Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television

ABBOTT, Chris

(Chris Abbott–Fish)

PERSONAL

Married; children: a son.

Addresses: Agent— Christopher Barrett, Metropolitan Talent Agency, 4526 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90010. Publicist— Beverly Magid, Guttman Associates Public Relations, 118 South Beverly Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 90212.

Career: Producer and writer. Breakdown Services, Ltd., worked as a writer and script analyst. Also worked as an actress.

Member: Writers Guild of America West (member of board of directors, 2002–03).

CREDITS

Television Executive Producer; with Others; Series:

Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman, CBS, c. 1993–1998.

High Sierra Search and Rescue, NBC, 1994–1995.

Legacy, UPN, 1998–1999.

Television Producer; Series:

(As Chris Abbott–Fish; with others) Magnum, P.I., CBS, 1984–1985.

(As Chris Abbott–Fish) Magnum, P.I., CBS, 1985–1986.

Diagnosis Murder, CBS, c. 1993–2001.

Television Supervising Producer; Series:

(As Chris Abbott–Fish) Magnum, P.I., CBS, 1986–1988.

Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman, CBS, c. 1993–1998.

Television Work; Other; Series:

(As Chris Abbott–Fish) Story editor, Little House on the Prairie (also known as Little House: A New Beginning ), NBC, 1981–1982.

(As Chris Abbott–Fish) Executive story consultant, Magnum, P.I., CBS, 1983–1984.

Creative consultant, Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman, CBS, c. 1993–1998.

Television Executive Producer; with Others; Movies:

Auntie Sue, ABC, 1989.

The Dancer's Touch (also known as B. L. Stryker and B. L. Stryker: The Dancer's Touch ), ABC, 1989.

Die Laughing (also known as B. L. Stryker and B. L. Stryker: Die Laughing ), ABC, 1989.

The King of Jazz, ABC, 1989.

Royal Gambit, ABC, 1989.

Grand Theft Hotel, ABC, 1990.

High Rise, ABC, 1990.

Night Train, ABC, 1990.

Plates, ABC, 1990.

Winner Takes All, ABC, 1990.

Television Executive Producer; Movies:

Bandit: Bandit Bandit (also known as Bandit Bandit ), syndicated, 1994.

Bandit: Bandit Goes Country (also known as Bandit Goes Country ), syndicated, 1994.

Bandit: Bandit's Silver Angel (also known as Bandit: Bandit and the Silver Angel ), syndicated, 1994.

Bandit: Beauty and the Bandit, syndicated, 1994.

Diagnosis Murder: Deadly Mirage, PAX TV, 2001.

A Town without Pity (also known as Diagnosis Murder: Town without Pity ), CBS, 2002.

Without Warning (also known as Diagnosis Murder: Without Warning ), CBS, 2002.

Television Executive Producer; Pilots:

Revealing Evidence: Stalking the Honolulu Strangler, NBC, 1990.

Silverfox, ABC, 1991.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Himself, Magnum, P.I.: The E! True Hollywood Story, E! Entertainment Television, 2001.

WRITINGS

Teleplays; Movies:

(As Chris Abbott–Fish) Little House: Bless All the Dear Children, NBC, 1984.

(With Leon Piedmont and Walter Klenhard) The Dancer's Touch (also known as B. L. Stryker and B. L. Stryker: The Dancer's Touch ), ABC, 1989.

(With Norma Jean Wood) Die Laughing (also known as B. L. Stryker and B. L. Stryker: Die Laughing ), ABC, 1989.

(And story) Bandit: Bandit Goes Country (also known as Bandit Goes Country ), syndicated, 1994.

Teleplays; Episodic:

(As Chris Abbott–Fish) "A Little Rain," Nurse, CBS, 1981.

(As Abbott–Fish) Little House on the Prairie (also known as Little House: A New Beginning ), NBC, multiple episodes, between 1981 and 1983.

(As Abbott–Fish; and stories) Magnum, P.I., CBS, multiple episodes, between 1983 and 1988.

(With Deborah Pratt) "Liberation—October 16, 1968," Quantum Leap, NBC, 1993.

"State of Flux," Star Trek: Voyager (also known as Voyager ), UPN, 1995.

Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman, CBS, multiple episodes, between 1996 and 1998.

"The Gift," Legacy, UPN, 1998.

"Tango," Legacy, UPN, 1998.

"Double Exposure," Twice in a Lifetime, PAX TV, 1999.

"Full House," Legacy, UPN, 1999.

(With Steve Brown) "The Seven Deadly Sins," Diagnosis Murder, CBS, 1999.

"Sleeping Murder," Diagnosis Murder, CBS, 1999.

(With Brown) "Confession," Diagnosis Murder, CBS, 2001.

Also wrote episodes of other series, including Cagney & Lacey, CBS; Father Murphy, NBC; and High Sierra Search and Rescue, NBC.

Teleplays; Pilots:

Revealing Evidence: Stalking the Honolulu Strangler, NBC, 1990.

(And story) Silverfox, ABC, 1991.