William Gordon Television Scripts, 1961-1965
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Descriptive Summary
Title: William Gordon Television Scripts
Date (inclusive): 1961-1965
Collection number: 130
Creator: Gordon, William.
Extent: 7 boxes (3.0 linear ft.)
Abstract: William Gordon Collection directed, produced, or wrote on numerous television shows. The collection consists of bound volumes
of scripts related to his career.
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library.
Performing Arts Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Performing
Arts Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Administrative Information
Restrictions on Access
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library,
Performing Arts Special Collections. Literary rights, including copyright,
are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of
the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the
copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC
Regents do not hold the copyright.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of William Gordon, 1985.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], William Gordon Television Scripts (Collection 130). Performing Arts Special Collections, Charles
E. Young Research Library, UCLA.
Biography
William D. Gordon was born ca. 1918. He started his career as a radio writer (1936). He directed the first live television
shows for the Mutual Don Lee Network (1939). He directed, produced, or wrote on numerous television shows including
The Outlaws,
Alisas Smith and Jones,
Petrocelli,
The bold one,
Queen for a day,
Bonanza,
Ironside,
Maverick,
Chips, and
Twelve o'clock high. Geller died in August, 1991 in Thousand Oaks, CA.
Scope and Content
Collection consists of bound volumes of scripts related to the career of William Gordon. Includes
The Alfred Hitchcock hour (6 episodes),
The Americans (3 episodes),
The fugitive (6 episodes),
Kraft suspense theatre (2 episodes),
Outlaws (4 episodes),
The Richard Boone show (7 episodes),
Thriller (1 episode),
Wide country (1 episode), and
Twelve o'clock high (21 episodes).
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Subjects
Television writers--Archival resources.
Television producers and directors--Archival resources.
Genres and Forms of Material
Television scripts.
Other Index Terms Related to this Collection
Alfred Hitchcock presents (Television program)
Fugitive (Television program)
Kraft suspense theatre.
Outlaws (Television program)
Richard Boone show (Television program)
Twelve o'clock high (Television program)
Related Material
Collection of Television Series Scripts (Collection 81). Available at Performing Arts Special Collections, UCLA.
Paramount Pictures Corporation Television Production Records (Collection 171). Available at Performing Arts Special Collections,
UCLA.
Container List
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Box 1, Volume 20
Beyond The Sea Of Death, revised draft, 11/12/63
Box 1, Volume 19
Hours Before Dawn (The), revised draft, 1/23/63
Box 1, Volume 19
Long Silence (The), revised draft, 1/29/63
Box 1, Volume 20
Swimming Pool (The), revised draft, 3/14/63
Box 1, Volume 19
Trunk (The), revised draft, 10/23/62
Box 1, Volume 20
You'll Be The Death Of Me, revised draft, 8/27/63
Box 1, Volume 16
Rebellion At Blazing Rock, final, 1/61
Box 2, Volume 18
Cage (The), first draft, 8/25/64
Box 2, Volume 18
Detour On A Road Going Nowhere, first draft, 10/10/64
Box 2, Volume 18
End Is But The Beginning (The), first draft, 9/14/64
Box 2, Volume 17
Fun And Games And Party Favors, revised draft, 9/7/64
Box 2, Volume 17
Runner In The Dark, first draft, 2/5/65
Box 2, Volume 17
Scapegoat, revised draft, 12/9/64
Box 2, Volume 15
Drive East On 66, revised draft, 1/21/64
Box 1, Volume 20
One Step Down, revised draft, 9/11/63
Box 3, Volume 11
Catalyst (The), second draft, 7/18/61
Box 3, Volume 12
Connie Masters Story (The), final, 7/24/61
Box 3, Volume 11
Farewell Performance, final, 1/15/62
Box 3, Volume 11
Night Riders (The), first draft, 8/25/61
Box 3, Volume 14
All The Blood of Yesterday, 1/22/64
Box 3, Volume 14
Death Before Dishonor, 12/19/63
Box 2, Volume 15
Need Of Valor (A), revised draft, 2/5/64
Box 3, Volume 14
Tough Man To Kill, 12/11/63
Box 3, Volume 13
Welcome Home, Danl, revised draft, 10/18/63
Box 6, Volume 9
All-American (The), first draft, 7/29/66
Box 5, Volume 6
Back To The Drawing Board, first draft, 12/22/65
Box 4, Volume 1
Big Brother, first draft, 6/3/65
Box 7, Volume 10
Burden Of Guilt, first draft, 9/8/66
Box 6, Volume 7
Cross-Hair On Death, final, 2/11/66
Box 6, Volume 7
Day Of Reckoning, first draft, 2/23/66
Box 6, Volume 9
Distant Cry (A), first draft, 7/19/66
Box 6, Volume 9
Duel At Mont Sainte Marie, first draft, 6/27/66
Box 6, Volume 9
Face Of A Shadow, final, 7/1/66
Box 5, Volume 4
Falling Star, first draft, 10/28/65
Box 6, Volume 8
Fortress Wiesbaden, first draft, 5/17/66
Box 6, Volume 8
Gotterdammerung, final, 6/3/66
Box 4, Volume 2
Grant Me No Favor, first draft, 7/26/65
Box 6, Volume 7
Hollow Man (The), first draft, 2/4/66
Box 4, Volume 1
Hotshot (The), first draft, 6/15/65
Box 4, Volume 2
Idolater (The), first draft, 8/9/65
Box 4, Volume 3
I Am The Enemy, final, 9/10/65
Box 5, Volume 4
Jones Boys (The), final, 10/11/65
Box 5, Volume 4
A Journey Toward The River, first draft, 10/18/65
Box 4, Volume 1
Loneliest Place In The World (The), first draft, 5/26/65
Box 6, Volume 8
Massacre, first draft, 6/16/66
Box 7, Volume 10
Midnighters (The), final, 8/16/66
Box 5, Volume 6
Moral Airplane (The), first draft, 1/14/66
Box 5, Volume 5
Outsider (The), first draft, 12/13/65
Box 6, Volume 8
Pariah (The), final, 5/24/66
Box 7, Volume 10
Practice To Deceive, first draft, 8/4/66
Box 4, Volume 2
R/X For A Sick Bird, first draft, 7/12/65
Box 4, Volume 3
Runway In The Dark, final, 8/30/65
Box 4, Volume 3
Show Me A Hero, I'll Show You A Bum, first draft, 8/19/65
Box 6, Volume 7
Siren Voices, first draft, 3/3/66
Box 5, Volume 5
Slaughter Pen (The), first draft, 11/8/65
Box 5, Volume 4
Storm At Twilight, first draft, 9/29/65
Box 5, Volume 6
Survivor (The), first draft, 1/4/66
Box 4, Volume 3
Target 802, first draft, 9/21/65
Box 4, Volume 2
Then Came The Mighty Hunter, final, 7/21/65
Box 5, Volume 6
Twenty-Fifth Mission, first draft, 12/31/65
Box 5, Volume 5
Underground final, 12/3/65
Box 7, Volume 10
Unholy Four (The), first draft, 8/25/66
Box 4, Volume 1
We're Not Coming Back, revised final, 6/30/65
Box 5, Volume 5
Which Way The Wind Blows, first draft, 11/19/65
Box 3, Volume 12
A Cry From The Mountain, revised draft, 12/3/62
