Career
His background includes graduating the Saint John"s Military School He specializes in creating mystery series. He frequently works with television producer Fred Silverman and television writer Joel Steiger. Hargrove received an Emmy nomination in his early 20s as a writer for a short-lived National Broadcasting Company series with Bob Newhart, The Bob Newhart Show, not to be confused with the 1972 Columbia Broadcasting System series of the same name.
He became a writer for late in the show"s first season (1964).
He did not work on the third season of UNCLE and wrote just one two-parter for the short-lived fourth season. After United Network Command for Law and Enforcement, he worked at Universal Studios" television section on shows like lieutenant Takes a Thief, The Name of the Game and Columbo.
He scripted the second Columbo pilot, "Ransom for a Dead Manitoba", and was producer for the second, third and fourth seasons. More recently, he has worked for Viacom Productions and Paramount Network Television, producing the shows Matlock on National Broadcasting Company and American Broadcasting Company from 1986 to 1995, Jake and the Fatman on Columbia Broadcasting System from 1987 to 1992, and Diagnosis: Murder on Columbia Broadcasting System from 1993 to 2002.
My Three Sons.