Dick Wolf

Dick Wolf
CAPTION: Dick Wolf is a famous television writer, director, executive producer, and creator best known for Law & Order, Chicago and FBI franchise SOURCE: Instagram@dickwolf
CAPTION: Wolf is one of the richest celebrities in Hollywood with a net worth of $550 million SOURCE: Instagram@dickwolf
CAPTION: Dick Wolf and his former wife Noelle Lippman SOURCE: NY Page Six.
Dick Wolf is a famous television writer, director, executive producer, and creator best known for Law & Order franchise and Chicago franchise ( police, courtroom, fire, and medical). Similarly, he has written books like The Intercept , The Ultimatum: A Jeremy Fisk Novel , The Execution: A Jeremy Fisk Novel , and many more. Besides writing, directing, and producing, he is also engaged in politics.
Dick Wolf was born Richard Anthony Wolf on December 20, 1946, in New York City, New York, the USA with the birth sign Sagittarius. He holds an American nationality and belongs to the white ethnicity.
He was born to the parents, Marie G. (mother) and George Wolf (father). Wolf attended Saint David's School and then went to The Gunnery. Later, he enrolled at the University of Pennsylvania and Phillips Academy .
Dick Wolf is famous as a television writer, director, executive producer, and creator. He served as an advertising copywriter creating commercials for Crest toothpaste along with the slogan " You can't beat Crest for fighting cavities " at Benton & Bowles .
Dick then moved to Los Angeles where he produced three screenplays like Masquerade, Hill Street Blues, and St. Elsewhere . Then, from 19090 to 2010, he worked in the Law & Order franchise starring Jerry Orbach , George Dzundza , Chris Noth , Dann Florek , Dennis Farina , and others. Additionally, Wolf was an executive producer of the CBS drama FBI in 2018.
He has won several awards for his achievements including an Emmy and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Besides that, the versatile personality is also involved in politics. He is a cla s smate of the previous U.S. President George W. Bush and was a manager of politician Fred Thompson . Dick supported Thompson in his bid, and as per the reports he contributed to Fred's campaign just before he revealed he was running.
Dick Wolf is one of the highest-paid celebrities in Hollywood. He has a net worth of $550 millio n according to Celebrity Net Worth . As per the reports, the talented star earned around $70 million in 2012.
In January 2019, his former wife Noelle Lippman disclosed that he receives in the range of $10 million to $15 million per month from his TV works which makes around $120 million to $180 million annually.
Without any doubt, the producer is currently living a lavish life with his family in a luxurious mansion. However, the information about his a s sets, cars, villas and other properties are yet missing.
Taking about Dick Wolf's personal life, he is married three times and divorced twice (officially). He first married Susan Scranton on September 5, 1970. Sadly, the former couple divorced on March 16, 1983.
Then, Dick moved on in his life and shared wedding vows with his second wife Christine Marburg on June 29, 1983. The couple shared three children named Olivia Wolf , Serena Wolf, and Elliot Wolf . Unfortunately, their marital relationship also did not run for life long, and they divorced in 2003.
Again, Wolf tied the knot with his third wife Noelle Lippman on June 17, 2006. Together, the pair shares two kids. One of their children's names is Rex Wolf, while the other child's identity is not revealed.
Like Wolf's two marriages, he split with his third wife on Jan 17, 2019; however, the couple has not officially announced that they divorced or not.
Wolf is one of the highest-paid celebrities with a net worth of $550 million according to Celebrity Net Worth. As per the reports, the talented star earns in the range of $10 million to $15 million per show.
He has been married three times during his lifetime. He was first married to Susan Scranton (1970-1983), then to Christine Marburg (1983-2005). As of 2021, he is separated from his third wife Noelle Lippman. The couple tied the knot in 2006.
Dick Wolf was born Richard Anthony Wolf on December 20, 1946, in New York City, New York, the USA. As of Feb 2021, he is at the age of 74.
Wolf stands at the height of 6′ 4″ or 193cm.

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Often uses guest appearances as springboards for actors into regular cast roles.

Does not like to use establishing shots in his shows. He believes that this gets in the way of dialogue and fitting a good story into an episode.

Frequently bases stories on real-life events

Attended prep school, which served as basis later for his School Ties (1992) screenplay; also attended University of Pennsylvania.

Father was an advertising executive, mother a housewife.

