Gary DeVore
Gary DeVore (September 17, 1941 – June 28, 1997) was a Hollywood screenwriter best known for Raw Deal and for his bizarre death in 1997.
Screenwriter credits
- The Dogs of War (with George Malko) (1980)
- Backroads (1981)
- Heart of Steel (TV) (1983)
- Running Scared (with Jimmy Huston) (1986)
- Raw Deal (with Norman Wexler) (1986)
- Traxx (also producer) (1988)
- CBS Summer Playhouse (The Heat) (with David Debin) (TV) (1988)
- Showdown in Little Tokyo (1991) (uncredited)
- Passenger 57 (uncredited) (1992)
- Pentathlon (with William Stadiem and Gary T. McDonald) (1994)
- Time Cop (uncredited) (1994)
- Sudden Death (uncredited) (1995)
- The Relic (uncredited) (1997)
Personal life and death
DeVore disappeared in June 1997, prompting an extensive search and media speculation. A year later, his car was discovered submerged in the California Aqueduct in Palmdale, California.[1] His hands were both missing.[2]
DeVore began his writing career in the late 1960s on shows like Chuck Barris's The Newlywed Game, The Steve Allen Show and Tempo. He married the singer Maria Cole (1969–78) and the actresses Sandie Newton (1981–85), Claudia Christian (1988-92) and Wendy Devore (1996–97).
See also
References
- ↑ "Screenwriters wife seeks answers in his mysterious death". CNN. July 15, 1998. Archived from the original on October 22, 2010. Retrieved 30 October 2010.
- ↑ DE GRAAF, O'HARE. "EXCLUSIVE: Screenwriter mysteriously killed in 1997 after finishing script that revealed the 'real reason' for US invasion of Panama had been working for the CIA... and both his hands were missing". http://www.dailymail.co.uk/. Retrieved 2016-04-04. External link in
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External links
- CNN item on DeVore's disappearance and death
- Gary DeVore at the Internet Movie Database
- David T. Friendly, Production Chief Buys—and Sells—scripts: First Look At The Studios
July 17, 1986 http://articles.latimes.com/1986-07-17/entertainment/ca-21495_1_gary-devore
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