Background

Nicholas J. Corea was born on April 7, 1943, in St. Louis, Missouri, the United States. His parents later moved to Irving Tx. They owned an Italian restaurant called PaPa Joe's.

Career

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.”

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.”

Achievements

• Corea was an outstanding writer. His works were highly praised by critics and viewers.

Works

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• movie

  • Incredible Hulk Returns

    (The Incredible Hulk and The Mighty Thor. Two superheroes ...)

    1988
  • The Archer: Fugitive from the Empire 1981

• TV series

  • Street Hawk

    (Jesse Mach, an ex-motorcycle cop injured in the line of d...)

    1985
  • Booker

    (In this "21 Jump Street" spin-off, a rebellious young cop...)

    1989
  • Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

    (At Deep Space Nine, a space station located next to a wor...)

    1993
  • M.A.N.T.I.S.

    (Executive producer Sam Raimi presents this cult-hit actio...)

    1994
  • Star Trek: Voyager

    (The wildly successful Star Trek franchise continues as Ca...)

    1995
  • The Incredible Hulk

    (Don't make me angry. You wouldn't like me when I'm angry....)

    1978
  • High Sierra Search and Rescue 1995
  • Walker, Texas Ranger 1993

References

• Contemporary Authors, Vol. 189
  2001