Austin, Ronald J.

Ronald L. Austin was born in 1934 in Los Angeles. He worked in television as a writer, producer, and director. He wrote and directed numerous screenplays for a variety of television shows and television movies, and was noted for his work in writing and producing episodes of "Charlie's Angels" and "Mission Impossible" in the mid-1970s for Twentieth Century-Fox Television. He often shared responsibility as director with James D. Buchanan, particularly in the "Charlie's Angels" television series. He was a board member of the Writer's Guild of America, West which provided screenplay registration. In the early 1980s Austin produced "Q. E.D." in the United Kingdom.

From the description of Ronald L. Austin papers, 1964-1979. (University of Wyoming, American Heritage Center). WorldCat record id: 71206532