Stephen Kandel


Stephen Kandel was an American television writer. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1950.

Filmography

He has written episodes for many popular series, from Sea Hunt in the 1950s through MacGyver in the 1980s, with stops in between at , Mannix, Wonder Woman, The Six Million Dollar Man, Cannon, Barnaby Jones, Banacek, and others. He is credited with writing the pilot episodes of Daktari, Broken Promises, and Chamber of Horrors, and creating the series Iron Horse.

Films

Television

Awards

He is a recipient of the Mystery Writers of America Edgar Allan Poe award and the Writers Guild of America Humanities award. According to film commentator Tom Weaver, Kandel's "resume reads like a Baby Boomer's dream list of must-see TV".

Family

Kandel's father, Aben Kandel, was also a screenwriter. His younger sister, Lenore Kandel, was a Beat Generation poet and activist.