David Weddle

David Weddle is a writer of several Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episodes. In all of the episodes he was involved in, he always wrote with Bradley Thompson. He was also a writer, executive story editor and co-producer on Ronald D. Moore's Battlestar Galactica. He also wrote the Star Trek: Section 31 DS9 novel Abyss.

is his favorite episode of those he and Thompson wrote and considers it to also be their best. 

Weddle appears in the background of Vic's lounge in as a holographic guest.

Weddle's father fought in and was present at many of the battles of the, including the  and the.

Weddle is a great fan of legendary director. He was a friend of the Peckinpah family and met the famous director many times. He later wrote the biography ''If They Move. . . Kill 'Em!: The Life and Times of Sam Peckinpah'', which was published in 1994. Ira Steven Behr, a great fan of Peckinpah, read the book and arranged to meet Weddle, securing him a place on the writing staff.

Weddle has appeared in many documentaries about Sam Peckinpah. These include Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron, Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade, A Simple Adventure Story: Sam Peckinpah, Mexico and The Wild Bunch, and Passion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam Peckinpah. Weddle recorded audio commentaries for the movies in the Sam Peckinpah's Legendary Westerns Collection DVD.

Writing credits

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