Dana Scully Doggett. Scully's character was also inspired by Jodie Foster's portrayal of Clarice Starling in the film "The Silence of the Lambs". Scully was a known name in UFO lore. In 1950 the less than credible "Behind the Flying Saucers" was published, written by "Variety" columnist Frank Scully. The name Scully was also used in 1976 film "All the President's Men", an obvious inspiration for the show, in a list of names who work for the Committee for the Re-Election of the President. The casting for Scully caused a conflict between Carter and the Fox network. Carter had chosen 24-year-old Gillian
Clarice Tinsley and news anchor. Tinsley has appeared as a news anchor or reporter in several Dallas-based television productions, including "The Good Guys", "Prison Break" and "Walker, Texas Ranger". In the 1980s, her work on "A Call For Help," an investigative reporting series on problems with Dallas' 911 emergency system, earned KDFW both a Peabody Award in 1984 and a 1980 Alfred I. duPont–Columbia University Award for investigative journalism. In 2007 she was awarded the "Director's Community Leadership Award" from the FBI. Clarice Tinsley Clarice Tinsley (born December 31, 1958) is an American broadcast journalist. In November 1978, she moved to the