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Henry Denker
Novelist, dramatist (1912-2012) · United States · On the map · Writers · Died at 99
Henry Denker was an American novelist, playwright, and screenwriter. He began his career as a radio and television writer, and is credited as the originator and writer of what he described as the first television series ever produced, False Witness, broadcast on NBC-TV in 1939.
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George Seaton Directed The Hook (1963)
William Perlberg Produced The Hook and Twilight of Honor
Karl Malden Directed Time Limit (1957)
Stanley Kramer Directed Judgment: The Court Martial of Lt. William Calley (1975)
Nick Adams Henry wrote Twilight of Honor and The Hook
Irwin Allen Produced Outrage! (1986)- Boris Sagal Directed Twilight of Honor (1963)
Leonardo Cimino Henry wrote Give Us Barabbas! (1961)- Walter Grauman Directed Outrage! (1986)
- Harold D. Schuster Directed The Power of the Resurrection (1958)
- Ernst Haeussermann Directed Berggasse 19 (1979)
Jimmy Hawkins Produced A Time for Miracles (1980)- Michael O'Herlihy Directed A Time for Miracles (1980)
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He wrote the first script for the religious radio series The Greatest Story Ever Told, which won a special George Foster Peabody Citation in 1949. Of his 34 published novels, 17 were selected and published by Reader's Digest Condensed Books. Six of his plays were produced on Broadway. Trained as a lawyer, Denker drew on his legal background throughout his prolific writing career across radio, television, theater, and fiction.