Worked as copywriter and/or producer of over 100 TV commercials, 1969-1976. Children: Olivia, Sarina and Elliot.

Producer Dick Wolf is old friends with producer Tom Fontana . They often use actors from each other's TV series, usually resulting in the actors working on two shows at once. Examples are J.K. Simmons on Law & Order (1990) and Oz (1997), Christopher Meloni and Dean Winters on Oz (1997) and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999) and Kathryn Erbe on Oz (1997) and Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001). Richard Belzer famously leaped from producers' show to show as "Detective John Munch".

Was an altar boy at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York back when Cardinal Spellman was Archbishop.

Is a close friend of famous crime novelist James Ellroy . Wolf even hired Ellroy's best friend, LAPD Homicide Detective William Stoner , as a technical advisor on his TV show Dragnet (2003).

Ranked #50 in the Power Rankings and #12 in the Money Rankings on Forbes' 2006 Celebrity 100 list, with $70 million in earnings, primarily from the syndication of the various "Law & Order" shows.

Was a member of Zeta Psi fraternity while a student at the University of Pennsylvania.

Has four children in all, three with his wife Christine Marburg, Elliot, Olivia and Serena, and one with Noelle Lippman, a newborn in 2007.

Claims the scariest movie he has ever seen is Roman Polanski 's Repulsion (1965).

Classmate of George W. Bush at Phillips Academy, Andover (Class of '64). Named to Andover's list of notable alumni.

Has two children with Noelle Lippman, a daughter Zoe Amelia Wolf (b. September 21, 2007) and a son Rex Wolf (b. March 2, 2010).

(talking to critics about his 'Law and Order' franchise) "You guys don't report the financial aspects of how successful the brand is. The only reason the brand is that successful -- it's show business. No show, no business. You've got an actress sitting up here (Mariska Hargitay) who has received two consecutive Emmy nominations for a show ("Law & Order: Special Victims Unit") that everybody would describe as mature. I didn't see that much fuss made about it. You read about who's hot, who's not. These shows are never mentioned. We're not looking to be the hot show. That's not what the 'Law & Order' brand is about. It's about longevity and about repeatability and about staying on the air and being a profit center for NBC for years to come."

Desperate Housewives is a cultural phenomenon. But, in my mind, it's a sprinter. These shows (the Law & Order shows) are marathon runners. These shows are designed to run for unreasonable periods of time.

If you're going to the theater and the actor does not have a 'Law & Order' credit on the Playbill, it means he's just got off the bus [to New York], or is really a bad actor.

I've never understood the obsession with younger writers and dramas. Comedies I understand, but how do you write drama at 23; you haven't experienced anything. You know about 23-year-olds. It's kind of hard to write about 60 year old EADAs [Executive Assistant District Attorneys]. Only a couple of us are 60 years old so far, but there are not many 23-year-olds who can write about life-changing situations unless it's medical. That sounds weird, but there's not the mileage on the odometer to get under the surface. There are exceptions that prove the rule-Dickens wasn't bad at 23.

[on the cancellation of Law & Order after 20 years on air] That's business. That's life. Every show is born under a death sentence, they just don't tell you the date of execution.

[on the Chicago franchise on NBC] I have ludicrously high hopes that the 'Chicago' shows will be on for a long time because they have settled in, nobody else is making television like this.

I've been on the air continuously at NBC for 21 years. So this is an extraordinarily long relationship, and it's like a very long-term marriage. I mean, there are stresses and strains intermittently, but we're kind of stuck with each other forever.

The heart and soul of network programming is series programming, the weekly repetition of characters you like having in your house.

'Law & Order' has been ripped from the headlines for 240 episodes. Over the past 11 years, the series has offended the sensitivities of a variety of special interest groups, including, but not limited to Jews, Catholics, Protestants, African-Americans, Asian-Americans, Aryans, Gays and Lesbians, Italians, Russians, Greeks, Conservatives, Liberals, Pro-Life and Pro-Choice Advocates, and the list goes on ad nauseam. The show reflects real life.

I don't think you can really make television based on what you think audiences want. You can only make stories that you like, because you have to watch it so many times.

And the consumer doesn't care. They don't watch networks, they watch TV shows.

Drama or comedy programming is still the surest way for advertisers to reach a mass audience. Once that changes, all bets are off.

