# Leonard Freeman

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{{Short description|American television writer and producer (1920–1974)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name         = Leonard Freeman
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| birth_date   = {{birth date|1920|10|31|mf=y}}
| birth_place  = [Sonoma County, California](/source/Sonoma_County%2C_California)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-893H-Y94T-G?i=1650&cc=1804002&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AK82H-6F8|title=FamilySearch.org|website=[FamilySearch](/source/FamilySearch) |accessdate=December 11, 2023}}</ref>
| death_date   = {{death date and age|1974|1|20|1920|10|31|mf=y}}
| death_place  = [Palo Alto, California](/source/Palo_Alto%2C_California), U.S.
| occupation   = Television writer, producer, screenwriter
| spouse       = [Joan Taylor](/source/Joan_Taylor) (1953)
| children     = 3, including<br>[Lisa Freeman](/source/Lisa_Freeman)
| years_active = 1952–1974 
}}

'''Leonard Freeman''' (October 31, 1920 – January 20, 1974) was an American television writer and producer who is best remembered as the creator of the [CBS](/source/CBS) series ''[Hawaii Five-O](/source/Hawaii_Five-O_(1968_TV_series))'' in 1968. He appeared in a 1953 episode (#112) of the TV series ''[The Lone Ranger](/source/The_Lone_Ranger_(TV_series))''.

''Hawaii Five-O'' ran for twelve seasons, at the time a record for a crime drama. In 1960, he wrote for the series ''[Route 66](/source/Route_66_(TV_series))''; in 1962, he produced ''[The Untouchables](/source/The_Untouchables_(1959_TV_series))''.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |date=22 January 1974 |title=Hawaii 5-0 producer dies at 53 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/268824683 |access-date=22 May 2025 |work=Honolulu Star-Advertiser |pages=C5}}</ref>  In 1967, he produced the western film, ''[Hang 'Em High](/source/Hang_'Em_High).'' A decade earlier, he wrote scripts for the [syndicated](/source/Television_syndication) ''Men of Annapolis''.

Freeman died in 1974<ref name=":0" /> during the sixth season of ''Hawaii Five-O'' of complications related to heart surgery.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_FruSwC9UjwC|title=Booking Hawaii Five-O: An Episode Guide and Critical History of the 1968–1980 Television Detective Series|last=Rhodes|first=Karen|date=February 1, 1997|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0-7864-8666-3|language=en}}</ref>

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== External links ==
*{{IMDb name|293480|Leonard Freeman}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20170530225430/http://www.mjq.net/fiveo/fiveofaq.htm ''Hawaii Five-O'' Home Page FAQs]

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Category:1920 births
Category:1974 deaths
Category:20th-century American businesspeople
Category:20th-century American male writers
Category:20th-century American screenwriters
Category:American male television writers
Category:Television writers from California
Category:Hawaii Five-O (1968 TV series)
Category:People from Sonoma County, California
Category:Television producers from California
Category:American television show creators

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