Robert Lazarus Joseph Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Robert L. Joseph (March 10, 1923, Bronx, New York - April 27, 2002, East Chatham, New York) was an American theatre producer, playwright, and screenwriter.Joseph's Broadway credits included revivals of King Lear, Major Barbara, and Heartbreak Hotel. His 1960 play Face of a Hero starred Jack Lemmon, Edward Asner, Sandy Dennis, and George Grizzard, but closed after two previews and thirty-six performances. He had even less success two years later with Isle of Children, starring Patty Duke and Bonnie Bedelia, which closed after only eleven performances. He later adapted the story as a screenplay which appeared in 1976 as Echoes of a Summer, starring Jodie Foster.Joseph's other screen credits include The Hitch-Hiker and The Third Secret. For television he wrote the miniseries World War III, an adaptation of the Sidney Sheldon novel Rage of Angels, the television movie SST: Death Flight, and teleplays for Kraft Suspense Theatre and Hallmark Hall of Fame.
Stage and screen writer-producer who had several hits on Broadway in the 1950's with revivals of classic plays. His own original works, "Face of a Hero" and "Isle of Children", fared rather less well in the 60's. He subsequently concentrated on writing for television.
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Sworn to Silence
1987
TV Movie
Rage of Angels: The Story Continues
1986
TV Movie
The Sun Also Rises
1984
TV Mini-Series
Rage of Angels
1983
TV Movie teleplay
World War III
1982
TV Movie
The Word
1978
TV Mini-Series developed for television by - 4 episodes
SST: Death Flight
1977
TV Movie teleplay
Echoes of a Summer
1976
play "The Isle of Children" / screenplay
Dr. Max
1974
TV Movie
Strategy of Terror
1969
writer
Companions in Nightmare
1968
TV Movie
King of Africa
1968
uncredited
Jack of Diamonds
1967
Ski Fever
1966
Porträt eines Helden
1966
TV Movie teleplay
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
TV Series adaptation - 2 episodes, 1965 story - 2 episodes, 1965
Memorandum for a Spy
1965
TV Movie story / teleplay
Kraft Suspense Theatre
1965
TV Series writer - 2 episodes
The Third Secret
1964
written by
Death Valley Days
TV Series written by - 2 episodes, 1961 - 1962 writer - 1 episode, 1959