Dean Hargrove: Summary
- Recent Role:
- on Murder 101
- Birthday:
- 7-27-1938
- Birthplace:
- Iola, Kansas
- Birth Name:
- Maurice Dean Hargrove
Dean Hargrove is an American TV writer and producer who specializes in mystery series. He has created and/or produced several popular shows, including Matlock, Father Dowling Mysteries, Jake and the Fatman, and Diagnosis Murder. He was also the creative force behind the series of revival Perry Mason TV movies that began in 1985.
He began his career as a scriptwriter, contributing episodes to The Man From U.N.C.L.E. and My Three Sons. In 1971, he wrote the teleplay for "Ransom for a Dead Man," the second "pilot" movie of Peter Falk's Columbo. He was a producer on Columbo (writing episodes featuring Jackie Cooper and Jose Ferrer) and its companion series McCloud for much of the 1970s before he began producing and developing his own shows.
In 1985, he was picked by Fred Silverman to write the script for "Perry Mason Returns." Starring Raymond Burr and Barbara Hale in their original roles of Perry Mason and Della Street, the film was the #1 show of the week when it premiered. The success of this TV movie led to a regular series of revival films that aired up to Raymond Burr's death (and beyond, with Paul Sorvino and Hal Holbrook starring in "Perry Mason Mysteries.") Hargrove contributed the stories to eight of the movies in the series.
In 1986, Hargrove developed, along with Fred Silverman and Brandon Tartikoff, a vehicle for actor Andy Griffith. Inspired by a character Griffith played in a TV movie, Hargrove developed the character of a folksy, savvy defense attorney. The result was Matlock, which ran for nine seasons to a large audience.
Hargrove also developed Father Dowling Mysteries. The show starred Tom Bosley (fresh off a four-season run on Murder, She Wrote) as a Chicago Catholic priest who was also an amateur sleuth.
In 1987, he premiered Jake and the Fatman with William Conrad. Though not widely remembered today, the series did spawn the spin-off character of Dr. Mark Sloan, played by Dick Van Dyke. Hargrove produced three TV movies starring the character and the subsequent eight-season series Diagnosis Murder. Leaving the air in 2001, it capped off almost two decades of having continuous series on the air for Hargrove.
Recently, he has been back in the TV mystery field with contributions to the Hallmark Channel's Mystery Movie series. He produces and writes episodes of Jane Doe with Lea Thompson (and Jake and the Fatman co-star Joe Penny), McBride with John Larroquette (as a defense attorney/investigator in the vein of Matlock and Perry Mason), and Murder 101 with Dick Van Dyke. He is also an executive producer of the BBC series Hex. Dean Hargrove is an American TV writer and producer who specializes in mystery series. He has created and/or produced several popular shows, including Matlock, Father Dowling Mysteries, Jake and the Fatman, and Diagnosis Murder. He was also the creative force behind the series of revival Perry Mason TV movies that began in 1985.
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He began his career as a scriptwriter, contributing episodes to The Man From U.N.C.L.E. and My Three Sons. In 1971, he wrote the teleplay for "Ransom for a Dead Man," the second "pilot" movie of Peter Falk's Columbo. He was a producer on Columbo (writing episodes featuring Jackie Cooper and Jose Ferrer) and its companion series McCloud for much of the 1970s before he began producing and developing his own shows.
In 1985, he was picked by Fred Silverman to write the script for "Perry Mason Returns." Starring Raymond Burr and Barbara Hale in their original roles of Perry Mason and Della Street, the film was the #1 show of the week when it premiered. The success of this TV movie led to a regular series of revival films that aired up to Raymond Burr's death (and beyond, with Paul Sorvino and Hal Holbrook starring in "Perry Mason Mysteries.") Hargrove contributed the stories to eight of the movies in the series.
In 1986, Hargrove developed, along with Fred Silverman and Brandon Tartikoff, a vehicle for actor Andy Griffith. Inspired by a character Griffith played in a TV movie, Hargrove developed the character of a folksy, savvy defense attorney. The result was Matlock, which ran for nine seasons to a large audience.
Hargrove also developed Father Dowling Mysteries. The show starred Tom Bosley (fresh off a four-season run on Murder, She Wrote) as a Chicago Catholic priest who was also an amateur sleuth.
In 1987, he premiered Jake and the Fatman with William Conrad. Though not widely remembered today, the series did spawn the spin-off character of Dr. Mark Sloan, played by Dick Van Dyke. Hargrove produced three TV movies starring the character and the subsequent eight-season series Diagnosis Murder. Leaving the air in 2001, it capped off almost two decades of having continuous series on the air for Hargrove.
Recently, he has been back in the TV mystery field with contributions to the Hallmark Channel's Mystery Movie series. He produces and writes episodes of Jane Doe with Lea Thompson (and Jake and the Fatman co-star Joe Penny), McBride with John Larroquette (as a defense attorney/investigator in the vein of Matlock and Perry Mason), and Murder 101 with Dick Van Dyke. He is also an executive producer of the BBC series Hex. Dean Hargrove is an American TV writer and producer who specializes in mystery series. He has created and/or produced several popular shows, including Matlock, Father Dowling Mysteries, Jake and the Fatman, and Diagnosis Murder. He was also the creative force behind the series of revival Perry Mason TV movies that began in 1985.
He began...
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