Roy Huggins
Creator of Maverick, 77 Sunset Strip, The Fugitive and The Rockford Files
Nonfiction, Entertainment, Television, Performing Arts, Film
| Author: | Paul Green | ISBN: | 9781476613499 |
| Publisher: | McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers | Publication: | January 23, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | Paul Green |
| ISBN: | 9781476613499 |
| Publisher: | McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers |
| Publication: | January 23, 2014 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
Producer-writer Roy Huggins is best known for creating the TV series, Maverick, 77 Sunset Strip, The Fugitive, Run For Your Life and The Rockford Files (with Stephen J. Cannell). This biography details his personal and professional life, aided by exclusive interviews with family, producers, actors and writers who worked with him. The author was granted exclusive access to Huggins’ personal memoirs to provide an intimate, firsthand account, including his early career at Columbia, RKO, Warner Bros. and 20th Century–Fox. Huggins’ political activism at UCLA and the subsequent House Un-American Activities hearing in 1952 is covered in depth. The book includes an extensive filmography and previously unpublished photographs provided by family members.
Producer-writer Roy Huggins is best known for creating the TV series, Maverick, 77 Sunset Strip, The Fugitive, Run For Your Life and The Rockford Files (with Stephen J. Cannell). This biography details his personal and professional life, aided by exclusive interviews with family, producers, actors and writers who worked with him. The author was granted exclusive access to Huggins’ personal memoirs to provide an intimate, firsthand account, including his early career at Columbia, RKO, Warner Bros. and 20th Century–Fox. Huggins’ political activism at UCLA and the subsequent House Un-American Activities hearing in 1952 is covered in depth. The book includes an extensive filmography and previously unpublished photographs provided by family members.
