John T. Dugan | |
Birth Date: | 11 October 1920 |
Birth Place: | Verplanck, New York, U.S. |
Death Place: | Encino, California, U.S. |
Occupation: | Screenwriter |
Alma Mater: | Fordham University[1] Catholic University of America University of Minnesota |
Spouse: | Jacqueline Bonnot |
Children: | 3 |
John T. Dugan (October 11, 1920 – December 24, 1994) was an American screenwriter. He wrote for television programs, including Bonanza, Mr. Novak, 12 O'Clock High, Dr. Kildare, Adam-12, , Ben Casey, Mission: Impossible, Columbo and Little House on the Prairie. Dugan died in December 1994 of pancreatic cancer at his home in Encino, California, at the age of 74.[2]
Dugan was twice nominated for the : in 1968, for the episode "Return to Tomorrow"; and in 1980, for the Little House on the Prairie episode "Second Spring".