Roy Huggins | |
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| Born | July 18, 1914 Littell, Washington, U.S.[1] |
| Died | April 3, 2002 (aged 87) Santa Monica, California, U.S. |
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| Occupation | Writer |
| Years active | 1940s–1990s |
| Notable work | Maverick 77 Sunset Strip The Fugitive The Rockford Files |
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| Children | 5[3] |
Roy Huggins (July 18, 1914 – April 3, 2002) was an American novelist and an influential writer/creator and producer of character-driven television series, including Maverick, The Fugitive, Hunter, and The Rockford Files. He became a noted writer and producer using his own name, but much of his later television scriptwriting was done using the pseudonyms Thomas Fitzroy, John Thomas James or John Francis O'Mara.