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Preferred Citation
UCLA Catalog Record ID
Biography/History
Scope and Content
Title: Don Hinkley papers
Collection number: 2148
Contributing Institution:
UCLA Library Special Collections
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
0.5 linear ft.
(1 box)
Date (inclusive): 1960-1972
Abstract: Don Hinkley was an American television writer. The collection documents a brief portion of Hinkley's career.
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA Library Special Collections
for paging information.
Creator:
Hinkley, Don
Restrictions on Access
Open for research. STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA Library
Special Collections for paging information.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UC Regents. 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.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Don Hinkley (Collection 2148). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library,
UCLA.
UCLA Catalog Record ID
Biography/History
There is very little biographical information available about television writer, Don Hinkley. Hinkley was born Richmond, California,
ca. 1922. He started his television career writing for Steve Allen variety ns2:shows in New York. He moved on to write one
season of
The Bob Newhart Show, the 1961 variety series, followed by four years with the
The Andy Williams Show. He wrote for the
The Carol Burnett Show and
The Flip Wilson Show. Hinkley joined
The Muppet Show at the beginning of its second season and stayed through the fifth season. He died ca. February 1981.1922-1981 Hinkley was
a television writer and producer. His credits include: The Carol Burnet Show, Flip, I'm Dickens, He's Fenster, The Muppet
Show, and the Steve Allen Plymouth Show.
http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Don_Hinkley
Scope and Content
The collection consists of documents related to the career of television writer Don Hinkley. Inlcuded are a small number of
agreements, script materials, and income information. Absent from the collection are materials from The Muppet Show.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Hinkley, Don--Archives.
Television writers--Archival resources.