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Richard Anthony Wolf (born December 20, 1946) is an American television producer best known for his Law & Order franchise. Since 1990, the franchise has included six police/courtroom dramas and four international spin-offs. He is also the co-creator and executive producer of the Chicago franchise and the co-creator and executive producer of the FBI franchise.
Wolf has also written four books. The first, the non-fiction volume Law & Order: Crime Scenes, is a companion to the Law & Order television series. The Intercept, The Execution, and The Ultimatum are works of fiction in a thriller series featuring an NYPD detective named Jeremy Fisk.
Wolf has won two Emmy Awards, has been inducted into the Television Academy Hall of Fame, and has received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Wolf was born in Manhattan to a Jewish father and a Catholic mother of Irish descent. His father, George Wolf, was a writer, director, and producer. As a boy, he was an altar server at the local Catholic parish.
Wolf attended Saint David’s School, The Gunnery, and Phillips Academy, Andover. He subsequently attended the University of Pennsylvania (class of 1969), where he was…
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