James Douglass West, Child Actor Turned ‘Lassie’ Writer, Dies at 93

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James Douglass West, Child Actor Turned ‘Lassie’ Writer, Dies at 93
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He also worked on 'The Virginian' and on the Keely Smith-Louis Prima musical 'Hey Boy! Hey Girl!'

He was on the job during the 1964-65 season when the collie’s family move to Australia and Lassie gets paired with a Forest Service Ranger portrayed by Robert Bray.

Campbell Soup, the show’s longtime sponsor, insisted that the storyline be changed, West told his son. He remained with the series through 1973, which included two final seasons in syndication. West was born on July 17, 1929, in Redwood City, California. After appearing onstage in Paul Osborn’s, he was signed to a contract at MGM and came to Hollywood with his mother, Hazel, when he was 8., playing the violin as the son of Akim Tamiroff’s character;West enrolled at Los Angeles City College when he was just 14 and eventually went to work for screenwriter Jack DeWitt at Monogram Pictures. After a two-stint with the U.S.

West was done with TV writing in 1980 and launched his own medical transmission business, working into his 80s. His wife of 47 years, Geri, died in 2007.

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