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Stephen Joseph Cannell (February 5, 1941 – September 30, 2010) was an American television producer, writer, novelist and occasional actor, and the founder of Stephen J. Cannell Productions.
Cannell was born in Los Angeles, California, and raised in nearby Pasadena. His parents, Carolyn (née Baker) and Joseph Knapp Cannell, owned a chain of furniture stores. Cannell struggled with dyslexia in school, but did graduate from the University of Oregon in 1964 with a Bachelor of Science degree in journalism. At UO, he joined the Sigma Chi fraternity.
After college, Cannell spent four years working with the family business before selling his first script to the Universal series It Takes a Thief in 1968. He was quickly hired by the television production branch of Universal Studios and was soon freelance writing for such other crime shows as Ironside and Columbo. Not long afterward, he received his first full-time gig as the story editor of Jack Webb's police series Adam-12, then in its fourth season (1971–1972).
For many years, Cannell's office was at Paramount Studios in Hollywood, though his shows (with the exception of Hunter, The Greatest American Hero, Hardcastle and McCormick, and Riptide) were almost always distributed by Universal Studios. The closing logo of his production company features him typing, before throwing the sheet from his typewriter whereupon it animates to become his company logo against a black screen (the one sheet of paper lands on a stack of paper forming a letter C). It was updated often, the main differences being Cannell's clothes, the addition of new awards in the background, and (rarely) a new office for the live-action part. Early examples are also notable for Cannell's smoking a pipe as he types. The logo has become part of American pop culture and has been parodied on 30 Rock, Family Guy, and The Simpsons. After his death, an episode of Castle showed Cannell's logo with the words, "Colleague, Mentor, Friend", while he is typing and, "We'll miss you, pal", superimposed over the sheet of paper, but the stack of paper is absent, and the lone sheet floats down towards the bottom and out of view.
Cannell also acted occasionally, including a regular supporting role as "Dutch" Dixon on his series Renegade. He also took a turn in an episode of Silk Stalkings, in which the script called for one character to tell him, "You look just like that writer on TV," to which Cannell's character responds, "I get that all the time." He also served as the host of the 1995–1996 syndicated documentary series U.S. Customs Classified, focusing on the work of the U.S Customs Service. Cannell appeared as himself in the pilot of the ABC show Castle and again in season 2. Along with James Patterson, Dennis Lehane and Michael Connelly, he was one of Castle's poker buddies. In season 3, an empty seat at the poker table is described as Cannell's, and remains empty for a full year.
As of 2009, Cannell lived in Los Angeles. He married his high school sweetheart, Marcia; he "asked her to go steady in the eighth grade". Together they had two daughters, Tawnia and Chelsea, and two sons, Cody and Derek. Derek died in 1981 at age 15 when a sand castle he was building at the beach collapsed and suffocated him.
Cannell was dyslexic, and was a spokesman on the subject. According to an episode of Paul Harvey's The Rest of the Story, Cannell frequently had to dictate ideas or even complete scripts to a personal secretary. He discussed his experiences as a dyslexic in the upcoming documentary Dislecksia: The Movie.
Cannell continued to write on a typewriter (an IBM Selectric) and only used a computer for research purposes.
About author and audiobooks:
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_J._Cannell |
Shane Scully Series
Stephen J. Cannell - The Tin Collectors (read by Robert Lawrence)
Stephen J. Cannell - The Viking Funeral (read by D ick Hill)
Stephen J. Cannell - Hollywood Tough (read by Paul Michael)
Stephen J. Cannell - White Sister (read by Scott Brick)
Stephen J. Cannell - Three Shirt Deal (read by Scott Brick)
Stephen J. Cannell - On The Grind (read by Scott Brick)
Stephen J. Cannell - The Pallbearers (read by Scott Brick)
Stephen J. Cannell - The Prostitutes' Ball (read by Scott Brick)
Stephen J. Cannell - Vigilante (read by Scott Brick)
Code:
http://rapidgator.net/file/f41fc30e8909de0aaaa4557b0d2a69aa/The_Tin_Collectors.rar.html
http://rapidgator.net/file/ce6689c506ce90d2cf716cf0d7f3d4d3/The_Viking_Funeral.rar.html
http://rapidgator.net/file/0efa96f215cd1e5ee18a25e0a110de3b/Hollywood_Tough.rar.html
http://rapidgator.net/file/0df79f91016df494356325afbc63eaab/Vertical_Coffin.rar.html
http://rapidgator.net/file/915ebe4e9d051ffdd689edb5585afa2d/Cold_Hit.rar.html
http://rapidgator.net/file/f7bbe9767538ca83dd95d109e4619e0d/White_Sister.rar.html
http://rapidgator.net/file/222735a80ade77bed8eb7dbd23966f63/Three_Shirt_Deal.rar.html
http://rapidgator.net/file/7d5fa247859d472a648058aa4f9cf2f6/On_The_Grind.rar.html
http://rapidgator.net/file/e231cdb3c948d3facb5d8903a399a262/The_Pallbearers.rar.html
http://rapidgator.net/file/61885efdacbcef5d12794677020494e8/The_Prostitutes_Ball.rar.html
http://rapidgator.net/file/eccc165e3af82e5c34f29a837d0528e6/Vigilante.rar.html |
Other Novels
Stephen J. Cannell - The Plan (read by Stephen J. Cannell)
Stephen J. Cannell - Final Victim (read by Stephen J. Cannell)
Stephen J. Cannell - Riding The Snake (read by Stephen J. Cannell)
Stephen J. Cannell - The Devil's Workshop (read by Stephen J. Cannell)
Stephen J. Cannell - Runaway Heart (read by Nick Sullivan)
Stephen J. Cannell - At First Sight (read by Scott Brick)
Code:
http://rapidgator.net/file/4f88edcd34d92e5cdf0e5b2c21b007d6/The_Plan.rar.html
http://rapidgator.net/file/197247f1ca250f96b5dd6f5ee61fd0a8/Final_Victim.rar.html
http://rapidgator.net/file/308e6ff3c8856221c6c5e065f085e115/King_Con.rar.html
http://rapidgator.net/file/33a9ccb9323237aa95efc0783bd311e2/Riding_The_Snake.rar.html
http://rapidgator.net/file/999d34c6ca7ab5a896940e17b313e38d/The_Devils_Workshop.rar.html
http://rapidgator.net/file/761dae87dd66b67383d1239cc8c4d369/Runaway_Heart.rar.html
http://rapidgator.net/file/4bec738d1626ec55f136320ec6fd54ab/At_First_Sight.rar.html |
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