Leonard Freeman
Leonard Freeman | |
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Born | Massachusetts | October 31, 1920
Died | January 20, 1974 Palo Alto, California, U.S. | (aged 53)
Occupation(s) | Television writer, producer, screenwriter |
Years active | 1952–1974 |
Spouse | Joan Taylor (1953) |
Children | 3 |
Leonard Freeman (October 31, 1920 – January 20, 1974) was an American television writer and producer who is best remembered as the creator of the CBS series Hawaii Five-O in 1968. He appeared in a 1953 episode (#112) of the TV series The Lone Ranger.
Hawaii Five-O ran for twelve seasons, at the time a record for a crime drama. In 1960, he wrote for the series Route 66; in 1962, he produced The Untouchables. In 1967, he produced the Clint Eastwood western film, Hang 'Em High. A decade earlier, he wrote scripts for the syndicated Men of Annapolis.
Freeman died in 1974 during the sixth season of Hawaii Five-O of complications related to heart surgery.
- 1920 births
- 1974 deaths
- People from Sonoma County, California
- Television producers from California
- American television writers
- American male television writers
- Screenwriters from California
- 20th-century American businesspeople
- Hawaii Five-O (1968 TV series)
- 20th-century American screenwriters
- 20th-century American male writers