SAMUEL A. PEEPLES

'Samuel Anthony Peeples' (1917 - 27 August 1997) was an American writer. He published several novels in the Western genre, often under the pen name 'Brad Ward', before moving into series television after being given a script assignment by Frank Gruber. He is known to ''Star Trek'' fans for his script for the the second pilot episode, "Where No Man Has Gone Before".[1] He also wrote an alternative script, ''Worlds That Never Were'', for the second ''Star Trek'' motion picture, but it was not used; instead the producers decided to continue work on the script which would be filmed as ''. However, one character from his draft, Doctor Savik, would eventually morph into the character of Lieutenant Saavik.
He died of cancer in 1997.

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Novels

Films

Television scripts

TV movies

See also

External link

Novels

★ ''The Hanging Hills'' (as Brad Ward) (1953)

★ ''Johnny Sundance'' (as Brad Ward) (1953)

★ ''Desert Showdown''(as Brad Ward) (1954)

★ ''The Marshal Of Medicine Bend'' (as Brad Ward) (1954)

★ ''The Lobo Horseman'' (1955) aka (''The Lobo Horseman: Was he the last threat to Dynamite Valley?'')

★ ''The Call of the Gun'' (1955)

★ ''The Man from Andersonville'' (1956) (as Brad Ward)

★ ''Terror At Tres Alamos'' (1956)

★ ''Doc Colt'' (1957)

★ ''The Man Who Died Twice'' (1976)

Films

★ ''Advance to the Rear'' (with William Bowers) 1967

★ ''Final Chapter: Walking Tall'' (with Howard B. Kreitzek) 1977

Television scripts

★ '' 1958

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★ "The Bounty"

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★ "Rawhide Breed"

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★ "Bounty for a Bride"

★ ''The Rifleman'' 1958

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★ "Episode with Vic Morrow"

★ ''Bonanza'' 1959

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★ "The Saddle Stiff"

★ ''Overland Trail'' 1960

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★ "Daughter of the Sioux"

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★ "First Stage to Denver"

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★ "High Bridge"

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★ "The Most Dangerous Gentleman"

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★ "Vigilantes of Montana"

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★ "Westbound Stage"

★ ''Burke's Law'' 1963

★ ''The Rogues'' 1964

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★ "Our Men in Marawat"

★ ''A Man Called Shenandoah'' 1965

★ ''The Legend of Jesse James'' (1965)

★ '' 1966

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★ "Where No Man Has Gone Before"

★ '' 1973

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★ "Beyond the Farthest Star"

TV movies

★ ''Spectre'' (with Gene Roddenberry) 1977

★ ''A Real American Hero'' 1978

★ ''Flash Gordon: The Greatest Adventure of All'' 1982

See also

List of Ace Titles in first DGS series

External link

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★ Samuel A. Peeples biography at Answers.com