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E. Jack Kaplan

  • Writer
  • Producer
  • Script and Continuity Department
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E. Jack Kaplan is known for Simon & Simon (1981), Filthy Rich (1982) and Hard Time on Planet Earth (1989).
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    Known for

    Gerald McRaney and Jameson Parker in Simon & Simon (1981)
    Simon & Simon
    7.0
    TV Series
    • Writer
    Delta Burke, Dixie Carter, Charles Frank, Jerry Hardin, Michael Lombard, Nedra Volz, and Ann Wedgeworth in Filthy Rich (1982)
    Filthy Rich
    7.5
    TV Series
    • Writer
    Hard Time on Planet Earth (1989)
    Hard Time on Planet Earth
    7.3
    TV Series
    • Writer
    Dan Aykroyd, Jack Lemmon, and James Garner in My Fellow Americans (1996)
    My Fellow Americans
    6.5
    • Writer
    • 1996

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    Writer

    • Dan Aykroyd, Jack Lemmon, and James Garner in My Fellow Americans (1996)
      My Fellow Americans
      6.5
      • screenplay
      • story
      • 1996
    • Hart to Hart Returns (1993)
      Hart to Hart Returns
      6.5
      TV Movie
      • written by
      • 1993
    • Scott Plank in Sons and Daughters (1991)
      Sons and Daughters
      7.7
      TV Series
      • Writer
      • 1991
    • Hard Time on Planet Earth (1989)
      Hard Time on Planet Earth
      7.3
      TV Series
      • writer
      • 1989
    • George C. Scott and Carlin Glynn in Mr. President (1987)
      Mr. President
      6.9
      TV Series
      • written by
      • 1987
    • Annie Potts, Delta Burke, Jean Smart, and Dixie Carter in Designing Women (1986)
      Designing Women
      7.3
      TV Series
      • written by
      • 1987
    • Robert Wagner in Lime Street (1985)
      Lime Street
      6.3
      TV Series
      • writer
      • 1986
    • Craig T. Nelson in Call to Glory (1984)
      Call to Glory
      7.8
      TV Series
      • written by
      • 1984
    • Anne Baxter, James Brolin, and Connie Sellecca in Hotel (1983)
      Hotel
      6.4
      TV Series
      • written by
      • 1983
    • Gerald McRaney and Jameson Parker in Simon & Simon (1981)
      Simon & Simon
      7.0
      TV Series
      • written by
      • 1983
    • Kudzu
      TV Movie
      • Writer
      • 1983
    • Delta Burke, Dixie Carter, Charles Frank, Jerry Hardin, Michael Lombard, Nedra Volz, and Ann Wedgeworth in Filthy Rich (1982)
      Filthy Rich
      7.5
      TV Series
      • story by
      • teleplay by
      • written by
      • 1983
    • Robert Clohessy, Michael Warren, and Bruce Weitz in Hill Street Blues (1981)
      Hill Street Blues
      8.2
      TV Series
      • written by
      • 1981
    • Michael Keaton and Jim Belushi in Working Stiffs (1979)
      Working Stiffs
      6.6
      TV Series
      • written by
      • 1979
    • ABC Afterschool Specials (1972)
      ABC Afterschool Specials
      7.1
      TV Series
      • writer
      • 1978

    Producer

    • Hard Time on Planet Earth (1989)
      Hard Time on Planet Earth
      7.3
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 1989
    • Annie Potts, Delta Burke, Jean Smart, and Dixie Carter in Designing Women (1986)
      Designing Women
      7.3
      TV Series
      • supervising producer
      • 1986
    • Robert Wagner in Lime Street (1985)
      Lime Street
      6.3
      TV Series
      • producer
      • 1985–1986
    • Kudzu
      TV Movie
      • producer
      • 1983
    • Delta Burke, Dixie Carter, Charles Frank, Jerry Hardin, Michael Lombard, Nedra Volz, and Ann Wedgeworth in Filthy Rich (1982)
      Filthy Rich
      7.5
      TV Series
      • producer
      • 1983

    Script and Continuity Department

    • Leslie Nielsen in Mr. Magoo (1997)
      Mr. Magoo
      4.1
      • script revisions (uncredited)
      • 1997
    • Anne Baxter, James Brolin, and Connie Sellecca in Hotel (1983)
      Hotel
      6.4
      TV Series
      • executive script consultant
      • 1983
    • Delta Burke, Dixie Carter, Charles Frank, Jerry Hardin, Michael Lombard, Nedra Volz, and Ann Wedgeworth in Filthy Rich (1982)
      Filthy Rich
      7.5
      TV Series
      • executive script consultant
      • 1983

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