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Michael Petryni

  • Writer
  • Additional Crew
  • Producer
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Michael Petryni is known for Moonlighting (1985), Knots Landing (1979) and Spenser: For Hire (1985).
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    Known for

    Bruce Willis and Cybill Shepherd in Moonlighting (1985)
    Moonlighting
    7.6
    TV Series
    • Writer
    Donna Mills, Joan Van Ark, Michele Lee, Constance McCashin, John Pleshette, and Ted Shackelford in Knots Landing (1979)
    Knots Landing
    6.9
    TV Series
    • Writer
    Avery Brooks and Robert Urich in Spenser: For Hire (1985)
    Spenser: For Hire
    7.3
    TV Series
    • Writer
    The Great Los Angeles Earthquake (1990)
    The Great Los Angeles Earthquake
    5.9
    TV Movie
    • Writer
    • 1990

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    Writer

    • Sean Young, Perry King, and George Pilgrim in The Cowboy and the Movie Star (1998)
      The Cowboy and the Movie Star
      6.3
      TV Movie
      • written by (as Michael Petryini)
      • 1998
    • David Charvet and Patricia Kalember in Angel Flight Down (1996)
      Angel Flight Down
      5.1
      TV Movie
      • written by
      • 1996
    • Ivan Sergei, Kevin Dobson, and Kellie Martin in If Someone Had Known (1995)
      If Someone Had Known
      6.1
      TV Movie
      • teleplay
      • 1995
    • Robert Stack in The Return of Eliot Ness (1991)
      The Return of Eliot Ness
      6.0
      TV Movie
      • written by
      • 1991
    • In the Line of Duty: Manhunt in the Dakotas (1991)
      In the Line of Duty: Manhunt in the Dakotas
      6.4
      TV Movie
      • teleplay
      • 1991
    • The Great Los Angeles Earthquake (1990)
      The Great Los Angeles Earthquake
      5.9
      TV Movie
      • teleplay
      • 1990
    • Child in the Night (1990)
      Child in the Night
      5.6
      TV Movie
      • written by
      • 1990
    • George Peppard in Man Against the Mob: The Chinatown Murders (1989)
      Man Against the Mob: The Chinatown Murders
      6.0
      TV Movie
      • teleplay
      • 1989
    • Avery Brooks and Robert Urich in Spenser: For Hire (1985)
      Spenser: For Hire
      7.3
      TV Series
      • writer
      • 1986–1987
    • Teri Garr, Carol Burnett, Dabney Coleman, Charles Grodin, and Gregory Harrison in Fresno (1986)
      Fresno
      7.8
      TV Mini Series
      • Writer
      • 1986
    • Andy Griffith in Matlock (1986)
      Matlock
      7.1
      TV Series
      • teleplay by
      • 1986
    • Nicholas Campbell and Stoney Jackson in The Insiders (1985)
      The Insiders
      7.1
      TV Series
      • story
      • 1985
    • Bruce Willis and Cybill Shepherd in Moonlighting (1985)
      Moonlighting
      7.6
      TV Series
      • written by
      • 1985
    • Donna Mills, Joan Van Ark, Michele Lee, Constance McCashin, John Pleshette, and Ted Shackelford in Knots Landing (1979)
      Knots Landing
      6.9
      TV Series
      • written by
      • 1983
    • River Phoenix, Richard Dean Anderson, Peter Horton, Drake Hogestyn, Terri Treas, and Roger Wilson in Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1982)
      Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
      6.6
      TV Series
      • Writer
      • 1983

    Additional Crew

    • Donna Mills, Joan Van Ark, Michele Lee, Constance McCashin, John Pleshette, and Ted Shackelford in Knots Landing (1979)
      Knots Landing
      6.9
      TV Series
      • story editor
      • 1983

    Producer

    • Robert Stack in The Return of Eliot Ness (1991)
      The Return of Eliot Ness
      6.0
      TV Movie
      • co-producer
      • 1991
    • The Great Los Angeles Earthquake (1990)
      The Great Los Angeles Earthquake
      5.9
      TV Movie
      • co-producer
      • 1990
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      • Michael Petryini

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