Roy Huggins

1914-07-18 Litelle, Washington, USA 38 Credits

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Roy Huggins (July 18, 1914 – April 3, 2002) was an American novelist and an influential writer/creator and producer of character-driven television series, including Maverick, The Fugitive, and The Rockford Files. Description above from the Wikipedia article Roy Huggins, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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U.S. Marshals

U.S. Marshals

1998

Executive Producer, Characters

6.5
Producing

U.S. Marshal Sam Gerard is accompanying a plane load of convicts from Chicago to New York. The plane crashes spectacularly, and Mark Sheridan escapes....

The Rockford Files: Punishment and Crime

The Rockford Files: Punishment and Crime

1996

Creator

5.8

Laid-back private eye Jim Rockford and his brown Pontiac Firebird become embroiled in another case when he runs across an old flame, blind book editor...

Maverick

Maverick

1994

Original Series Creator

6.9

Bret Maverick is a gambler who would rather con someone than fight them, and needs an additional $3k in order to enter a winner-takes-all poker game b...

The Fugitive

The Fugitive

1993

Executive Producer, Characters

7.5
Producing

Wrongfully convicted of murdering his wife and sentenced to death, Richard Kimble escapes from the law in an attempt to find the real killer and clear...

Perfect Crimes

1991

Executive Producer, Writer

5.0
Producing Writing

True stories about individuals seeking to commit a perfect crime.

The Jordan Chance

The Jordan Chance

1978

Executive Producer, Story

Producing Writing

Jordan Chance was wrongfully imprisoned for ten years. Upon release, he becomes a lawyer and investigates the case of a Mexican woman convicted of mur...

The 3,000 Mile Chase

The 3,000 Mile Chase

1977

Story

Writing

Secret courier Matt Considine accepts the mission to escort chief witness Dvorak and his wife from San Francisco to a trial in New York. They have to ...

The November Plan

The November Plan

1977

Producer, Story

Producing Writing

A hard-nosed private detective investigates a suspected overthrow of the U.S. government. Loosely based on The Business Plot of 1933.

The Invasion of Johnson County

The Invasion of Johnson County

1976

Producer

6.5
Producing

A free-spirited Bostonian recently arrived in the West teams up with a crusty Wyoming cowboy to stop a land baron's attempts to drive out a group of s...

This Is the West That Was

This Is the West That Was

1974

Executive Producer

Producing

A lighthearted look at the saga of Wild Bill Hickok and his relationship with Calamity Jane as he is targeted for revenge by some tough gunfighters.

The Story of Pretty Boy Floyd

The Story of Pretty Boy Floyd

1974

Executive Producer

4.0
Producing

A humanistic account of "The Robin Hood of the Cookson Hills," in which Charles Arthur Floyd is portrayed as a decent man who has a strong sense of fa...

The Rockford Files

The Rockford Files

1974

Story

Writing

The hit 1974 series pilot aired on NBC March 27, 1974, as a 90-minute made-for-television movie. In the pilot, Lindsay Wagner also starred and later m...

Toma

Toma

1973

Executive Producer

7.5
Producing

This TV-pilot, later made into a TV-series, is about a cop in Newark, New Jersey, who defies his superiors to try to bring down the head of a Mafia nu...

Set This Town on Fire

1973

Executive Producer, Writer

Producing Writing

After serving seven years in prison for manslaughter, a man returns to his hometown to find that the eyewitness whose testimony convicted him has seco...

The Day They Hanged Kid Curry

The Day They Hanged Kid Curry

1971

Story

Writing

Hayes visits con-artist Silky O'Sullivan at his San Francisco mansion and discovers that Kid Curry is on trial for murder in Colorado. Heyes rushes to...

Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster?

Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster?

1971

Producer

8.0
Producing

An alcoholic drifter decides to run for sheriff in a small town. However, in order to get elected, he must find out who killed a visiting preacher.

Do You Take This Stranger?

Do You Take This Stranger?

1971

Executive Producer

5.0
Producing

A social climber/con artist schemes to inherit one million dollars by trading identities with a dying man.

The 48-Hour Mile

The 48-Hour Mile

1970

Characters, Executive Producer

Producing

An unusual assignment for a private investigator involves two women who are in love with the same man.

