Stephen J. Cannell

Stephen J. Cannell: Summary

Recent Role:: Himself on Imus In The Morning

Birthday:: 5-2-1941

Birthplace:: Los Angeles, California

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Stephen J. Cannell is one of TV's most prolific writers and producers. Over his long career, he has created, written or produced more than 1,500 hours of TV and has been behind some of the most popular series of the 1980s and 1990s. He has achieved this success while overcoming his dyslexia, which caused him to struggle in school. After getting a degree in journalism from the University...

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Stephen J. Cannell received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Private Eye Writers of America in 1994.(edit)
Stephen J. Cannell broke into TV when he sold his first script to It Takes a Thief in 1968.(edit)
Stephen J. Cannell has been married to his wife, Marcia Finch, since 1964 and the couple has had four children.(edit)
Stephen J. Cannell's first full-time writing job was as story editor for Adam-12 during the show's fourth season.(edit)
Stephen J. Cannell and Janet Evanovich were collaborating on a book for the fall of 2007, planned to be the first in a new series. Unfortunately, plans fell through and the project was abandoned.(edit)