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Robert E. Swanson

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  • Producer
  • Additional Crew
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Robert E. Swanson is known for Murder, She Wrote (1984), Starsky and Hutch (1975) and Hart to Hart (1979).
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    Known for

    Angela Lansbury in Murder, She Wrote (1984)
    Murder, She Wrote
    7.2
    TV Series
    • Writer
    Starsky and Hutch (1975)
    Starsky and Hutch
    7.0
    TV Series
    • Writer
    Hart to Hart (1979)
    Hart to Hart
    6.7
    TV Series
    • Writer
    Anne Baxter, James Brolin, and Connie Sellecca in Hotel (1983)
    Hotel
    6.4
    TV Series
    • Writer

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    Writer

    • Angela Lansbury in Murder, She Wrote (1984)
      Murder, She Wrote
      7.2
      TV Series
      • written by
      • teleplay by
      • story editor ...
      • 1984–1992
    • Jerry Orbach and Barbara Babcock in The Law and Harry McGraw (1987)
      The Law and Harry McGraw
      7.4
      TV Series
      • written by
      • 1987
    • Anne Baxter, James Brolin, and Connie Sellecca in Hotel (1983)
      Hotel
      6.4
      TV Series
      • written by
      • teleplay by
      • story by
      • 1984–1986
    • Hal Linden and Harry Morgan in Blacke's Magic (1986)
      Blacke's Magic
      7.2
      TV Series
      • written by
      • 1986
    • Bo Svenson in Walking Tall (1981)
      Walking Tall
      7.0
      TV Series
      • Writer
      • 1981
    • Hart to Hart (1979)
      Hart to Hart
      6.7
      TV Series
      • written by
      • 1980
    • Tony Curtis, Robert Urich, Phyllis Davis, and Judy Landers in Vega$ (1978)
      Vega$
      6.9
      TV Series
      • teleplay
      • written by
      • 1979–1980
    • Salvage 1 (1979)
      Salvage 1
      7.4
      TV Series
      • story
      • teleplay
      • writer
      • 1979
    • Starsky and Hutch (1975)
      Starsky and Hutch
      7.0
      TV Series
      • written by
      • story by
      • teleplay by ...
      • 1978–1979
    • Buddy Ebsen in Barnaby Jones (1973)
      Barnaby Jones
      6.9
      TV Series
      • written by
      • 1978
    • Vincent Baggetta in The Eddie Capra Mysteries (1978)
      The Eddie Capra Mysteries
      7.0
      TV Series
      • written by (as Robert Swanson)
      • 1978
    • Richie Brockelman, Private Eye (1978)
      Richie Brockelman, Private Eye
      7.3
      TV Series
      • Writer (as Robert Swanson)
      • 1978
    • Raymond Burr in Kingston: Confidential (1976)
      Kingston: Confidential
      6.0
      TV Series
      • story (as Robert Swanson)
      • 1977
    • Rock Hudson and Susan Saint James in McMillan & Wife (1971)
      McMillan & Wife
      7.2
      TV Series
      • written by (as Robert Swanson)
      • 1976
    • Ellery Queen (1975)
      Ellery Queen
      8.3
      TV Series
      • story by
      • teleplay by
      • written by
      • 1975–1976

    Producer

    • Minnie Driver and James Spader in Slow Burn (2000)
      Slow Burn
      4.9
      Video
      • producer (as Robert Swanson)
      • 2000
    • Angela Lansbury in Murder, She Wrote (1984)
      Murder, She Wrote
      7.2
      TV Series
      • supervising producer
      • producer
      • 1988–1992
    • Lance Guest in The Last Starfighter (1984)
      The Last Starfighter
      6.7
      • consulting producer (uncredited)
      • 1984

    Additional Crew

    • Angela Lansbury in Murder, She Wrote (1984)
      Murder, She Wrote
      7.2
      TV Series
      • executive story editor
      • story editor
      • 1985–1989

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      • Robert Swanson

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