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William Link
Producer, Writer, Actor, Additional Credits
Born December 15, 1933Died December 27, 2020 (87 years)
Writer and producer known for co-creating Columbo and Murder, She Wrote.
Known For
William Link Filmography
| 1994 | The Cosby Mysteries (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 1994 | The Cosby Mysteries · as Executive Producer |
| 1992 | Whispers in the Dark · as Executive Producer |
| 1991 | The Boys · as Executive Producer |
| 1990 | Over My Dead Body (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 1990 | |
| 1989 | Kojak: Ariana · as Executive Producer |
| 1989 | Columbo: Murder, Smoke and Shadows · as Executive Producer |
| 1989 | Gideon Oliver (TV Series) |
| 1989 | B.L. Stryker (TV Series) |
| 1986 | Vanishing Act · as Executive Producer |
| 1985 | Guilty Conscience · as Executive Producer |
| 1984 | The Guardian · as Executive Producer |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 1983 | Prototype · as Executive Producer |
| 1982 | Take Your Best Shot · as Executive Producer |
| 1982 | Rehearsal for Murder · as Executive Producer |
| 1981 | Crisis at Central High · as Executive Producer |
| 1979 | Murder by Natural Causes · as Executive Producer |
| 1977 | Charlie Cobb: Nice Night for a Hanging · as Executive Producer |
| 1975 | Ellery Queen (TV Series) |
| 1975 | A Cry for Help · as Executive Producer |
| 1974 | |
| 1974 | The Execution of Private Slovik · as Executive Producer |
| 1973 | Savage · as Executive Producer |
| 1973 | Tenafly (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 1972 | |
| 1972 | |
| 1971 | |
| 1971 | Columbo (TV Series) |
| 1971 | The NBC Mystery Movie (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 1970 | |
| 1968 | The Name of the Game (TV Series) |
| 1991 | |
| 1988 | |
| 1985 | |
| 1984 | |
| 1983 | |
| 1982 | |
| 1982 | |
| 1981 | |
| 1979 | |
| 1975 | Ellery Queen (TV Series) |
| 1974 | |
| 1973 | Tenafly (TV Series) |
| 1972 | |
| 1972 | |
| 1972 | Banacek (TV Series) |
| 1971 | |
| 1971 | |
| 1971 | Columbo (TV Series) |
| 1970 | San Francisco International Airport (TV Series) |
| 1970 | McCloud (TV Series) |
| 1968 | |
| 1968 | The Name of the Game (TV Series) |
| 1965 | Honey West (TV Series) |
| 1964 | The Rogues (TV Series) |
| 1963 | Burke's Law (TV Series) |
| 1963 | The Fugitive (TV Series) |
| 1962 | Stoney Burke (TV Series) |
| 1960 | The Chevy Mystery Show (TV Series) |
| 1959 | Adventures in Paradise (TV Series) |
| 1959 | Johnny Ringo (TV Series) |
| 1959 | The Third Man (TV Series) |
| 1959 | Black Saddle (TV Series) |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV Series) |
| 2020 | Visible: Out on Television (TV Series) · as Self (writer - That Certain Summer) |
| 2019 | Peter Falk versus Columbo · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2009 | The Boys · as Self |
| 2005 | The Last Mogul · as Self |
| 1996 | Forensic Files (TV Series) · as Self - (ret.) Criminal Investigator |
| 1994 | The Cosby Mysteries (TV Series) · as Ben Sapelsky |
| 1994 | The Cosby Mysteries · as Sapolsky |
| 2003 | Columbo: Columbo Likes the Nightlife · as Creator |
| 2001 | Columbo: Murder with Too Many Notes · as Created By |
| 1998 | Ashes to Ashes · as Created By |
| 1997 | Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest · as Creator |
| 1997 | Columbo: A Trace of Murder · as Created By |
| 1995 | Columbo: Strange Bedfellows · as Created By |
| 1994 | The Cosby Mysteries (TV Series) · as Created By |
| 1994 | Columbo: Undercover · as Created By |
| 1994 | The Cosby Mysteries · as Written By |
