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| Bill Lawrence | |
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| Born | Bill Lawrence December 6, 1968 , aged 40 Ridgefield, Connecticut, USA |
| Occupation | Screenwriter, Producer, Director |
| Years active | 1993-present |
| Spouse(s) | Christa Miller (1999 -present) |
William Van Duzer "Total Whelp" Lawrence IV (born December 26, 1968) is an American screenwriter, producer and director, best known as the creator of Scrubs. Lawrence is married to the actress Christa Miller, whom he cast on Scrubs as Jordan Sullivan, and they have three children. He has also co-created Spin City (1996-2002), and wrote several episodes of the show. He also created Clone High, which ran for only 13 episodes. He has also written for many other shows, including, Friends, The Nanny, and Boy Meets World.
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Career
After graduating from the College of William & Mary, where he studied English and was a brother of the Kappa Alpha Order, Lawrence wrote for hit shows including Friends, Boy Meets World, and The Nanny and produced the animated series Clone High. He is also the creator of the sitcom Spin City and his current venture, the comedy-drama Scrubs, which has finished seven seasons on NBC and moved to ABC as a 2008-09 midseason replacement. He is also one of the producers of the rejected television pilot Nobody's Watching. In 2006-07 he was prepping the film Fletch Won (which is a prequel to the previous Fletch films), but after Scrubs star Zach Braff dropped out, Bill Lawrence then soon after dropped out as well.
Along with many Scrubs cast members, Bill Lawrence also has a small role playing himself in It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie in a scene with Miss Piggy.
Bill has appeared in four episodes of Scrubs. He first appeared as an extra in the episode "My Missed Perception", at the end as one of the staff. Then in season 6 as another extra in the coffee shop in "Their Story", then as an offbeat justice of the peace in "My Soul On Fire (Part 2)". His final appearance comes at the end of "My Finale" as the janitor outside Sacred Heart that tears down the "Goodbye J.D." sign as J.D. is leaving.
He is currently executive producing, writing, directing for the series Cougar Town, starring Courteney Cox. The show was picked up by ABC for the 2009-2010 lineup. The comedy series centers on an attractive, newly single 40-year-old mom (Courteney Cox) with a 17-year-old son.[1][2]
Shows created
- Cougar Town (2009-present) (co-creator)
- Produced by ABC Studios and penned by Lawrence and Kevin Biegel.
- Scrubs (2001-present)
- Clone High (2002-2003) (co-creator)
- Spin City (1996-2002) (co-creator)
- worked on show (1996-2000)
Lawrence's works
Lawrence has been active since the year of 1993, writing for shows Friends, he wrote first season episode, "The One with the Candy Hearts", and The Nanny, writing "The Family Plumbing" and "Stock Tip".
He then went on to write for television series Champs, writing the episodes "The Loop and Live" and "Live and Let Breathe". He has co-created popular ABC television show, Spin City, which lasted for six seasons. He wrote episodes "Pilot", "The Apartment", "Bye Bye Love", "Paul Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest", "The Paul Lassiter Story", "Goodbye (Part 2)" and he co-wrote the series finale, "A Friend in Need."
Then in 2001, he created the still-running comedy, Scrubs. He has written episodes "My First Day", "My Mentor", "My Nickname", "My Occurrence", "My Overkill", "My T.C.W.", "My Own American Girl", "My Catalyst", "My Changing Ways", "My Intern's Eyes", "My ABC's" and the season eight finale, "My Finale". He has also directed several episodes of the series, which include, "My Dream Job, "My Own American Girl", "My Best Friend's Wedding", "My Old Friend's New Friend, "My Intern's Eyes", "My Rite of Passage", "My Missed Perception", "My Transition", "My Turf War", "My Own Worst Enemy", "My Inconvenient Truth", "My Last Words", "My ABC's", "My Soul on Fire Parts 1 & 2", "My Finale", as well as many uncredited rewrites.
In 2003, Lawrence created Clone High, with Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, it only lasted for thirteen episodes and wrote Escape to Beer Mountain: A Rope of Sand. His wife (Christa Miller Lawrence) was cast in Clone High and voiced Cleopatra.
Cameo Roles
Scrubs
- "Van" (Justice of the Peace) - "My Soul on Fire (Part 2)"
- "A Janitor" - "My Finale"
Cougar Town
- "Policeman" - "Into The Great Wide Open"
Notes
- ^ Adalian, Josef (2008-10-29). "Cox, Lawrence Join Forces for ABC's 'Cougar Town'". TV Week. http://www.tvweek.com/news/2008/10/cox_lawrence_join_forces_for_a.php. Retrieved 2009-05-07.
- ^ Schneider, Michael (2008-10-29). "Courteney Cox starts 'Cougar Town'". Variety. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117994936.html?categoryid=1238&cs=1. Retrieved 2009-05-07.
External links
- Bill Lawrence at the Internet Movie Database
- "‘Scrubs,’ Near Death, Is Given a Miracle Cure" in the New York Times
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