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name: "Marion Hargrove"
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roles: ["Writer"]
born: "13 October 1919"
died: "23 August 2003"
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average_as: "writer"
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updated: "2026-09-20T04:05:37.803083+00:00"
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# Marion Hargrove

Writer. Born 13 October 1919 in Mount Olive, North Carolina, USA. Died 23 August 2003.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 13 October 1919, Mount Olive, North Carolina, USA
- **Died:** 23 August 2003
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marion_Hargrove, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6765217, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0362992/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1218841

## Streaming the US now

- **Tubi:** [*The Music Man*](https://film.one/film/the-music-man.md) (78)

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## Biography

Marion Hargrove was an American writer and screenwriter. Born in Mount Olive, North Carolina, he began his career as a journalist before serving as a war correspondent during the Second World War. His humorous columns formed the basis of the bestselling book *See Here, Private Hargrove* (1942), which was adapted into a 1944 film.

After the war, Hargrove settled in Los Angeles and wrote screenplays and television scripts. He received a Writers Guild of America award for his screenplay for the 1962 film *The Music Man*. His television credits include episodes of *Maverick* (1957), *I Spy* (1965), *The Waltons* (1972) and *Fantasy Island* (1978). He died in Long Beach, California, in 2003.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Music Man* (1962), Fi1m 78, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/the-music-man.md)

## Complete filmography (24)

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

- *Bret Maverick* (1981), series, Writer
- *Fantasy Island* (1978), series, Writer
- *Eight Is Enough* (1977), series, Writer
- *Bert D'Angelo Superstar* (1976), series, Writer
- *The Magician* (1973), series, Writer
- *Brothers O'Toole* (1973), Writer
- *The Waltons* (1972), series, Writer
- *Nichols* (1971), series, Writer
- *My World and Welcome to It* (1969), series, Writer
- *The Name of the Game* (1968), series, Writer
- *I Spy* (1965), series, Writer
- *Private Hargrove* (1965), Writer
- *The Rogues* (1964), series, Writer
- *Fanfare for a Death Scene* (1964), Writer
- *40 Pounds of Trouble* (1962), Screenplay
- *Boys' Night Out* (1962), Adaptation
- *The Music Man* (1962), Screenplay — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/the-music-man.md)
- *Cash McCall* (1960), Screenplay
- *The Restless Gun* (1957), series, Writer
- *Maverick* (1957), series, Writer, Teleplay
- *Joe Butterfly* (1957), Writer
- *The Girl He Left Behind* (1956), Novel
- *What Next, Corporal Hargrove?* (1945), Characters
- *See Here, Private Hargrove* (1944), Book

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