Bill Clark (screenwriter)

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Walter Clark
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Bill Clark is a former

Peabody Award and two Humanitas Prize.[1]

Biography

Born in

Brooklyn, New York, in an area now known as Park Slope
.

Education

While on the

Criminal Justice
.

Military

At age 17, Clark joined the

German Shepherd Dog Mox, with the Forty-Sixth Infantry Platoon Scout Dog, Second Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment
.

While in the

Staff Sergeant and retiring in 1989 as a Major
.

N.Y.P.D.

Ray Kelly

Clark joined the

undercover assignment for two years before entering the Police Academy. In 1972 he earned his gold detective shield. On December 31, 1994, Clark retired from the Queens Homicide Detective Squad as a First Grade Detective
.

One of Clark's specialties on the force was interrogation. He worked on a number of headline cases ranging from the

Son of Sam[2] to crackdowns against the Gambino crime family.[3]

His first assignment—even before he attended the Police Academy—was to infiltrate the Young Patriots Organization, an organization of white radicals who, he soon discovered, were planning to bomb several New York City landmarks.[4]

Television credits

He has had featured acting roles on L.A. Law, John from Cincinnati, Fallen, CSI: Miami and NYPD Blue.

Clark appeared on Charlie Rose in 1995 along with David Milch.

Activision consulted with Clark on their 2005 release True Crime: New York City.

Awards and recognition

Emmy Awards

Humanitas Prize

  • 1999 90 Minute Category (NYPD Blue)
  • Nominated: 1999 60 Minute Category (
    Raging Bulls
    ")

Peabody Award

Writers Guild of America Award

  • 1997 Episodic Drama (
    Girl Talk
    ")

Edgar Award

  • Nominated: 1999 Best Television Episode (Brooklyn South, "Skel in a Cell", "Fools Russian")
  • Nominated: 2002 Best Television Episode (
    Johnny Got His Gold
    ")
  • Nominated: 2003 Best Television Episode (
    Ho Down
    ")

People's Choice

U.S. Army

Author

He co-authored, along with NYPD Blue co-creator and executive producer David Milch, True Blue: The Real Stories Behind NYPD Blue (1995).[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ HBO: John From Cincinnati: Cast and Crew: Crew Bio: Bill Clark
  2. ^ James Logan Courier - News Every Day, Year-round » 30 years ago, `Son of Sam' terrorized New York Archived October 14, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Out of N.Y.P.D., Into 'N.Y.P.D. Blue' - New York Times
  4. ^ Out of N.Y.P.D., Into 'N.Y.P.D. Blue' - New York Times
  5. ^ Police Officer Writers – Bill Clark

External links

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