Guy Thomas, who wrote the screenplays for the Dudley Moore-starring Wholly Moses!and the Rob Reiner-directedThe Magic of Belle Isle, has died.
He was 66. Thomas died Friday of a suspected heart attack at his home in Newbury Park, California, friend and writing partner Gerri Malcolm toldThe Hollywood Reporter.
Born in the town of Bay Shore on Long Island, Thomas and his family moved to Georgia when he was a youngster, and he sold his first screenplay,Jungle Boy, when he was 22.
Columbia Pictures head David Begelman placed Thomas on the writing staff of the ABC seriesCarter Countryas an incentive to get him to move to Los Angeles, and he penned a 1977 episode of the Georgia-set show, which starred Victor French and Kene Holliday.
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