---
name: "David P. Harmon"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/david-p-harmon"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "3 September 1918"
died: "28 August 2001"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T15:54:22.532056+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."
---

# David P. Harmon

Writer. Born 3 September 1918 in Buffalo, New York, USA. Died 28 August 2001.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 3 September 1918, Buffalo, New York, USA
- **Died:** 28 August 2001

## Biography

David P. Harmon (3 September 1918 – 28 August 2001) was an American television writer and producer. Born in Buffalo, New York, he graduated from Ohio State University in 1939 and began his career writing for radio programmes before moving into television and film in the 1950s.

He contributed episodes to numerous series, including two for *Star Trek* (1966): 'The Deadly Years' and 'A Piece of the Action'. Harmon wrote extensively for *Gilligan's Island* (1964), serving as story and script consultant on dozens of episodes, and contributed to *The Brady Bunch* (1969), *Ironside* (1967), *Mannix* and other shows. He was active in the Writers Guild of America, receiving its Morgan Cox Award in 1973.

*Sources: imdb.com, memory-alpha.fandom.com, en.wikipedia.org, variety.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Star Trek* (1966), Fi1m 83, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/star-trek-1966.md)

## Also known for

- *Gilligan's Island* (1964), Writer
- *Star Trek* (1973), Writer
- *The Brady Bunch* (1969), Writer
- *Ironside* (1967), Writer
- *S.W.A.T.* (1975), Writer

---
© 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/david-p-harmon