Joseph Wambaugh
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Joseph Aloysius Wambaugh, Jr. (born January 22, 1937) is a bestselling American writer known for his fictional and non-fictional accounts of police work in the United States. Several of his first novels were set in Los Angeles, California, and its surroundings, and featured Los Angeles police officers as protagonists. Description above from the Wikipedia article Joseph Wambaugh, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
- Known for
- Writing
- Born
- 1937-01-22 · East Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Known for
- The Onion Field (1979) — Novel
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962) — Self
- The New Centurions (1972) — Novel
- The Choirboys (1977) — Screenplay
- Police Story (1973)
- The Black Marble (1980) — Screenplay
- The Blue Knight (1973) — Novel
- The Glitter Dome (1984) — Novel
- Echoes in the Darkness (1987) — Co-Producer
- Dinah! (1974) — Self
- Fugitive Nights: Danger in the Desert (1993) — Executive Producer
- Joe Forrester (1975) — Creator
- From the Files of Joseph Wambaugh: A Jury of One (1992) — Self
- Police Story: Confessions of a Lady Cop (1980) — Creator
- The Blue Knight (1975) — Desk Sergeant
- Friday Night, Saturday Morning (1979)