Gene R. Kearney: Gene R. Kearney. Writer: Kojak. Gene Raser Kearney, a native of New York City, attended the Berkshire private high school in Massachusetts, then served in the Air Force in the Korean War. He attended Harvard and graduated with honors where he worked for the newspaper, The Harvard Crimson. He began his career working for radio and doing documentary and commercial film work before moving to California in the early 1960s....
