Creator of such TV shows as
The Rockford Files,
The A-Team,
The Greatest American Hero,
Hardcastle and McCormick,
21 Jump Street, and
The Commish (but not
Hunter, one of the few series from his company that he
didn't create or co-create -
Profit is also in this really small club). Suffered from dyslexia. Famously appeared in his
Vanity Plates on a typewriter and also as the
on camera host of
Scene Of The Crime; was a novelist.
Also played poker
with a fictional crime writer. His
seat, chips, and whiskey remain at his spot to this day.