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Lorenzo Semple Jr.

Writer, Producer, Additional Credits
Born March 27, 1923Died March 28, 2014 (91 years)
​Lorenzo Semple Jr. was an American film and television screenwriter, best known for his work on the television series "Batman" and the feature films "The Parallax View", "Papillon", and "Three Days of the Condor".

Known For

  • Never Say Never Again
  • Papillon
  • King Kong
  • Batman: The Movie
  • Papillon
  • Three Days of the Condor
  • Flash Gordon
  • Condor
  • The Parallax View
  • Batman (1966)
  • Pretty Poison
  • The Green Hornet
  • Sheena: Queen of the Jungle
  • Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders
  • The Drowning Pool
  • The Super Cops
  • Fathom
  • The Honeymoon Machine
  • Hurricane
  • Never Too Young to Die
  • Burke's Law

Lorenzo Semple Jr. Filmography

2018
Condor (TV Series) · as Screenplay
1996
Pretty Poison · as Screenplay
1986
Never Too Young to Die · as Screenplay
1984
Rearview Mirror · as Screenplay
1984
1983
Never Say Never Again · as Screenplay
1980
Flash Gordon · as Screenplay
1979
1976
King Kong · as Screenplay
1975
Three Days of the Condor · as Screenplay
1975
The Drowning Pool · as Screenplay
1974
1974
The Parallax View · as Screenplay
1973
Papillon · as Screenplay
1971
1971
1969
Daddy's Gone A-Hunting · as Screenplay
1968
Pretty Poison · as Screenplay
1967
Fathom · as Screenplay
1966
The Rat Patrol (TV Series)
1966
The Green Hornet (TV Series)
1966
Batman: The Movie · as Screenplay
1966
Batman (1966) (TV Series)
1964
The Rogues (TV Series)
1963
1963
Burke's Law (TV Series)
1963
Vacation Playhouse (TV Series)
1958
Pursuit (TV Series)

2016
A Classy Broad · as Self
2015
The Oscars · as Self - Writer (in Memoriam)
2008
2001
1996
E! True Hollywood Story (TV Series) · as Self

1979
Hurricane · as Executive Producer

2017
Papillon · as Based Upon The 1973 Screenplay "papillon" By
2016
1993
Rapture · as Teleplay
1963
Breaking Point (TV Series) · as Written By
1961
The Honeymoon Machine · as Theatre Play
1958
Buckskin (TV Series) · as Teleplay
1955
Matinee Theater (TV Series) · as Play
1955
Alcoa Hour (TV Series) · as Written By
1950
1949
Suspense (TV Series) · as Teleplay

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