---
name: "Dave Hackel"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/dave-hackel"
fi1m_id: "dave-hackel"
imdb_id: "nm0352396"
tmdb_id: 167459
wikidata_id: "Q5234584"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "1 January 1901"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T21:39:36.657332+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Dave Hackel

## Identity

Dave Hackel

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/dave-hackel
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** dave-hackel
- **IMDb ID:** nm0352396
- **TMDB ID:** 167459
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5234584
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Hackel, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5234584, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0352396/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/167459

Writer. Born 1 January 1901 in Delaware, Ohio.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 1 January 1901, Delaware, Ohio
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Hackel, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5234584, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0352396/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/167459

## Streaming the US now

- **Hulu:** [*Frasier*](https://film.one/tv/frasier.md) (88)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Dave Hackel is an American television producer and screenwriter. He grew up in Delaware, Ohio, and moved to Los Angeles in the 1970s, where he began working as a game show staffer before becoming a writer.

He started writing with partner Steve Hattman and contributed episodes to series including *The Love Boat*, *Fish*, *Dear John* and *Wings*. Hackel wrote one episode of *Frasier* and served as a creative consultant on the series. He created, wrote and executive produced the CBS sitcom *Becker* (1998–2004), which starred Ted Danson.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Frasier* (1993), Fi1m 88, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/frasier.md)

## Complete filmography (5)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Becker* (1998), series, Creator
- *Frasier* (1993), series, Writer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/frasier.md)
- *Wings* (1990), series, Supervising Producer, Executive Producer
- *Out of This World* (1987), series, Writer
- *Gridlock* (1980), Teleplay, Producer

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/dave-hackel