Mark Tinker Biography (1951-)

Full name, Mark Christian Tinker; born January 16, 1951, in Stamford, CT; sonof Grant Almerin (a television network executive) and Ruth Prince Byerly Fricke Tinker; brother of John (a producer, director, and writer); married Kristin Harmon (a costume designer), April 16, 1988 (divorced May 25, 2000); children: James. Addresses: Agent: Creative Artists Agency, 9830 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90212.

Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupation: Director, producer, writer
Birth Details: January 16, 1951; Stamford, Connecticut, United States

Famous Works

CREDITS
Television Work
Series
Producer, The White Shadow, CBS, 1979-1981
Producer, St. Elsewhere, NBC, 1982-1988
Co-executive producer, L.A. Law, NBC, 1986
Executive producer, Tattinger's, NBC, 1988
Co-executive producer, Capital News, ABC, 1990
Co-executive producer, Civil Wars, ABC, 1991
Executive producer, NYPD Blue, ABC, 1993
Producer, Brooklyn South, CBS, 1997
Also worked as associate producer, The Bob Newhart Show.
Movies
Producer, Thornwell, CBS, 1981
Director, Babe Ruth (also known as The Sultan of Swat), NBC, 1991
Director, N.Y.P.D. Mounted (also known as N.Y. Mounted), CBS, 1991
Director, My Old School, 1991
Director, Bonanza: Under Attack, NBC, 1995
Pilots
Producer, Operating Room, NBC, 1979
Director, 100 Centre Street, ABC, 1984
Director, Private Eye, NBC, 1987
Director, Home Free, NBC, 1988

Director, Mick and Frankie, ABC, 1989
Director, Capital News, ABC, 1990
Director, The Rock, CBS, 1990
Director, Our Shining Moment, NBC, 1991
Director, Brooklyn South, CBS, 1997
Television Director
Episodic
The White Shadow, CBS, 1979-1981
"Episode 4," Making the Grade, CBS, 1982
St. Elsewhere, NBC, 1982-1988
Knots Landing, CBS, 1986
Private Eye, NBC, 1987
Capital News, ABC, 1990
Civil Wars, ABC, 1991-1993
L.A. Law, NBC, 1993-1994
"Going Home," ER, NBC, 1994
NYPD Blue, ABC, 1994-2003
"Cutting Edges," Chicago Hope, CBS, 1995
"Loving Sons," Philly, 2001
Also directed episodes of The Bob Newhart Show.
Television Appearances
Specials
Academy of Television Arts & Sciences 13th Annual Hall of Fame, Showtime, 1998
(Uncredited) Himself, Inside NYPD Blue: A Decade on the Job, ABC,2002
WRITINGS
Television Episodes
(With John Tinker) "Brothers," St. Elsewhere, NBC, 1983
(With Tinker) "Qui Transtulit Sustinet," St. Elsewhere, NBC, 1983
(With Charles H. Eglee) "Homecoming," St. Elsewhere, NBC, 1984
(With John Masius and Tom Fontana) "You Beta Your Life," St. Elsewhere, NBC, 1986
(With Bruce Paltrow) "The Last One," St. Elsewhere, NBC, 1988
(With David E. Kelley and Jennifer Levin) "From Soup to Nuts," ChicagoHope, CBS, 1995
Wrote episodes of The White Shadow, CBS.

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals

Rolling Stone, June 18, 1987, p. 33

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