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Television producer, screenwriter
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Male
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31 October 1920(Sonoma County)
Death:
20 January 1974(Palo Alto)
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Biography
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. The show was remade in 2010. 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 from complications of heart surgery.