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Douglas Allen Booth

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| name = Sir Douglas Booth

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1949|12|2|df=y}}

| birth_place = Los Angeles, California, United States

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| occupation = TV producer and writer

| spouse = Marcela née Scantlebury (m. 1991)

| children = 2 daughters

| relations = Derek Booth (brother)

| alma mater = Harvard University

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Sir Douglas Allen Booth, 3rd Baronet (born 2 December 1949), is an Anglo-American screen writer and television producer.[https://marquiswhoswho.com/ Who's Who In America]

Early life

He is the elder son of Sir Philip Booth (1907–1960),Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 107th edition, vol. 1, ed. Charles Mosley, Burke's Peerage Ltd, 2003, p. 427 and Ethel (née Greenfield; 1914–2018),{{Cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/name/ethel-booth-obituary?pid=188207804|title = Ethel Greenfield Booth Obituary (1914 - 2018) Los Angeles Times| website=Legacy.com | date=17 February 2018 }} a pioneering broadcaster.[https://www.emmys.com/bios/ethel-greenfield-booth www.emmys.com]

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.{{Cite web|url=https://harvardcs.info/concentration/requirements/honors/|title=Latin honors :: Harvard CS Concentration|website=harvardcs.info}}

Upon his father's death in 1960, he succeeded to the baronetcy.{{Cite web|url=http://www.baronetage.org/official-roll-of-the-baronets/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150306051137/http://www.baronetage.org/official-roll-of-the-baronets/|title=The Standing Council of the Baronetage|archivedate=6 March 2015}}

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.{{cite web |url=https://www.bcdb.com/cartoons/Other_Studios/M/Marvel_Productions/Super_Sunday/Robotix/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130924012520/http://www.bcdb.com/cartoons/Other_Studios/M/Marvel_Productions/Super_Sunday/Robotix/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=24 September 2013 |title=Robotix Episode Guide |website=www.bcdb.com |access-date=5 August 2021}} 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.{{Cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0095685/|title=Douglas Booth|website=IMDb}} In 1979, he wrote for The New Fred and Barney Show, Godzilla, Buford and the Galloping Ghost, and The New Shmoo. 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. In 1981–1982, he wrote for Spider-Man, and in 1982, for The Little Rascals and The Smurfs. In 1983, he wrote for the American TV series Monchhichi. In 1983–1984, he wrote for He-Man and the Masters of the Universe. In 1984, he wrote for The New Scooby Mysteries, Super Friends: The Legendary Super Powers Show, Mighty Orbots and Heathcliff and the Catillac Cats. In 1984–1985, he wrote for The Transformers, and in 1985, for Challenge of the GoBots. In 1986, he wrote for G. I. Joe: A Real American Hero, Potato Head Kids and The Glo Friends. 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.

In 1990, he wrote for Captain N: The Game Master and The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 as well as Barnyard Commandos. 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. In 1995, he wrote for X-Men, Skeleton Warriors, Street Fighter and Hurricanes. From 1994 to 1996, he wrote for Iron Man. In 1995–1996, he wrote for Spider-Man, and in 1996, for The Magic School Bus.

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. 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.

Personal life

Married to Yolanda Marcela Scantlebury on 17 November 1991, they have two daughters.[https://debretts.com/peerage-and-baronetage/ www.debretts.com]

The heir presumptive to the family baronetcy is his younger brother, geologist Derek Booth.[http://s46986.gridserver.com/staff/ www.stillwatersci.com]

Filmography

Series head writer denoted in bold:

See also

References

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External links

  • [http://www.ukwhoswho.com/public/home.html?url=%2Fapp%3Fservice%3Dexternalpagemethod%26page%3DIndex%26method%3Dview%26&failReason= Sir Douglas Booth on ukwhoswho.com]
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Category:Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom

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