Roy Winsor; Wrote Mystery Novels, TV Series

Roy Winsor, who wrote mystery novels, radio shows and created the daytime television series “Search for Tomorrow,” has died at age 75.

Winsor, who also wrote, directed and/or produced other soap operas, died Sunday of undisclosed causes at his Pelham Manor home in suburban New York City.

A native of Chicago, Winsor returned to his hometown after graduation from Harvard. There, he wrote and directed such television and radio programs as “Sky King,” “Ma Perkins,” “True Confessions,” “Vic and Sade” and “Saturday Square.”

He moved to New York where he created “Search for Tomorrow” and helped produce other early television shows, including “I Love Lucy,” “My Little Margie,” and “My Hero.”

He set up his own company in 1955 and produced “Love of Life” and “The Secret Storm.”

Winsor also wrote mysteries, including “The Corpse That Walked,” which won the 1974 Edgar (Allan Poe) Award from the Mystery Writers of America for best paperback mystery of the year.