Douglas Booth | |
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Born | Los Angeles, California, United States | 2 December 1949
Alma mater | Harvard University |
Occupation(s) | TV producer and writer |
Spouse | Marcela née Scantlebury (m. 1991) |
Children | 2 daughters |
Relatives | Derek Booth (brother) |
Honours | ![]() |
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Sir Douglas Allen Booth, 3rd Baronet (born 2 December 1949), is an Anglo-American aristocratic screen writer and television producer.[1]
Early life
He is the elder son of Sir Philip Booth (1907–1960),[2] and Ethel (née Greenfield; 1914–2018),[3] a pioneering broadcaster.[4]
He was educated at Beverly Hills High School, California, before going up to Harvard to read American History and Literature, graduating Bachelor of Arts magna cum laude.[5]
Upon his father's death in 1960, he succeeded to the baronetcy.[6][2]
Career
As a television producer
In 1985, Booth worked as an associate producer for fifty-five episodes of the television series G. I. Joe: A Real American Hero and Robotix.[7] In 1986, he was co-producer for Potato Head Kids and The Glo Friends. From 1992 to 1994, he was producer for 65 episodes of Conan the Adventurer.
As a television writer
In 1978, Booth was a television writer for Yogi's Space Race and Dinky Dog, and from 1978 to 1981, he wrote for The All-New Popeye Hour.[8] In 1979, he wrote for The New Fred and Barney Show, Godzilla, Buford and the Galloping Ghost, and The New Shmoo.[8] In 1980, he wrote for The Flintstone Comedy Show and Drak Pack. The following year, in 1981, he wrote for Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends and Super Friends.[8] In 1981–1982, he wrote for Spider-Man, and in 1982, for The Little Rascals and The Smurfs.[8] In 1983, he wrote for the American TV series Monchhichi.[8] In 1983–1984, he wrote for He-Man and the Masters of the Universe.[8] In 1984, he wrote for The New Scooby Mysteries, Super Friends: The Legendary Super Powers Show, Mighty Orbots and Heathcliff and the Catillac Cats.[8] In 1984–1985, he wrote for The Transformers, and in 1985, for Challenge of the GoBots.[8] In 1986, he wrote for G. I. Joe: A Real American Hero, Potato Head Kids and The Glo Friends.[8] In 1987, he wrote for Garbage Pail Kids and Visionaries: Knights of the Magical Light, in 1988 for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and in 1989 for G.I. Joe: Operation Dragonfire.[8]
In 1990, he wrote for Captain N: The Game Master and The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 as well as Barnyard Commandos.[8] In 1991, he wrote for Peter Pan and the Pirates, G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero and ProStars, in 1992 for My Little Pony Tales, and in 1993 for Mighty Max and Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog.[8] In 1995, he wrote for X-Men, Skeleton Warriors, Street Fighter and Hurricanes.[8] From 1994 to 1996, he wrote for Iron Man.[8] In 1995–1996, he wrote for Spider-Man, and in 1996, for The Magic School Bus.[8]
Since 1999, Booth has been a writer for the Spanish TV series Yolanda: Daughter of the Black Corsair, and in 2002 for Gladiator Academy and Fix and Foxi, both also on Spanish television.[8] He wrote for Shadow of the Elves for German television in 2004, for Adventurers: Masters of Time in 2005 and The School for Vampires in 2006, all on German television.[8]
Personal life
Married to Yolanda Marcela Scantlebury on 17 November 1991, they have two daughters.[9] The heir presumptive to the family baronetcy is his younger brother, geologist Derek Booth.[10]
Filmography
Series head writer denoted in bold:
- Dinky Dog (1978)
- Buford and the Galloping Ghost (1978)
- The All-New Popeye Hour (1978)
- Yogi's Space Race (1978)
- The New Fred and Barney Show (1979)
- The New Shmoo (1979)
- Godzilla (1979)
- Drak Pack (1980)
- The Flintstone Comedy Show (1980)
- Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends (1981)
- Spider-Man (1981-1982)
- The Little Rascals (1982)
- The Smurfs (1982)
- Monchichis (1983)
- He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (1983-1984)
- The New Scooby-Doo Movies (1984)
- Super Friends (1984)
- Mighty Orbots (1984)
- The Transformers (1984-1985)
- Heathcliff (1984, 1986)
- Challenge of the GoBots (1985)
- The Glo Friends (1986)
- G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero (1986)
- Potato Head Kids (1986)
- Visionaries: Knights of the Magical Light (1987)
- Garbage Pail Kids (1988)
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1988)
- G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero (1989-1991): season 1-2 head writer
- Barnyard Commandos (1990)
- The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 (1990)
- Fox's Peter Pan & the Pirates (1991)
- ProStars (1991)
- My Little Pony Tales (1992)
- Conan the Adventurer (1992-1993)
- Tarzán (1993)
- Hurricanes (1993)
- Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog (1993)
- Transformers: Generation 2 (1993)
- Mighty Max (1994)
- Street Sharks (1994): season 2 head writer
- Iron Man (1994-1996)
- Ultraforce (1995)
- Tenko and the Guardians of the Magic (1995)
- Darkstalkers (1995)
- Creepy Crawlers (1995)
- X-Men (1995)
- Captain Planet and the Planeteers (1995)
- Skeleton Warriors (1995)
- Street Fighter (1995)
- Spider-Man (1995-1996)
- Dragon Flyz (1996)
- The Magic School Bus (1996)
- 101 Dalmatians: The Series (1997)
- Extreme Dinosaurs (1997)
- Where on Earth Is Carmen Sandiego? (1998)
- Pocket Dragon Adventures (1998)
- Roswell Conspiracies: Aliens, Myths and Legends (1999)
- Sonic Underground (1999)
- Yolanda, the Black Corsair's Daughter (1999)
- Gladiator Academy (2002)
- Adventurers: Masters of Time (2004)
- Winx Club (2005)
- Growing Up Creepie (2006)
- School for Vampires (2006)
See also
References
- ^ Who's Who In America
- ^ a b Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 107th edition, vol. 1, ed. Charles Mosley, Burke's Peerage Ltd, 2003, p. 427
- ^ "Ethel Greenfield Booth Obituary (1914 - 2018) Los Angeles Times". Legacy.com.
- ^ www.emmys.com
- ^ "Latin honors :: Harvard CS Concentration". harvardcs.info.
- ^ "The Standing Council of the Baronetage". Archived from the original on 6 March 2015.
- ^ "Robotix Episode Guide". www.bcdb.com. Archived from the original on 24 September 2013. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q "Douglas Booth". IMDb.
- ^ www.debretts.com
- ^ www.stillwatersci.com