Television writer Richard Fielder has died following decades of service to the small screen.
Family of the Emmy-nominated American writer confirmed he passed away of natural causes in a Dallas-area hospital on 22 July and was aged 95-years-old when he died.
Richard had a huge number of writing credits under his belt and wrote on TV shows from the 1950s to the lat 1990s, completing work across 59 shows and screen projects.
He also wrote on other TV shows including Gunsmoke and Marcus Welby, M.D – and was creator and writer on police drama David Cassidy - Man Undercover, which starred music Icon David Cassidy in the 1970s.
He also worked on Rawhide, The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, Dr. Kildare, The Virginian, Born Free, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers and Police Story.
He also worked on on big screen film, Adam’s Woman, which was released in 1970 to mixed reviews and starred Beau Bridges as a wrongly convicted sailor.
Richard served in the US Army when he was 17 and worked as a code breaker in the UK during World War II.
He launched a theatre after returning the the USA following the war, and began a carer as a writer, producer, actor and director.
His first screen play for television was a Western called Fire and Ice – kick-starting a 40 year career in the industry.
He retired in 2001, and is believed to have been working on a novel about the history of the USA at the time of his death.
He is survived by wife, Octavia, who he married in 1954.
He is also survived by his seven children; eight grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.
The Hollywood Reporter states: "He will be buried in Chattanooga, Tennessee in a cemetery behind the home of one of his granddaughters."