Other works

(1967) Unsold pilot: Created a sitcom pilot about two elderly, retired superheroes (played by Mickey Rooney and Eddie Mayehoff) who must once again don their leotards to do battle with a super-villain who has been set free and has vowed to destroy the world.

(1972) Unsold pilot: Produced one of the pilot episodes for a series to be called "Biography." Four pilots were completed and eventually appeared as TV movies, but Laird's episode about magician Harry Houdini was never filmed.

(1967) Unproduced Project: He was set to be Producer for "Out of The Darkness", a screenplay written by Barré Lyndon and Alvin Sapinsley.

(1966) Unproduced Project: He was set to be Producer for "The Other Place", a screenplay written by Theodore Sturgeon.

(1971) Unproduced Project: He was set to be Executive Producer for "Fires, Bombs, and Patriots", a screenplay written by Abby Mann, who was also going to be producer.

(1973 - 1974) Unmade pilot: "In The Name Of The Law" written by Alvin Sapinsley.

(1973 - 1974) Unmade pilot: Co-wrote "Senior Year" with M. Charles Cohen and David Levinson.

(1973 - 1974) Unmade pilot: "Newsroom" written by A.J. Russell.

(Circa 1960) Unproduced Project: He was set to be Producer for "The Invisible Man", a screenplay adaption of the H.G. Wells novel of the same name by Howard Rodman.

(Circa 1970) Unmade pilot: He had written a television series treatment called "Code Name: Damocles".

(Circa 1970) Unmade pilot: He had written a television series treatment called "Atonement".

(1969) Unproduced Project: He was set to be Producer for "The Richest Hill On Earth", a screenplay written by Halsted Welles, which was based on a treatment by Laird.

(1969) Unproduced Project: He was set to be Producer for "Unit Theta", a screenplay written by Wilton Schiller.

(Circa 1974) Unmade pilot: He had written a television series treatment called "The Lorne Green Project".

(Circa 1980) Unmade pilot: He had written a television series treatment called "...& Cucamonga"

(Circa 1978) Unmade pilot: He had written a television series treatment called "Tokatyan".

(Circa 1970) Unproduced Project: He was set to be Producer for "The Broken-Field Runner", a screenplay written by Fred Segal.

(Circa 1970) Unproduced Project: Co-wrote "Mantrap" with Wilton Schiller.

(Circa 1970) Unmade pilot: He had written a television series treatment called "Talmadge".

(1988) Unproduced Project: He had written a script treatment called "Suffer The Little Children".

(Circa 1960) Unproduced Project: He had written a script called "Red Wolf Crossing", which was an adaption of "To Follow a Flag", a novel written by Heck Allen.

(1968) Unproduced Project: He had written a script called "Hotel Imperial - Tokyo", which was based on an original story by Alan Lee.

(Circa 1970) Unmade pilot: He had written a television series treatment called "Brute Force".

(Circa 1950s) Unproduced Project: lot: He was set to work on a television series called "Lisbon", which he would've co-written with Wilton Schiller, and would've starred Dennis O'Keefe and would've been produced by Gordon Griffith and Robert Gradford.

(1952) theater play: wrote "Monsieur Jules".

(1953) theater play: wrote "The Game".