John Lucarotti

John Vincent Lucarotti (20 May 1926 – 20 November 1994)

Career

A naturalized Canadian citizen, he began his career at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, writing on over 200 various scripts for them as well as for Canadian television. He moved back to England where he had a prolific career. He created the television series Operation Patch (later novelised), The Ravelled Thread, and The Panther's Leap. He wrote six episodes for The Avengers (one episode however was a rewrite of a script by Gerald Verner), thirty-two episodes for The Troubleshooters and contributed fifteen episodes to the BBC's Doctor Who in the 1960s, the three serials: Marco Polo, The Aztecs and The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve. He later married Rose-marie Sandy in London in 1969.

Death

Lucarotti died of spinal cancer in Paris on 20 November 1994 at age 68.