Dean Hargrove

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

Early career Dean Hargrove was born on July 27, 1938, in Iola, Kansas. Early in his career, he received an Emmy nomination in his early twenties for his writing on the short-lived NBC series The Bob Newhart Show, starring Bob Newhart. This series is not to be confused with the more widely known CBS sitcom of the same name that aired from 1972 to 1978.

The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Hargrove joined the writing staff of The Man from U.N.C.L.E. late in its first season (1964). His most substantial contributions came during the show's second season, where he wrote several episodes, including the two-part "The Alexander the Greater Affair", which was later edited into the theatrical release One Spy Too Many. He did not participate in the third season and contributed only one two-part episode during the series' brief fourth season. The couple divorced after he had an affair with Brenda Scott, whom he would marry in 1979. He has one stepchild.

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

Filmography (selected television)