Marion Hargrove(1919-2003)

Writer
Producer

Marion Hargrove was born on 13 October 1919 in Mount Olive, North Carolina, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for The Music Man (1962), The Waltons (1972) and I Spy (1965). He was married to Robin Edwards Roosevelt and Alison Bird Pfeiffer. He died on 23 August 2003 in Long Beach, California, USA.

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Awards
- 1 win & 1 nomination

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Known for

The Music Man

7.7

Writer

1962

Richard Thomas, Will Geer, Judy Norton, Ellen Corby, Kami Cotler, David W. Harper, Michael Learned, Mary Beth McDonough, Eric Scott, Ralph Waite, and Jon Walmsley in The Waltons (1972)

The Waltons

7.6

TV Series

Writer

I Spy

7.2

TV Series

Writer

Edge of Eternity

6.5

Writer(as Knut Swenson)

1959

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Writer

Bret Maverick
7.5
TV Series
- written by
- 1982
The Waltons
7.6
TV Series
- written by
- 1975–1981
Fantasy Island
6.6
TV Series
- written by (segment The Common Man)
- 1978
Eight Is Enough
6.6
TV Series
- teleplay by
- 1977
Bert D'Angelo/Superstar
5.8
TV Series
- writer
- 1976
The Magician
7.4
TV Series
- story editor
- written by
- teleplay
- 1973–1974
Jeannie
5.9
TV Series
- story (1973)
- 1973–1975
The Brothers O'Toole
4.7
- screenplay
- 1973
Nichols
7.7
TV Series
- teleplay
- 1972
Alias Smith and Jones
7.6
TV Series
- teleplay (as Knut Swenson)
- 1971
The Most Deadly Game
6.7
TV Series
- writer
- 1971
The Name of the Game
7.6
TV Series
- story by
- teleplay by
- 1969–1970
My World and Welcome to It
8.5
TV Series
- written by
- 1969
I Spy
7.2
TV Series
- written by
- teleplay by
- 1966–1967
The Rounders
6.5
TV Series
- developed for television by
- writer (creator)
- 1966–1967

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Alternative name
- Knut Swenson
Born
- October 13, 1919
- Mount Olive, North Carolina, USA
Died
- August 23, 2003
- Long Beach, California, USA(complications from pneumonia)
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Other works
For MGM, he produced and wrote an unsold pilot called "When Winnie Comes Marching Home" for a television series called "See Here Private Hargrove" which was based on his true-life difficulties adapting to military life in World War II.
Publicity listings
- 2 Biographical Movies
- 1 Article

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Trivia
Newspaperman turned war correspondent, his humorous, somewhat fictionalized difficulties in adjusting to military life before World War II became the basis of his best-selling book, "See Here, Private Hargrove." The title and some of the characters were brought successfully to the screen, with Robert Walker, Sr., as Hargrove. In 1964 he produced and wrote a pilot for MGM/NBC based on the hit movie. It starred Peter Helm and Jimmy Hawkins. It didn't make the NBC schedule. After the war, he settled in Hollywood to become a prolific screen and television writer. A winner of a Writer's Guild of America award for his screenplay for "The Music Man" in 1962.