Name Samuel Ratcliffe | Role Screenwriter | |
Died December 14, 1995, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States Education Birmingham–Southern College Awards Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series Writing Team, WGA Award for Best Daytime Drama - Television Similar People Sofia Landon Geier, Lorraine Broderick, Shelly Altman, Peter Brash, Patrick Mulcahey | ||
Samuel D. Ratcliffe (born 1945, died 1995 in New York City) was an Emmy-winning screenwriter for daytime television.
He grew up in Birmingham, Alabama and graduated from Birmingham Southern College, moving to New York in 1968 to pursue a career as an actor. From 1968 until the mid-seventies, he appeared in commercials, films and theatre. He was Matt in the long-running off-Broadway play, The Fantasticks and starred in the Broadway musical, Hurry Harry.
In 1976 he began to write for daytime television dramas. He won numerous awards, including a Daytime Emmy in 1991 for his work as head writer for NBC Daytime's Santa Barbara. He also served as Head Writer for NBC's Texas and Another World.
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