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Finding Aid for the John Dunkel Radio Scripts, 1954-1958
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Title: John Dunkel Radio Scripts
Date (inclusive): 1954-1958
Collection number: 191
Creator: Dunkel, John.
Extent: 4 boxes (1.7 linear ft.)
Abstract: John Dunkel wrote for radio and television. The collections includes radio 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.
John Dunkel was born in Springfield, OH, ca. 1915. He attended Wittenberg College. He began his career in the early 1930s
reading plays for the Pasadena Playhouse. He went on to become a head writer for CBS Radio in Hollywood, CA. In the 1950s
he became a prolific television writer working on a number of popular television westerns including, The Virginian, Wagon
Train, Gunsmoke, and Rawhide, among others. He died February 22, 2001 in North Hollywood, CA of natural causes.
Collection consists of radio scripts related to the career of writer John Dunkel. Includes scripts from
Escape, Fort Laramie (1956),
Gunsmoke (1956-59),
Hallmark hall of fame, Have gun will travel (1958),
Romance (1954-55), and
Suspense. Also includes spots from
I was there (1941-44).
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Dunkel, John--Archives.
Radio writers--Archival resources.
Radio scripts.