Background

Gary DeVore was born on September 17, 1941, in Los Angeles, California, United States to the family of an electrical contractor David H. DeVore and a homemaker Marjorie Rosenberg.

Career

Before becoming a screenwriter DeVore was a United States Army infantryman but received a medical discharge in 1961. DeVore began his writing career in the late 1960s on shows like Chuck Barris's The Newlywed Game, The Steve Allen Show and Tempo. In 1986 he was the head of the production at DEG Studios.

In mid-1997 Gary DeVore disappeared without a trace while driving home to his wife Wendy Oates DeVore in Santa Barbara County, ninety miles northwest of Los Angeles. DeVore had been visiting a friend, actress Marsha Mason, in New Mexico and telephoned his wife several times during the eight hundred and thirty-mile drive across the Mojave Desert. He made the last call to Wendy about an hour after midnight on June 28, 1997. DeVore’s body was found on July 9, 1998, in the Mojave Desert Canal, one year after his disappearance. As of July 16, 1998, investigations surrounding the circumstances of his death were still underway.

Achievements

• DeVore managed to create a plot for a number of popular 80s and 90s movies with popular Hollywood stars of the time. One of the most important factors that attracted attention to Devore was his controversial death that became a topic of speculation for many years.

Works

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  • Dogs of War 1980
  • Back Roads 1981
  • Running Scared 1986
  • Raw Deal 1986
  • Pentathlon 1994

Personality

Quotes from others about the person

• "DeVore pursued a colorful life of wine and women that touched an offbeat assortment of Hollywoodites."

Interests

• tequila, talk, horses, motorcycles

Connections

Gary DeVore was married four times. His first wife was a singer Maria Cole in 1969-1978. He was secondly married in 1981-1985 to an actress Sandie Newton. She was followed by actress and singer Claudia Christian with whom DeVore was in 1988-1992. And his last wife was actress and producer Wendy Oates whom he married in 1996 and widowed in 1997.

Father:

David H. DeVore

Mother:

Marjorie Rosenberg

Wife:

Maria Cole

Marriage 1969-1978.

Wife:

Sandie Newton

Marriage 1981-1985.

Wife:

Claudia Christian

Marriage 1988-1992.

Wife:

Wendy Oates

Married in 1996.

colleague:

Chuck Barris

References

• Contemporary Authors, Vol. 166 This volume of Contemporary Authors contains biographical information on approximately 300 modern writers.
  1998
• The Writer with No Hands The first authoritative investigation into allegations that a Hollywood screenwriter fell victim to a lethal kidnap operation by the CIA.
  2014
• The Writer with No Hands In this independent documentary, British academic Matthew Alford explores fresh evidence in a Hollywood cold case. Was the death of screenwriter Gary Devore in 1997 an improbable accident or a government assassination?
  2014