Emmy nominated TV creator Glen A. Larson, who was behind such ’70s and ’80s shows as Quincy M.E., Knight Rider, Battlestar Galactica, The Fall Guy and Magnum P.I., died Friday night of esophageal cancer at UCLA Medical Center in Santa Monica, CA according to various trade and social media reports. Larson was 77. Born January 3, 1937 in Long Beach, CA, Larson cut his teeth in showbiz as a member of The Four Preps vocal group in 1956 which churned out three gold records for Capitol. Larson wrote such toons as “26 Miles (Santa Catalina)”, “Big Man” and “Down By The Station.” Larson racked up two Emmy noms for McCloud in the best limited series category in 1974 and 1975, and also earned an outstanding drama series nom for Quincy M.E. in 1976.
In time, TV writing, would become another one of Larson’s fortes, working under Quinn Martin Sr. (Streets of San Francisco, The Untouchables). Larson’s first scribe credit was on the 1966 episode The Fugitive, “In a Plain Paper Wrapper”. He landed a production deal at Universal early on his career with his first hit series being the ABC western Alias Smith and Jones which ran for 50 episodes across three seasons. Alias Smith and Jones followed the exploits of Hannibal Heyes and Jedediah “Kid” Curry (played by Pete Duel and Ben Murphy). Duel died from a self-inflicted gunshot in 1971 and Larson left the show. In 1980, Larson would leave Universal for 20th Century Fox.
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