# Jimmy Diggs

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American television screenwriter

Jimmy Diggs Diggs in 2025 Born (1955-09-02) September 2, 1955 (age 70) Detroit, Michigan Occupations Screenwriter and actor

**Jimmy Diggs** (born September 2, 1955) is an American [television](/source/Television) [screenwriter](/source/Screenwriter) best known for writing the stories for a combined seven episodes of *[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine](/source/Star_Trek%3A_Deep_Space_Nine)* and *[Star Trek: Voyager](/source/Star_Trek%3A_Voyager)*.[1] This is more episodes than any other [freelance writer](/source/Freelance_writer) in the 40+ year history of the *[Star Trek](/source/Star_Trek)* franchise.[2]

A [Vietnam veteran](/source/Vietnam_veteran), Diggs was a [security guard](/source/Security_guard) for a Hollywood studio when *[Renegade](/source/Renegade_(TV_series))* producer [Nicholas Corea](/source/Nicholas_Corea), who knew Diggs also wrote [science fiction](/source/Science_fiction), asked him for a story pitch. The studio bought the story and launched his career in television writing.[3] Diggs operates his own [production company](/source/Production_company), House of Diggs Productions.[2][3]

Diggs also does some acting. He has appeared in small roles in a 2003 episode of *Renegade*, plus the films *[Hole in One](/source/Hole_in_One_(2010_film))* (2010) and *Beach Bar: The Movie* (2011), each time as a security guard or bodyguard.

Diggs served in the United States Navy in the [Vietnam War](/source/Vietnam_War).[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-ds9a_1-0)** ["Episode Review: Doctor Bashir, I Presume?"](https://web.archive.org/web/20100204173401/http://trekweb.com/Reviews/ds9/514.html). TrekWeb. Archived from [the original](http://trekweb.com/Reviews/ds9/514.html) on February 4, 2010. Retrieved September 2, 2010.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-court_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-court_2-1) ["Illustrations for the House of Diggs Productions"](http://www.courtjones.com/house_of_diggs.html). Court Jones. Retrieved September 2, 2010.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-tbp_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-tbp_3-1) ["Panel Alumni"](https://web.archive.org/web/20110311205304/http://theblackpanel.com/?page_id=31). The Black Panel. Archived from [the original](http://theblackpanel.com/?page_id=31) on March 11, 2011. Retrieved September 2, 2010.

## External links

- [Jimmy Diggs](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2089473/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier))

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