Robert Van Scoyk | |
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| Born | Robert Elseworth Van Scoyk January 13, 1928 Dayton, Ohio, U.S. |
| Died | August 23, 2002 (aged 74) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Other names | Bob Van Scoyk, Rovert Van Scoyk |
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| Years active | 1940s–1990s |
| Spouse(s) | 1. Patricia Schauder, ?- 1971 (her death) 2. Leona Plotkin, ?-2002 (his death) |
| Children | Robert Van Scoyk, Andrew Van Scoyk, and Matt Tyrnauer, film director and journalist |
Robert Van Scoyk (January 13, 1928 – August 23, 2002) was an American 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.