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name: "Michael I. Wagner"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/michael-i-wagner"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "30 September 1947"
died: "23 April 1992"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 83
updated: "2026-09-16T17:02:33.119851+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."
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# Michael I. Wagner

Writer. Born 30 September 1947 in Ohio, USA. Died 23 April 1992.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 30 September 1947, Ohio, USA
- **Died:** 23 April 1992
- **Active:** 1973–1981
- **Also known as:** Michael Wagner

## Biography

Michael I. Wagner (also credited as Michael Wagner) was an American television writer and producer. Born on 30 September 1947 in Ohio, he died on 23 April 1992 in Agoura Hills, California. He began his career in 1975 with a script for *The Blue Knight* and went on to write episodes of *Kojak* (1977) and contribute a story for *The Rockford Files* (1979).

Wagner's most extensive work was on *Hill Street Blues*, for which he wrote or co-wrote dozens of episodes between 1982 and 1987 and served as a story editor. His contributions to the series earned him a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series in 1982. He also wrote for *The Six Million Dollar Man*, *Man from Atlantis*, *Starsky & Hutch* and *Star Trek: The Next Generation*.

In 1988 he co-created and produced the series *Probe*. He later contributed to *Hooperman*, *Mann & Machine* and the animated series *Capitol Critters*, which he helped develop.

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

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Hill Street Blues* (1981), Fi1m 86, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/hill-street-blues.md)
- *The Rockford Files* (1974), Fi1m 83, Story — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-rockford-files.md)
- *Kojak* (1973), Fi1m 80, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/kojak.md)

## Also known for

- *Star Trek: The Next Generation* (1987), Writer, Story
- *The Six Million Dollar Man* (1974), Writer
- *Captain Planet and the Planeteers* (1990), Writer, Story
- *Man from Atlantis* (1977), Writer

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