Robert van Scoyk, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Robert van Scoyk

American screenwriter

Date of Birth: 13-Jan-1928

Place of Birth: Dayton, Ohio, United States

Date of Death: 23-Aug-2002

Profession: screenwriter, novelist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Robert van Scoyk (January 13, 1928 – August 23, 2002) was a television writer, producer and story editor active during the Golden Age of Television from the late 1940s until the late 1990s. Beginning in New York and moving to Los Angeles in the 1960s, his credits included The Virginian, Banacek, Young Maverick, Flying High, Rafferty, Ellery Queen and Murder, She Wrote. In 1979 Robert van Scoyk received an Edgar Allan Poe Award for the Columbo episode Murder Under Glass.