Roy Huggins
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, Hunter, and The Rockford Files. He became a noted writer and producer using his own name, but much of his later television scriptwriting was done using the pseudonyms Thomas Fitzroy, John Thomas James or John Francis O'Mara.
Roy Huggins
July 18, 1914
April 3, 2002 (aged 87)
- Thomas Fitzroy
- John Thomas James
- John Francis O'Mara
Writer
1940s–1990s
- Bonnie Porter (1938–1952; 2 children)[2]
- Adele Mara (1952–2002; his death; 3 children)
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Early life[edit]
Huggins was educated at the University of California, Los Angeles, 1935–1941, where he was a Ph.D. student in political science until the outbreak of World War II.[3]
Career[edit]
Civil servant[edit]
After graduation, he worked as a special representative of the U.S. Civil Service from 1941 to 1943, and later as an industrial engineer from 1943 to 1946.
Personal life[edit]
Huggins was married to artist Bonnie Porter and later to actress Adele Mara.