Warren Murphy
Warren Murphy was an author best known for his Destroyer novels (largely co-written with Richard Sapir), which spawned the theatrical movie Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins and the television movie sequel Remo Williams: The Prophecy.
The character, who is trained to be an assassin after his death is faked, was planned for a move to television, but never got past the pilot stage at ABC.
Additionally, Murphy (and screenwriter Shane Black) co-wrote the story for Lethal Weapon 2, which starred Mel Gibson and Danny Glover as Los Angeles police detectives. Murphy also wrote the screenplay for The Eiger Sanction, directed by and starring Clint Eastwood. The film followed a classical art professor and collector who doubles as a paid assassin.
In 1988 Murphy’s Trace series of detective novels was made into a short-lived ABC series starring George Segal. Murphy’s Law followed the character Devlin Tracy, an unlicensed insurance fraud investigator based in Las Vegas.
Warren Murphy was an author best known for his Destroyer novels (largely co-written with Richard Sapir), which spawned the theatrical movie Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins and the television movie sequel Remo Williams: The Prophecy.
The character, who is trained to be an assassin after his death is faked, was planned for a move to television, but never got past the pilot stage at ABC.
Additionally, Murphy (and screenwriter Shane Black) co-wrote the story for Lethal Weapon 2, which starred Mel Gibson and Danny Glover as Los Angeles police detectives. Murphy also wrote the screenplay for The Eiger Sanction, directed by and starring Clint Eastwood. The film followed a classical art professor and collector who doubles as a paid assassin.
In 1988 Murphy’s Trace series of detective novels was made into a short-lived ABC series starring George Segal. Murphy’s Law followed the character Devlin Tracy, an unlicensed insurance fraud investigator based in Las Vegas.
Prior to his work as a novelist, Murphy served in the Korean War and worked as a reporter, editor and as a personal secretary to the mayor of his hometown.
Murphy died September 4, 2015, in Virginia Beach, Virginia. He was 81.
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