TV is not about ideas. It's about execution. And writing and casting. That's why most of TV drama's biggest stars have been character actors, not romantic leads. Peter Falk. Telly Savalas. Angela Lansbury. They can inhabit a role for years, and that's the TV challenge. I like to say a successful movie lasts 110 minutes. A successful TV series lasts 110 hours.

Advertising is the art of the tiny. You have to tell a complete a story and deliver a complete message in a very encapsulated form. It disciplines you to cut away extraneous information.

As soon as you become complacent your show gets canceled.

I get bored with establishing shots of people getting out of cars and walking into buildings, getting into elevators and then 45 seconds later they have a line.

I do love television. But the business is accelerating and people are not getting the chance to fail.

Everybody knows things are not the same. The people running the TV end of a major vertically integrated company know how much money a successful show can make.

I think most people don't react well to being screamed at. It's counterproductive.

I try to just communicate what I want done as clearly and simply as possible.

I would say that if you really wished to be a working member of the community, don't go out on strike because then there's no work and no potential of work.

I was raised not to be rude, but I also try to get the best work out of people.

I was running Miami Vice, but it wasn't my show so I got to learn an enormous amount. You were basically getting trained to have your own show.

It was like in Samoa when they'd put up a movie screen on the beach and show movies and the locals would run behind the sheet to see where the people went. It was pretty grim.

If you're going to vote on a television contract, there is a certain rationality to saying that the same structures that are applied to Health Plan participation should be placed on the right to vote on a strike.

It's a very competitive business. And everybody I know who does it is extremely competitive, but they show it or don't show it in different ways.

If the scripts are not good, I'll tell somebody, 'This isn't good.

[on Law & Order's early years] When it went on the air, the sales department hated it. It was the highest advertising pullout show in the history of NBC. At the early focus groups, people were saying, 'Who are these people? Why should we watch them?

The threat to free television. The reason television is free is because it is a life support system for commercials. That fundamental aspect is about to change.

People recognize certain things, like 'D' means 'this dialogue stinks.' We're dealing with shows that are written here, shot in New York and posted back here. Accurate communication is a necessity.

[on the 1988 writers strike] People do have viewing patterns, and you disrupt those at your own peril. That's something that everybody learned after 1988. The numbers have gone down every year since that strike. Big time.

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Dick Wolf was born on December 20, 1946 in New York City, New York, USA. He is a producer and writer, known for Law & Order (1990), Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999) and Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001). He has been married to Noelle Lippman since June 17, 2006. They have two children. He was previously married to Christine Marburg and Susan Scranton.

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December 20 ,

1946

in New York City, New York, USA

Noelle Lippman ( 17 June 2006 -
present) (separated)
(2 children)

Christine Marburg
( 29 June 1983 -
2003) (divorced)
(3 children)

Susan Scranton
( 5 September 1970 -
16 March 1983) (divorced)

Wolf, Olivia

Wolf, Sarina

Wolf, Elliot

Wolf, Rex

Wolf, Zoe

George Wolf

Marie G. (Gaffney) Wolf

As of September 2022, Dick Wolf’s net worth is estimated to be $600 Million.
Dick Wolf is an American television producer, best known as the creator and executive producer of the ‘Law & Order’ franchise.
Wolf is also the creator and executive producer of the ‘Chicago franchise’, which, since 2012, has included four Chicago-based police, courtroom, fire, and medical dramas.
Richard Anthony Wolf was born on the 20th of December, 1946, in New York City. Wolf is the son of Marie G, a homemaker, and George Wolf, an advertising executive. His father was Jewish and his mother was Roman Catholic of Irish descent.
He was an altar boy and attended Saint David’s School, The Gunnery, and the University of Pennsylvania (class of 1969).
Wolf worked as an advertising copywriter at Benton & Bowles creating commercials for Crest toothpaste, including the slogan “You can’t beat Crest for fighting cavities.” He is also credited with the campaign “I’m Cheryl, fly me” for National Airlines.
He moved to Los Angeles after a few years and had three screenplays produced; one of these films, Masquerade (1988) starring Rob Lowe and Meg Tilly, was well received.
He started his television career as a staff writer on Hill Street Blues and was nominated for his first Emmy for an episode entitled “What Are Friends For?”.
Wolf’s Law & Order, which ran from 1990 to 2010, tied Gunsmoke for the then-longest-running dramatic show in television history, making it one of television’s most successful franchises
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