Goldberg, Lee

(Ian Ludlow)

PERSONAL

Married; children: one daughter. Education: Attended University of California at Los Angeles.

Addresses: Agent—The Stein Agency, 5125 Oakdale Ave., Woodland Hills, CA 91364.

Career: Writer, producer, story editor, and creative consultant. Worked as a freelance writer for publications such as American Film, Starlog, Newsweek, Los Angeles Times syndicated, Washington Post, and San Francisco Chronicle.

Member: International Society of Crime Writers, Writers Guild of America, Authors Guild, Mystery Writers of America.

Awards, Honors: Edgar Allan Poe Award nomination (with William Rabkin), best television episode, Mystery Writers of America, 1993, for Likely Suspects and, 2002, for A Nero Wolfe Mystery.

CREDITS

Television Work; Series:

Story editor, Hunter, NBC, 1984.

Story editor, Baywatch (also known as Baywatch Hawaii), 1989–90.

Supervising producer, She-Wolf of London (also known as Love & Curses), syndicated, 1990.

Executive story editor, Baywatch (also known as Baywatch Hawaii), 1990.

Producer, Likely Suspects, Fox, 1992.

Supervising producer, SeaQuest DSV (also known as SeaQuest 2032), NBC, 1993.

Supervising producer, Cobra, syndicated, 1993.

Supervising producer, The Cosby Mysteries, NBC, 1994.

Supervising producer, Stick With Me, Kid, 1995.

Supervising producer, Diagnosis Murder, CBS, 1996–97.

Executive producer, Diagnosis Murder, CBS, 1997–99 producer, Martial Law, CBS, 1998.

Creative Consultant and co-executive producer, Missing (also known as 1-800-MISSING), Lifetime, 2003–.

Television Work; Specials:

Executive producer, The Best TV Shows That Never Were, ABC, 2004.

WRITINGS

Television Episodes (With William Rabkin):

"On Air," Hunter, NBC, 1984.

(With Burt Pearl and Steven L. Sears) "Haunted Highway," The Highwayman, NBC, 1988.

Murphy's Law, 1988–89.

Baywatch (also known as Baywatch Hawaii), syndicated, 1989–90.

She-Wolf of London (also known as Love & Curses), syndicated, 1990–91.

Diagnosis Murder, CBS, 1994–99.

"The Car Mechanic," Deadly Games, UPN, 1995.

"Chains of Command," SeaQuest DSV (also known as SeaQuest 2032), NBC, 1995.

"Resurrection," SeaQuest DSV (also known as SeaQuest 2032), NBC, 1995.

"Smoke on the Water," SeaQuest DSV (also known as SeaQuest 2032), NBC, 1995.

"The Prince of Wails," Sliders, Fox, 1995.

"That's a Moray!" (also known as "Skeleton Garden"), Flipper (also known as The New Adventures of Flipper), PAX, 1995.

"Sammo Blammo," Martial Law, CBS, 1999.

"Final Conflict: Part 2," Martial Law, CBS, 2000.

"Freefall," Martial Law, CBS, 2000.

Nero Wolfe, Arts and Entertainment, 2000–2002.

"Crossed Out," She Spies, syndicated, 2003.

Missing (also known as 1-800-MISSING), Lifetime, 2003–2005.

"Mr. Monk Meets the Godfather," Monk, USA Network, 2004.

Also wrote episodes of Spenser: For Hire, ABC; Likely Suspects, Fox; Cobra, syndicated; Stick with Me, Kid; and The Cobsy Mysteries, NBC.

Television Episode Stories (With William Rabkin):

"Haunted Highway," The Highwayman, NBC, 1988.

(With Abbie Bernstein) "Nice Girls Don't," She Wolf of London, syndicated, 1990.

(With Gabe Torres) "What's Got into Them?," She Wolf of London, syndicated, 1991.

(With Arthur Sellers) "Beyond the Beyond," She Wolf of London, syndicated, 1991.

(With Gerry Conway) "Physician, Murder Thyself," Diagnosis Murder, CBS, 1997.

(With Dick Van Dyke) "Comedy is Murder," Diagnosis Murder, CBS, 1997.

"Murder, My Suite," Diagnosis Murder, CBS, 1999.

Television Movies:

Wrote Dame Edna: Megastar Detective.

Television Specials:

"Terror for Rent" and "Motel Hell," Haunted Lives: True Ghost Stories, CBS, 1992.

"Terror for Rent" and "Motel Hell," Real Ghosts III, UPN, 1996.

The Best TV Shows That Never Were, ABC, 2004.

Books; Nonfiction:

The Jewish Student's Guide to American College, Sure Sellers, 1989.

Unsold Television Pilots 1955–1988, McFarland & Co., 1990.

Unsold TV Pilots: The Almost Complete Guide to Everything You Never Saw on TV, 1955–1990, Carol Publications Group, 1991.

The New Jewish Student's Guide to American Colleges, Ulversoft, 1992.

Television Series Revivals: Sequels & Remakes of Canceled Series, McFarland & Co., 1993.

(With others) Science Fiction Film-Making in the 1980s, McFarland & Co., 1995.

The Dreamweavers: Fantasy Film-Makers of the 1980s, McFarland & Co., 1996.

Successful Television Writing, John Wiley, 2003.

Books; Fiction:

(As Ian Ludlow) .357 Vigilante #1, Pinnacle Books, 1983–85.

(As Ian Ludlow) .357 Vigilante #2: Make Them Pay, Pinnacle Books, 1983–85.

.357 Vigilante #3: White Wash, Pinnacle Books, 1983–85.

(As Ian Ludlow) .357 Vigilante #4: Killstorm, Pinnacle Books, 1983–85.

My Gun Has Bullets, St. Martins Press, 1995.

Beyond the Beyond, St. Martins Press, 1997.

The Silent Partner, New American Library, 2003.

Walk, Five Star, 2004.

Diagnosis Murder #2: The Death Merchant, Signet, 2004.

Shooting Script, Signet, 2004.

Diagnosis Murder #4: Waking Nightmare, Signet, 2005.

Diagnosis Murder #5: The Past Tense, 2005.

The Man with the Iron-On Badge, Five Star, 2005.

Mr. Monk Goes to the Firehouse, Signet, 2006.

Mr. Monk Goes to Hawaii, 2006.

Diagnosis Murder #6: The Dead Letter, 2006.