Bob Leach
| Robert Warnes Leach | |
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Bob Leach
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| Born |
December 16, 1914 Dupree, South Dakota, United States |
| Died | March 30, 2008 (aged 93) |
| Occupation | -Journalist -Screenwriter -Professor -Former President Justice for Homicide Victims |
| Nationality | United States |
| Notable works |
The Adventures of Jim Bowie Perry Mason The Case of the Dangerous Robin Ripcord Everglades The Littlest Hobo Men into Space Tarzan and the Trappers |
Robert Warnes Leach (December 16, 1914 – March 30, 2008) was an American journalist and Hollywood screenwriter who became a leading figure in California's victims' rights movement after the death of his stepdaughter, Marsalee (Marsy) Nicholas in 1983.
He was the husband of victims’ rights advocate Marcella Nicholas Leach and the stepfather of technology entrepreneur and philanthropist Henry Nicholas, co-founder and former co-chairman, president and chief executive officer of Broadcom Corp.
Leach was born December 16, 1914, in Dupree, South Dakota to businessman Robert Henry Leach and his wife, the former Edna Warnes.
He came to Los Angeles as a teenager to see the 1932 Summer Olympics, moving there shortly thereafter to live with his sister, and graduating in 1933 from Los Angeles High School. In 1938, after earning a bachelor's degree and a 2nd Lieutenant's commission from the ROTC Field Artillery Reserves at the University of Missouri, he began working for United Press International and eventually became an assistant editor in Los Angeles; he married his first wife, LaVerne Barrick in 1941.
During World War II, he served in the U.S. Navy, mainly in the South Pacific, rising to the rank of lieutenant commander by the time he was released from active duty in 1946. When he returned to Los Angeles, he met a young sailor who asked if he knew any war stories that might make good screenplays. The sailor turned out to be agent Ray Stark, who then helped Leach get a job as junior writer at 20th Century Fox. Leach spent the next 17 years in Hollywood, first as a production assistant at MGM and later as a TV story editor and screenwriter. At MGM, he worked as an assistant to producer Lawrence Weingarten; where he was involved with films including Pat and Mike, Adam's Rib and Rhapsody before moving to CBS, where he helped develop story ideas into scripts for TV producer Jack Chertok and wrote freelance teleplays. His TV writing credits include The Adventures of Jim Bowie, Perry Mason, The Case of the Dangerous Robin, Ripcord, Everglades and The Littlest Hobo. In 1958, Leach wrote the feature film “Tarzan and the Trappers,” starring Gordon Scott. In 1959 and 1960, he also worked as a story editor and writer for the series Men into Space.
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