Richard Whitley

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Richard Whitley
Born
NationalityAmerican
Occupations
  • Screenwriter
  • Producer
  • Lyricist
  • Actor
Years active1978–present
Notable work Rock 'n' Roll High School

Richard Whitley is an American screenwriter, producer, lyricist, and actor best known for his work on Rock 'n' Roll High School . [1] [2]

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Career

Richard Whitley was born in Elmhurst, Illinois, to Marian and Edward F. Whitley. [3] [4] He had an older half-brother, John Hill, who was a game designer. [5] Whitley began his career by writing the script for Roger Corman's Rock 'n' Roll High School (1979). [6] His work on Rock 'n' Roll High School led to writing for several TV shows, including Delta House , Homefront , TV Nation , Space: Above and Beyond , Roseanne , Millennium , Recess , Roswell , The Others , Lloyd in Space , Canterbury's Law , and Pound Puppies . [7] On July 31, 2008, it was announced that actor/writer Alex Winter had been hired to script a remake of Rock 'n' Roll High School for Howard Stern's production company. [8] [9]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleCredited asNotes
Writer Producer Actor
1978 Deathsport NoNoYesRole: Mutant [10]
1979 Rock 'n' Roll High School YesNoNo [10] [11]
1982 Pandemonium YesAssociateYesRole: Man #3 in Restaurant [7]
1991 Rock 'n' Roll High School Forever YesNoNoBased on characters created by [7]
2004 Straight into Darkness NoNoNoSpecial thanks [12]
2006 America: Freedom to Fascism NoYesNo [7] [13]
TBA Untitled Rock 'n' Roll High School remake YesNoNoBased on characters created by [14]

Television

YearTitleCredited asNotes
Writer Lyricist
1979 Delta House YesNoEpisode: "The Guns of October" [7]
1992–1993 Homefront YesYesEpisodes: "The Lemo Tomato Juice Hour", "Signed, Crazy in Love", "On the Rebound" [7] [15]
1994 TV Nation YesNoAlso producer [7]
1996 Space: Above and Beyond YesNoEpisodes: "Dear Earth", "Pearly" [7]
1997 Roseanne YesNoEpisodes: "Lanford's Elite", "Roseanne-Feld" [7]
1998 Millennium YesNoEpisode: "Goodbye Charlie" [7] [16] [17]
1999 Recess YesNoEpisodes: "The First Picture Show", "Gus' Fortune", "The Dude" [7]
2000 Roswell YesNoEpisode: "Tess, Lies and Videotape" [7]
The Others YesNoEpisode: "$4.95 a Minute" [7] [18]
2001–2002 Lloyd in Space YesNoEpisodes: "Lloyd Changes His Mind", "Francine's Power Trip", "Lloyd's Lost Weekend", "Neither Boy Nor Girl" [7]
2008 Canterbury's Law YesNoEpisode: "Sick as Your Secrets" [7]
2012 Pound Puppies YesYesEpisode: "No Dogs Allowed" [7]

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