Cliff Gould

Cliff Gould

Date of Birth: September 21, 1927
Date of Passing: October 19, 2013
Birthplace: Detroit, Michigan
Obituary: Hollywood Reporter

Cliff Gould was a writer and producer who worked extensively in television.

A native of Detroit, Gould got his start in radio and as an actor. In the 1950s he moved to Los Angeles, where he worked as a casting director for 20th Century Fox.

He began writing for television in the 1960s with episodes of the series Shotgun Slade and Rawhide, and went on to write for numerous others, including The Guns of Will Sonnett, Mod Squad, Medical Center, Bracken's World, Mannix, Cade's County, The Devlin Connection and Scarecrow and Mrs. King.

Cliff Gould was a writer and producer who worked extensively in television.

A native of Detroit, Gould got his start in radio and as an actor. In the 1950s he moved to Los Angeles, where he worked as a casting director for 20th Century Fox.

He began writing for television in the 1960s with episodes of the series Shotgun Slade and Rawhide, and went on to write for numerous others, including The Guns of Will Sonnett, Mod Squad, Medical Center, Bracken's World, Mannix, Cade's County, The Devlin Connection and Scarecrow and Mrs. King.

Gould produced all 26 episodes of the first season of The Streets of San Francisco and received a writing credit on nine episodes during its five-season run. He also created the 1979 NBC series A Man Called Sloane, starring Robert Conrad.

His feature credits included the 1969 action drama Krakatoa: East of Java, which he co-wrote with Bernard Gordon.

Gould died on October 19, 2013, at age 86. 

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