SIR GORDON RUSSELL
Name: Gordon Russell
Born: 15 August 1929
Died: 19 January 1981
Gordon Russell (August 15, 1929 - January 19, 1981) was a television soap-opera
writer.
Born in Salem, Massachusetts, he wrote for The Nurses on ABC. He is known for
his works on Dark Shadows beginning in 1967. He appeared as a bit player on the
final episode of Dark Shadows, on April 2, 1971. He also co-wrote the House of
Dark Shadows screenplay with Sam Hall. He later took over head writing duties
for Agnes Nixon after she left One Life To Live. Perhaps his most famous
storyline on One Life to Live involved Karen Wolek, a housewife who confessed,
on the witness-stand, to being a hooker. The story brought Judith Light an Emmy
for Lead Actress. A trademark of his writing is the introduction of a character
who would normally be bad, but to tell the story in a sympathetic way from the
characters' point-of-view.
ABC had moved him from One Life to Live in order to write its California-based
serial, General Hospital, but he died at the age of 51 before his work on that
show began.
Name: Gordon Russell
Born: 15 August 1929
Died: 19 January 1981
Gordon Russell (August 15, 1929 - January 19, 1981) was a television soap-opera
writer.
Born in Salem, Massachusetts, he wrote for The Nurses on ABC. He is known for
his works on Dark Shadows beginning in 1967. He appeared as a bit player on the
final episode of Dark Shadows, on April 2, 1971. He also co-wrote the House of
Dark Shadows screenplay with Sam Hall. He later took over head writing duties
for Agnes Nixon after she left One Life To Live. Perhaps his most famous
storyline on One Life to Live involved Karen Wolek, a housewife who confessed,
on the witness-stand, to being a hooker. The story brought Judith Light an Emmy
for Lead Actress. A trademark of his writing is the introduction of a character
who would normally be bad, but to tell the story in a sympathetic way from the
characters' point-of-view.
ABC had moved him from One Life to Live in order to write its California-based
serial, General Hospital, but he died at the age of 51 before his work on that
show began.