Cox, William R. (William Robert), 1901-1988

William Robert Cox was born in 1901 in Peapack, New Jersey. His career began with feature writing for Sunday call, a Newark newspaper. Cox's first fiction story was published in 1934 in American boy. He went on to write stories for detective, western, and sport pulp magazines such as Argosy, Detective tales, Dime western, and others. In the 1940s Cox began writing television plays and screenplays. He has written over 100 television scripts for shows such as G.E. Theater, Bonanza, Outer Limits, and the Virginian. He began writing novels in 1954, chiefly western and juvenile sports fiction. Cox was a member of the Writers Guild of America and served as president of the Western Writers of America. Cox died in 1988.

From the description of William R. Cox papers, 1914-1980. (University of Oregon Libraries). WorldCat record id: 54360641

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