Nicholas J. Corea

Publish date: 2024-06-30

Nicholas J. Corea, a writer, director and producer on such TV series as “The Incredible Hulk” and “Walker, Texas Ranger,” died Jan. 17 of pancreatic cancer in Burbank. He was 55.

Born and reared in St. Louis, Corea served as a Marine in Vietnam before returning to Missouri as a member of the St. Louis Police Dept. He wrote the police novel “A Cleaner Breed” in 1974.

After a few years with the police, Corea signed on with the Marines for another tour of duty, mostly in San Diego, where he wrote for “Stars and Stripes.” He became the first Marine to win the Thomas Jefferson Award for Excellence in Writing, a feat he accomplished twice.

He moved to Los Angeles, but then, unsuccessful in his attempt to sell screenplays, moved back to St. Louis and worked on novels before returning to Los Angeles. He received his first writing assignment on an episode of “Police Woman.”

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Corea later enjoyed a stint as producer of “The Incredible Hulk” series from 1978 to 1982. He also worked on the series “Renegades,” “Airwolf,” “Street Hawk,” “Deep Space Nine,” “Outlaws” and “Baa Baa Black Sheep.”

Since 1994, Corea had been a writer and creative consultant on the CBS series “Walker, Texas Ranger.”

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