Bobby Herbeck
Robert William Herbeck is an actor, film producer and screenwriter, known for writing the first Teenage [Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990 film)|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles] film.
Career
Actor
Herbeck had a television acting career in the 1970s and 1980s. His roles were credited in several television series including Mash, CHiPs Diff'rent Strokes, and The Jeffersons.Producer
In 1998 Herbeck was listed as a co-producer on the Warner Brothers movie Wrongfully Accused.Writer
Herbeck was a comedy writer when he came up with the idea of creating a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film in 1988. The film had a 25 Million dollar opening weekend which surprised many Hollywood insiders.Herbeck wrote the first screenplay of Teenage Mutant [Ninja Turtles (1990 film)|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]. Screenwriter Todd W. Langen was called in to do a "Page One rewrite," that is, a complete revision based on a screenplay that a studio had deemed interesting but unworkable as submitted. Langen and Herbeck did not work together and did not meet until the film opened. Langen is credited first.