The Young Country

The Young Country

1970

Producer, Executive Producer, Writer

8.0
Producing Writing Directing

An adventurous young gambler searches for the owner of a mysterious fortune.

Drive Hard, Drive Fast

Drive Hard, Drive Fast

1970

Writer, Executive Producer

Writing Producing

A race-car driver finds himself in a romantic triangle and a machete-swinging stranger trying to kill him.

The Challengers

The Challengers

1970

Story, Producer

5.0
Writing Producing

Racers compete in the Grand Prix.

The Whole World Is Watching

The Whole World Is Watching

1969

Executive Producer

Producing

In this second pilot of "The Lawyers," a rotating segment of "The Bold Ones" series, the firm of Nichols, Darrell & Darrell defends the leader of a st...

Any Second Now

Any Second Now

1969

Executive Producer

6.7
Producing

A photographer plans to murder his rich young wife after she catches him cheating on her and threatens to divorce him so he won't get any of her money...

The Sound of Anger

The Sound of Anger

1968

Story, Producer

Writing Producing

Two teenagers who have been engaged in pre-marital sex become the prime suspects when the girl's disapproving father is mysteriously murdered.

The Outsider

The Outsider

1967

Producer, Writer

6.0
Producing Writing

Darren McGavin is David Ross, a private investigator playing a game of follow the money. A simple case of embezzling turns bad quickly when bodies sta...

A Fever in the Blood

A Fever in the Blood

1961

Writer, Producer

6.5
Writing Producing

A judge, a district attorney and a U. S. senator--each hoping to be elected the next governor--attempt to manipulate a murder trial to advance their o...

Three Hours to Kill

Three Hours to Kill

1954

Screenplay

5.0
Writing

After three years on the run, Jim Guthrie returns with the scar of a rope burn on his neck. In a flashback, we learn how he was framed for murder but ...

Pushover

Pushover

1954

Writer

6.5
Writing

A police detective falls for the bank robber's girlfriend he is supposed to be tailing.

Gun Fury

Gun Fury

1953

Screenplay

5.9
Writing

After a stagecoach holdup, Frank Slayton's notorious gang leave Ben Warren for dead and head off with his fiancée. Warren follows, and although none o...

Hangman's Knot

Hangman's Knot

1952

Director, Writer

6.4
Directing Writing

In 1865, a troop of Confederate soldiers led by Major Matt Stewart attack the wagon of gold escorted by Union cavalry and the soldiers are killed. The...

Sealed Cargo

Sealed Cargo

1951

Screenplay

6.4
Writing

A Newfoundland fishingboat comes to the aid of a wrecked Danish sailing ship and tows it to a small village, but eventually the captain of the fishing...

State Secret

State Secret

1950

Novel

6.5

While working in England, an American surgeon Dr. John Marlowe is invited to Vosnia (a fictitious East-European country) to receive an award and demon...

The Good Humor Man

The Good Humor Man

1950

Writer

6.0
Writing

Biff Jones is a driver/salesman for the Good Humor ice-cream company. He hopes to marry his girl Margie, who works as a secretary for Stuart Nagel, an...

Woman in Hiding

Woman in Hiding

1950

Adaptation

6.2

As far as the rest of the world is concerned, mill heiress Deborah Chandler Clark is dead, killed in a freak auto accident. But Deborah is alive, if n...

Too Late for Tears

Too Late for Tears

1949

Screenplay

6.8
Writing

Through a fluke circumstance, a ruthless woman stumbles across a suitcase filled with $60,000, and is determined to hold onto it even if it means murd...

The Lady Gambles

The Lady Gambles

1949

Screenplay

6.0
Writing

When Joan Boothe accompanies husband-reporter David to Las Vegas, she begins gambling to pass the time while he is doing a story. Encouraged by the ca...

The Fuller Brush Man

The Fuller Brush Man

1948

Story

5.8
Writing

Poor Red Jones gets fired from every job he tries. His fiancée gives him one last chance to make good when he becomes a Fuller Brush man. His awkward ...

I Love Trouble

I Love Trouble

1948

Novel, Screenplay

6.3
Writing

A wealthy man hires a detective to investigate his wife's mysterious past.