title: Ward Hawkins
text: # Ward Hawkins
  
  Ward Hawkins (29 December 1912 – 22 December 1990) was an American author, who wrote from the 1940s through the 1980s. His later works seem to have been science fiction, but earlier he wrote serial stories for the Saturday Evening Post in the 1940s and 1950s. He often wrote with his brother John Hawkins, and the University of Oregon has a collection of their manuscripts. In the 1960s, the brothers were writing for television, notably as staff writers for Bonanza, and in the 1970s, John Hawkins was a producer and writer for Little House on the Prairie, while Ward was Story Editor and also contributed many teleplays for the program.
  
  ## Filmography
  
  ### Films
  
  | Year | Film | Credit | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1944 | Secret Command | Story By | Co-Wrote Story with "John Hawkins" |
  | 1954 | Crime Wave | Story By | Co-Wrote Story with "John Hawkins" |
  | 1956 | The Killer Is Loose | Story By | Co-Wrote Story with "John Hawkins" |
  | 1957 | The Shadow on the Window | Story By | Co-Wrote Story with "John Hawkins" |
  | 1958 | Floods of Fear | Story By | Co-Wrote Story with "John Hawkins" |
  | 1965 | The Final Hour | Story By | |
  
  ### Television
  
  | Year | TV Series | Credit | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1952 | Chevron Theatre | Writer | 2 Episodes |
  | 1952-56 | Studio One | Writer | 2 Episodes |
  | 1955 | Fireside Theatre | Writer | 1 Episode |
  | 1955 | Celebrity Playhouse | Writer | 1 Episode |
  | 1956 | Kraft Television Theatre | Writer | 1 Episode |
  | 1956-58 | General Electric Theater | Writer | 2 Episodes |
  | 1957 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | Writer | 1 Episode |
  | 1957 | Climax! | Writer | 1 Episode |
  | 1957-58 | NBC Matinee Theater | Writer | 2 Episodes |
  | 1958 | Suspicion | Writer | 1 Episode |
  | 1959 | 77 Sunset Strip | Writer | 1 Episode |
  | 1959 | Bourbon Street Beat | Writer | 1 Episode |
  | 1960 | M Squad | Writer | 1 Episode |
  | 1960 | Stagecoach West | Writer | 1 Episode |
  | 1960 | The Best of the Post | Writer | 1 Episode |
  | 1961 | Shannon | Writer | 1 Episode |
  | 1961 | Manhunt | Writer | 1 Episode |
  | 1961-73 | Bonanza | Writer, Story Editor | 40 Episodes |
  | 1962 | Alcoa Theatre | Writer | 3 Episodes |
  | 1962-65 | Rawhide | Writer | 2 Episodes |
  | 1962-67 | The Virginian | Writer | 7 Episodes |
  | 1963 | Kraft Mystery Theatre | Writer | 1 Episode |
  | 1965 | Burke's Law | Writer | 1 Episode |
  | 1965 | Convoy | Writer | 1 Episode |
  | 1965 | Daniel Boone | Writer | 1 Episode |
  | 1965-67 | Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea | Writer | 4 Episodes |
  | 1966 | Tarzan | Writer | 1 Episode |
  | 1967-68 | The High Chaparral | Writer, Story Editor, Script Consultant | 19 Episodes |
  | 1974 | The Cowboys | Writer | 2 Episodes |
  | 1974-75 | Little House on the Prairie | Writer, Story Editor | 13 Episodes |
  
  ## Books
  
  * Floods of Fear, 1956 (Filmed in 1959)
  * A Girl, a Man, and a River by John Hawkins and Ward Hawkins, paperback 1957
  * Violent City by John and Ward Hawkins, Red Badge Mystery, 1957
  * Kings Will Be Tyrants, 1959, paperback 1960
  * The Damnation of John Doyle Lee, 1982
  * Sword of Fire, 1985
  * Red Flame Burning, 1985
  * Blaze of Wrath, 1986
  * Torch of Fear, 1987
  