Jack Laird

Writing

Jack Laird

Born 1923-05-08 · Los Angeles, California, U.S

Jack Laird was an American screenwriter, producer, director, and actor. He received three Primetime Emmy Award nominations for his works in Ben Casey, Night Gallery, and Kojak. The acclaimed writer/producer began his career as a child actor.

Behind the camera

Amanda Fallon poster
8.0

A dedicated family doctor tries to help a pregnant teen-ager.

Amanda Fallon

1973

Amanda Fallon poster
8.0

A dedicated family doctor tries to help a pregnant teen-ager.

Amanda Fallon

1973

Hauser's Memory poster
6.8

A scientist is persuaded by the government to inject himself with the brain fluid of a dying colleague in order to preserve missile-defense secrets. However, he finds that he is now torn between his own wife and that of his dead colleague, who was a Nazi sympathizer.

Hauser's Memory

1970

The Movie Murderer poster
6.9

An experienced arson investigator takes along his young associate as they try to find an arsonist who is burning down movie sets.

The Movie Murderer

1970

Dark Intruder poster
6.3

Police call in occult expert to help solve series of murders.

Dark Intruder

1965

One of Our Own poster
10.0

Dr Jake Goodwin is the chief neurosurgeon at a busy city hospital. As he makes his rounds, Goodwin becomes involved in a vast array of medical cases. Problems arise when a top doctor is brought in seriously injured after a car crash, and Goodwin must deal with the doctor's own personal physician who wants to avoid a scandal. At the same time Goodwin's own son is brought in with a life threatening condition. This film was the pilot for the TV series Doctor's Hospital.

One of Our Own

1975

One of Our Own poster
10.0

Dr Jake Goodwin is the chief neurosurgeon at a busy city hospital. As he makes his rounds, Goodwin becomes involved in a vast array of medical cases. Problems arise when a top doctor is brought in seriously injured after a car crash, and Goodwin must deal with the doctor's own personal physician who wants to avoid a scandal. At the same time Goodwin's own son is brought in with a life threatening condition. This film was the pilot for the TV series Doctor's Hospital.

One of Our Own

1975

How I Spent My Summer Vacation poster
4.2

A man who completes compiling a dossier on a mysterious billionaire begins to get the feeling that he is becoming the victim of a conspiracy.

How I Spent My Summer Vacation

1967

Hellinger's Law poster
8.8

A flamboyant criminal lawyer named Nick Hellinger takes on the case of a syndicate's accountant (actually a Justice Department agent who has infiltrated the mob) accused of murdering a local TV newscaster.

Hellinger's Law

1981

Trial Run poster
5.0

A slice-of-life drama involving a young lawyer, his adoring secretary who tries to help to advance his career, and his employer, a famed lawyer burdened with an unfaithful wife.

Trial Run

1969

The Return of Charlie Chan poster
5.5

Charlie Chan comes out of retirement to investigate a murder case aboard the yacht of a wealthy Greek shipping tycoon.

The Return of Charlie Chan

1973

Shadow Over Elveron poster
6.6

A corrupt sheriff knows the secrets of everyone in town and uses that information to go unchallenged. But after the arrest of an innocent teenager, the new doctor cannot keep quiet and tries to get the community to stand up for what is right.

Shadow Over Elveron

1968

See How They Run poster
6.0

Three children are stalked by hired killers after they unknowingly take evidence pointing to the existence of a corrupt international cartel, which has just murdered their father.

See How They Run

1964

Code Name: Heraclitus poster
9.0

A man who dies on an operating table is brought back to life, but he has total amnesia. A government agent decides that he would make a perfect undercover operative.

Code Name: Heraclitus

1967

Kojak: It's Always Something poster
6.7

After discovering the connection between a corrupt city commissioner and Colombian killers, Kojak is framed for the murder of a call girl and is prosecuted by former police detective Crocker, now an assistant D.A.

Kojak: It's Always Something

1990

Destiny of a Spy poster
9.0

A veteran Russian spy is brought out of retirement to be sent to the West to do an important sabotage job. However, he finds himself falling in love with an attractive British double agent.

Destiny of a Spy

1969