| 1994 | Burke's Law (1994) (TV Series) · as Story By |
| 1994 | Columbo: Butterfly in Shades of Grey · as Created By |
| 1993 | Columbo: It's All in the Game · as Created By |
| 1992 | Columbo: A Bird in the Hand · as Created By |
| 1992 | Columbo: No Time to Die · as Created By |
| 1991 | Columbo: Death Hits the Jackpot · as Created By |
| 1991 | Columbo: Columbo and the Murder of a Rock Star · as Created By |
| 1991 | Columbo: Caution: Murder Can Be Hazardous to Your Health · as Created By |
| 1990 | Columbo: Columbo Goes to College · as Created By |
| 1990 | Over My Dead Body (TV Series) · as Created By |
| 1990 | Columbo: Murder in Malibu · as Supervising Executive Producer |
| 1990 | Columbo: Murder in Malibu · as Created By |
| 1990 | Columbo: Uneasy Lies the Crown · as Created By |
| 1990 | Kojak: None So Blind · as Supervising Executive Producer |
| 1990 | Columbo: Rest in Peace, Mrs. Columbo · as Supervising Executive Producer |
| 1990 | Columbo: Rest in Peace, Mrs. Columbo · as Created By |
| 1990 | Columbo: Agenda for Murder · as Supervising Executive Producer |
| 1990 | Columbo: Agenda for Murder · as Created By |
| 1990 | Kojak: It's Always Something · as Supervising Executive Producer |
| 1990 | Columbo Cries Wolf · as Supervising Executive Producer |
| 1990 | Columbo Cries Wolf · as Created By |
| 1990 | Kojak: Flowers for Matty · as Supervising Executive Producer |
| 1989 | Kojak: Fatal Flaw · as Supervising Executive Producer |
| 1989 | Murder, a Self Portrait · as Supervising Executive Producer |
| 1989 | Murder, a Self Portrait · as Created By |
| 1989 | Christine Cromwell (TV Series) · as Supervising Executive Producer |
| 1989 | Columbo: Grand Deceptions · as Supervising Executive Producer |
| 1989 | Columbo: Grand Deceptions · as Created By |
| 1989 | Columbo: Sex and the Married Detective · as Supervising Executive Producer |
| 1989 | Columbo: Sex and the Married Detective · as Created By |
| 1989 | Columbo: Murder, Smoke and Shadows · as Created By |
| 1989 | Columbo: Columbo Goes to the Guillotine · as Supervising Executive Producer |
| 1989 | Columbo: Columbo Goes to the Guillotine · as Created By |
| 1988 | Probe (TV Series) · as Created By |
| 1988 | Terrorist on Trial: The United States vs. Salim Ajami · as Co-Executive Producer |
| 1986 | Vanishing Act · as Teleplay |
| 1986 | Blacke's Magic (TV Series) · as Created By |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote (TV Series) · as Story |
| 1981 | Darkroom (TV Series) · as From The Short Story By |
| 1977 | Rollercoaster · as Screenstory |
| 1977 | Charlie Cobb: Nice Night for a Hanging · as Story |
| 1975 | The Hindenburg · as Screenstory |
| 1974 | The Gun · as Story |
| 1973 | Savage · as Teleplay |
| 1971 | Ransom for a Dead Man · as Story |
| 1970 | The Psychiatrist (TV Series) · as Story |
| 1970 | My Sweet Charlie · as Teleplay |
| 1969 | The Whole World Is Watching · as Teleplay |
| 1968 | Prescription: Murder · as Teleplay |
| 1967 | Mannix (TV Series) · as Created By |
| 1966 | Jericho (TV Series) · as Creator |
| 1963 | Arrest and Trial (TV Series) · as Story By |
| 1962 | The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (TV Series) · as Story |
| 1962 | The Devil and the Ten Commandments · as Short Story |
| 1961 | Dr. Kildare (TV Series) · as Written By |
| 1960 | Michael Shayne (TV Series) · as Teleplay By |
| 1959 | |
| 1959 | The June Allyson Show (TV Series) · as Teleplay By |
| 1958 | Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (TV Series) · as Story By |
| 1956 | Richard Diamond, Private Detective (TV Series) · as Written By |