John Dunkel

{{short description|American screenwriter}}

{{Infobox person

|name = John Dunkel

|birth_date = {{birth date|1915|02|21}}

|birth_place = Springfield, Ohio, U.S.

|death_date = {{death date and age|2001|02|22|1915|02|21}}

|death_place = North Hollywood, California, U.S.

|occupation = Screenwriter

|spouse = Claire Dunkel{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2001/scene/people-news/john-dunkel-1117796476/|title=John Dunkel|first=Doug|last=Galloway|work=Variety|date=April 4, 2001|access-date=May 24, 2022}}

|children = 1

|alma mater = Wittenberg University

}}

John Dunkel (February 21, 1915 – February 22, 2001) was an American screenwriter.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SME8DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA65|title=Radio Drama and Comedy Writers, 1928-1962|page=65|first=Ryan|last=Ellett|publisher=McFarland|date=November 2, 2017|isbn=9781476629803|via=Google Books}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9LtkAAAAMAAJ|title=Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2001|first=Harris|last=Lentz|pages=92–93|publisher=McFarland|date=April 16, 2002|isbn=9780786412785|via=Google Books}} In the 1930s he wrote for CBS Radio in Hollywood, California. Dunkel wrote for television programs including Gunsmoke, Bonanza, The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp, Wagon Train, The Californians, The Virginian, Laramie, The Big Valley and Rawhide. He died in February 2001 of a heart attack in Los Angeles, California, at the age of 86.{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-apr-04-me-46727-story.html|title=John Dunkel; Scriptwriter for TV Westerns|work=Los Angeles Times|date=April 4, 2001|access-date=May 24, 2022}}