Robert Van Scoyk

Robert Van Scoyk
Born
Robert Elseworth Van Scoyk

(1928-01-13)January 13, 1928
DiedAugust 23, 2002(2002-08-23) (aged 74)
Other namesBob Van Scoyk, Rovert Van Scoyk
Occupations
  • Writer
  • producer
  • story editor
Years active1940s–1990s
Spouse(s)1. Patricia Schauder, ?- 1971 (her death)
2. Leona Plotkin, ?-2002 (his death)
ChildrenRobert 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.