Y&R Writer Eric Freiwald Dies at 82 - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

Zoneboy · 02-09-2010, 01:36 AM

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Veteran television and film writer Eric Freiwald, who wrote more than 1500 episodes for TV Westerns and other shows, died Jan. 29 in Prescott, Ariz. He was 82.
Freiwald is best known as a writer on the daytime soap "The Young and the Restless" for 30 years.

He began his career in 1950 writing episodes for TV Westerns with partner Robert Schaefer. His work also appeared in dozens of classic comic books for Western Publishing and Disney in the 1960s.

Among his TV writing credits were episodes of "The Gene Autry Show," "The Adventures of Kit Carson," "Hopalong Cassidy," "Annie Oakley," "The Lone Ranger," "Maverick" and "The Beverly Hillbillies." He was also a lead writer on the TV show "Lassie" for 13 seasons and wrote the feature film "The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold" in 1958.

Born in Detroit, he served in the Navy during WWII and soon after the war began his lifelong career as a writer.

He is survived by his wife of 62 years, June, two daughters, a son, four grandsons and one great grandson.

Marvo301 · 02-09-2010, 02:01 AM

Eric Freiwald

Scoobiedoo30 · 02-09-2010, 03:35 PM

RIP

MickeyMac · 02-09-2010, 03:39 PM

RIP

catlover79 · 02-09-2010, 05:07 PM

TV Knowledge Fan · 02-10-2010, 12:34 AM

Yes, Freiwald [with Schaefer] wrote dozens of scripts for Gene Autry's various productions, as well as for Jack Wrather in the '50s and '60s, including "THE LONE RANGER" (and the second feature film starring Clayton Moore, in 1958) and "LASSIE". Very prolific...that's why he was so good writing for "THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS". You don't find that kind of writing talent these days....

02-09-2010, 01:36 AM	#1
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TV Knowledge Fan Member Senior Member Join Date: Mar 29, 2006 Location: Long Branch, N.J. Posts: 2,577	Yes, Freiwald [with Schaefer] wrote dozens of scripts for Gene Autry's various productions, as well as for Jack Wrather in the '50s and '60s, including "THE LONE RANGER" (and the second feature film starring Clayton Moore, in 1958) and "LASSIE". Very prolific...that's why he was so good writing for "THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS". You don't find that kind of writing talent these days....