What is Bruce Lansbury?
{{Infobox person | name = Bruce Lansbury | birth_name = William Bruce Mageean Lansbury | birth_date = {{birth date|1930|1|12|df=y}} | birth_place = [[London]], England | death_date = {{death date and age|2017|2|13|1930|1|12|df=y}} | death_place = [[La Quinta, California|La Quinta]], [[California]], [[United States|U.S.]] | death_cause = [[Alzheimer's disease]] | occupation = Television producer and writer, screenwriter | years_active = 1953&ndash;1996; 2003 | citizenship = [[United Kingdom|British]] and [[United States|American]] <small>(since 1954)</small> | known_for = For producing:<br>''[[The Wild Wild West]]'',<br>''[[Mission: Impossible]]'',<br>''[[Knight Rider (1982 TV series)|Knight Rider]]'',<br>''[[Murder, She Wrote]]'' | parents = [[Moyna Macgill]]<br>[[Edgar Lansbury (politician)|Edgar Lansbury Sr.]] | family = [[George Lansbury]] (grandfather)<br>[[Angela Lansbury]] (sister)<br>[[Edgar Lansbury (producer)|Edgar Lansbury Jr.]] (brother) }} '''William Bruce Mageean Lansbury''' (12 January 1930<ref>[http://www.filmreference.com/film/37/Bruce-Lansbury.html Profile], FilmReference.com, 13 December 2012</ref> &ndash; 13 February 2017) was an English-American [[television producer]]. His career lasted over 30 years, starting from the 1960s to the 1990s. He was known for producing many famous television shows such as ''[[The Wild Wild West]]'', ''[[Mission: Impossible]]'', ''[[Knight Rider (1982 TV series)|Knight Rider]]'' and ''[[Murder, She Wrote]]''. ==Early life== Lansbury was born in [[London]]. He was the grandson of former [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] leader [[George Lansbury]]. He was the younger brother of actress [[Angela Lansbury]]. He became a citizen of the United States in 1954. ==Career== His career began in 1953, but became frequent in the 1960s. He retired officially in 1996, but returned to write a screenplay for a TV movie about ''Murder, She Wrote'' in 2003. Lansbury served as producer of 69 episodes of ''[[The Wild Wild West]]'', from 1966-69, and 38 episodes of ''[[Mission: I