Dean Hargrove

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Dean Hargrove (born July 27, 1938 in Iola, Kansas) is an American television producer, writer, and director. His background includes graduating from the St. John's Military School, [1] Wichita State University, [2] and attending the UCLA Film School as a graduate student. [3] He specializes in creating mystery series. He frequently worked with television producer Fred Silverman and television writer Joel Steiger.

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Early career

Hargrove received an Emmy nomination in his early 20s as a writer for a short-lived NBC series with Bob Newhart, [4] The Bob Newhart Show , not to be confused with the 1972-78 CBS series of the same name.

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

He became a writer for The Man from U.N.C.L.E. late in the show's first season (1964). His biggest involvement with U.N.C.L.E. was in the second season when he wrote episodes that included a two-parter, "The Alexander the Greater Affair", later repackaged as the film One Spy Too Many. He did not work on the third season of U.N.C.L.E. and wrote just one two-parter for the short-lived fourth season. [4]

Columbo and Matlock

After U.N.C.L.E., he worked at Universal Studios' television section on shows like It Takes a Thief , The Name of the Game and Columbo . [4] He scripted the second Columbo pilot, "Ransom for a Dead Man", and was producer for the second, third and fourth seasons. More recently, he has worked for Viacom Productions and Paramount Network Television, producing the shows Matlock on NBC and ABC from 1986 to 1995, Jake and the Fatman on CBS from 1987 to 1992, and Diagnosis: Murder on CBS from 1993 to 2002. [4]

Personal life

Hargrove married Paula Vernay, an actress and model born in Iran. [5] They divorced and he married actress Brenda Scott in 1979.

Awards

Hargrove won a Primetime Emmy Award for Columbo in 1974 and was nominated on four other occasions. [6]

Filmography (selected television)

YearTitleCreatorProducerWriterNetwork
1960-1972 My Three Sons nonoyes ABC / CBS
1964-1968 The Man from U.N.C.L.E. nonoyes NBC
1968-1971 The Name of the Game noyesno NBC
1970 Columbo noyesyes NBC
1970-1977 McCloud noyesyes NBC
1979 Dear Detective noyesyes
1985–1995 Perry Mason television films noyesyes NBC
1986-1995 Matlock yesyesyes NBC / ABC
1987-1992 Jake and the Fatman noyesyes CBS
1989-1991 Father Dowling Mysteries yesyesyes NBC / ABC
1993-2001 Diagnosis: Murder noyesno CBS
2002 Diagnosis: Murder noyesno CBS
2005 McBride yesyesno Hallmark Channel
2005 Jane Doe (television film series) yesyesyes Hallmark Channel
2006–2008 Murder 101 yesyesno Hallmark Channel

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