George Schenck Dies: Former ‘NCIS’ Showrunner Was 82
George Schenck Courtesy of CBS
George Schenck, a television writer and producer for the beloved long-running series NCIS, died peacefully at his home in Brentwood, CA on August 3. He was 82.
His death was announced by his family.
Schenck was the son of the late film and TV producer Aubrey Schenck and great-nephew of the legendary Nicholas and Joseph Schenck, who ran MGM and 20th Century Fox during Hollywood’s Golden Age and were part of the industry’s major movers and shakers for much of the first half of the 20th Century.
With more than 40 years as a producing partner with Frank Cardea, Schenck’s prolific producing credits stretch back to the late 1970s and early ’80 on such popular series as Fantasy Island (1981); Bring ‘Em Back Alive, the 1982 adventure series starring Bruce Boxleitner; and the 1984 detective series Crazy Like a Fox starring Jack Warden and John Rubinstein as a father and son investigator team.
But his signature series was NCIS, the long-running series – it began in 2003 and continues today – that depicts a team of special agents for the Naval Criminal Investigative Service. The show combines the twin dramas of military life and police procedural.
