Samuel Anthony Peeples (1917 - 27 August 1997) was an American writer. He published several novels in the Western genre, often under the pen name Brad Ward, before moving into series television after being given a script assignment by Frank Gruber. He is known to Star Trek fans for his script for the second pilot episode, "Where No Man Has Gone Before".http://www.scifi.com/sfw//issue408/cassutt.html He also wrote an alternative script, Worlds That Never Were, for the second Star Trek motion picture, but it was not used; instead the producers decided to continue work on the script which would be filmed as Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. However, one character from his draft, Doctor Savik, would eventually morph into the character of Lieutenant Saavik.

He died of cancer in 1997.

Novels

• "The Dream Ends in Fury" (1949)
• The Hanging Hills (as Brad Ward) (1953)
• Johnny Sundance (as Brad Ward) (1953)
• Desert Showdown(as Brad Ward) (1954)
• The Marshal Of Medicine Bend (as Brad Ward) (1954)
• The Lobo Horseman (1955) aka (The Lobo Horseman: Was he the last threat to Dynamite Valley?)
• The Call of the Gun (1955)
• The Man from Andersonville (1956) (as Brad Ward)
• Terror At Tres Alamos (1956)
• Doc Colt (1957)
• The Man Who Died Twice (1976)

Films

• Advance to the Rear (with William Bowers) 1967
• Final Chapter: Walking Tall (with Howard B. Kreitzek) 1977

Television scripts

• Wanted: Dead or Alive 1958
  • "The Bounty"
  • "Rawhide Breed"
  • "Bounty for a Bride"
• The Rifleman 1958
  • "Episode with Vic Morrow"
• Bonanza 1959
  • "The Saddle Stiff"
• Overland Trail 1960
  • "Daughter of the Sioux"
  • "First Stage to Denver"
  • "High Bridge"
  • "The Most Dangerous Gentleman"
  • "Vigilantes of Montana"
  • "Westbound Stage"
• Burke's Law 1963
• The Rogues 1964
  • "Our Men in Marawat"
• A Man Called Shenandoah 1965
• The Legend of Jesse James (1965)
• Star Trek 1966
  • "Where No Man Has Gone Before"
• Star Trek: The Animated Series 1973
  • "Beyond the Farthest Star"
• Jason of Star Command (1978)
  • season 1, episodes 1 to 6

TV movies

• Spectre (with Gene Roddenberry) 1977
• A Real American Hero 1978
• Flash Gordon: The Greatest Adventure of All 1982

See also

List of Ace Titles in first DGS series

External links

• Samuel A. Peeples biography at Answers.com