Lowell S. Hawley

Lowell S. Hawley (20 September 1908 - 6 May 2003) was an American writer.

Biography

Hawley was born in Lynden, Washington. He began his career writing for a radio station in Bellingham, Washington.

He moved to Los Angeles in 1942 and spent a decade writing for radio KFI and its program "Art Baker's Notebook." His first novel, "A Few Buttons Missing: The Case Book of a Psychiatrist" (1951) was a best seller. He followed it with "Counsel for the Damned" (1953) written with Ralph Bushnell Potts.^[1]

He was a writer for the Walt Disney Studio from 1957 to 1969. He then retired.^[2]

Credits

Books

• A Few Buttons Missing (1951)^[3]

TV Series

• The Loretta Young Show (1955–56) (TV series)
• My Friend Flicka (1956) (TV series)
• The Adventures of Jim Bowie (1957) (TV series)
• The Millionaire (1957) (TV series)
• Zorro (1958–59) (TV series) - also story editor
• The Sign of Zorro (1958)
• The Californians (1959) (TV series)
• Zorro, the Avenger (1959)

Features

• Swiss Family Robinson (1960)
• Babes in Toyland (1961)
• In Search of the Castaways (1962)
• Mooncussers (1962)
• A Tiger Walks (1964)
• The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin (1967)
• The Young Loner (1968)
• The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band (1968)

References

1. Obituaries: Lowell S. Hawley Anonymous. Variety; Los Angeles Vol. 391, Iss. 1, (May 19-May 25, 2003): 52.
2. Obituaries; PASSINGS; Lowell S. Hawley, 94; Wrote for 'Zorro' on Television and in Film: [HOME EDITION] Los Angeles Times 12 May 2003: B.9.
3. Books--Authors New York Times 30 Apr 1951: 18.

External links

• Lowell S. Hawley at IMDb