Joseph Wambaugh
American writer (1937-2025) · United States · On the map · Writers · Died at 88
Joseph Aloysius Wambaugh Jr. was an American writer known for his fictional and nonfictional accounts of police work in the United States. Many of his novels are set in Los Angeles and its surroundings and feature Los Angeles police officers as protagonists.
Joseph Wambaugh is read about 117 times a day, in 20 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 6 November 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 104 days, one point a day.
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Harold Becker Directed The Onion Field and The Black Marble
Lee Rich Produced The Blue Knight and The Choirboys
James Woods Joseph wrote The Onion Field and The Choirboys
Christopher Lloyd Joseph wrote The Onion Field (1979)
Robert Aldrich Directed The Choirboys (1977)
Richard Fleischer Directed The New Centurions (1972)
George DiCenzo Also in The Blue Knight and The Choirboys
Stuart Margolin Directed The Glitter Dome (1984)
Robert Chartoff Produced The New Centurions (1972)
Vic Tayback Also in The Blue Knight and The Choirboys
Pat Corley Also in The Onion Field and The Black Marble
Robert Butler Directed The Blue Knight (1973)
Lee Weaver Also in The Blue Knight and The Onion Field- Frank Capra, Jr. Produced The Black Marble (1980)
Glenn Jordan Directed Echoes in the Darkness (1987)
Burke Byrnes Also in The New Centurions and The Onion Field
Gary Nelson Directed Fugitive Nights: Danger in the Desert (1993)- Lee H. Katzin Directed Police Story: Confessions of a Lady Cop (1980)
- Joel Rogosin Produced The Blue Knight (1975)
- Lou Cutell Also in The Blue Knight and The Black Marble
- Philip Capice Produced The Blue Knight (1975)
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About this person
He won three Edgar Awards, and was named a Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America.
Country
United States
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1937 to 2025 · aged 88
