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"The Greatest American Hero" (1981): Season 1: Episode 4 -- Maxwell and Hinkley discover that they are in the midst of international affairs that could gravely affect the world.
"The Greatest American Hero" (1981): Season 1: Episode 5 -- Hinkley and Maxwell discover a direct link between an important spy network in charge of stealing secret weapons documents and the disappearance of one of his student's parents.
"The Greatest American Hero" (1981): Season 1: Episode 3 -- Hinkley's plans to spend time with Pam's parents who are visiting from Minnesota are thwarted when he is called upon to defend his country's national security.
"The Greatest American Hero" (1981): Season 1: Episode 2 -- Hinkley and Maxwell struggle to get an informant to court in order to testify against a mobster who is recently out on parole.
"Magnum, P.I." (1980): Season 1: Episode 3 -- Magnum is hired to protect a priceless urn.

Overview

Date of Death:
18 October 1987 more
Trivia:
Frequently worked with other legendary TV composer Mike Post on shows... more
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Awards:
1 win more

Filmography

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Composer:
  1. The Rockford Files: If It Bleeds... It Leads (1999) (TV)
  2. The Rockford Files: Shoot-Out at the Golden Pagoda (1997) (TV)
    ... aka The Rockford Files: Murder and Misdemeanors (USA: alternative title)
  3. The Rockford Files: Punishment and Crime (1996) (TV)
  4. The Rockford Files: Friends and Foul Play (1996) (TV)
  5. The Rockford Files: If the Frame Fits... (1996) (TV)

  6. "Magnum, P.I." (162 episodes, 1980-1988)
        - Resolutions: Part 1 (1988) TV episode
        - Resolutions: Part 2 (1988) TV episode
        - Transitions (1988) TV episode
        - Legend of the Lost Art (1988) TV episode
        - The Great Hawaiian Adventure Company (1988) TV episode
          (157 more)
  7. "The A-Team" (97 episodes, 1983-1987)
        - Without Reservations (1987) TV episode
        - The Grey Team (1986) TV episode
        - The Spy Who Mugged Me (1986) TV episode
        - The Crystal Skull (1986) TV episode
        - Point of No Return (1986) TV episode
          (92 more)
  8. "Hunter" (2 episodes, 1984-1990)
        - True Confessions (1986) TV episode
        - Case X (1985) TV episode
  9. "Riptide" (2 episodes, 1985-1986)
        - Smiles We Left Behind (1986) TV episode
        - Thirty-Six Hours 'til Dawn (1985) TV episode
  10. "The Greatest American Hero" (8 episodes, 1981-1986)
        - The Greatest American Heroine (1986) TV episode
        - The Best Desk Scenario (1981) TV episode
        - Fire Man (1981) TV episode
        - Reseda Rose (1981) TV episode
        - Saturday Night on Sunset Boulevard (1981) TV episode
          (3 more)
  11. "Hardcastle and McCormick" (1 episode, 1985)
        - Games People Play (1985) TV episode
  12. Brothers-in-Law (1985) (TV)
  13. Hunter (1984) (TV)
  14. No Man's Land (1984) (TV)
  15. Hard Knox (1984) (TV)
  16. "Tales of the Gold Monkey" (1982) TV series (unknown episodes)
  17. Tales of the Gold Monkey (1982) (TV)
    ... aka The Curse of the Gold Monkey
  18. Will: The Autobiography of G. Gordon Liddy (1982) (TV)
  19. Coach of the Year (1980) (TV)
  20. "The White Shadow" (13 episodes, 1978-1980)
        - If Your Number's Up, Get It Down (1980) TV episode
        - Reunion: Part 1 (1980) TV episode
        - A Few Good Men (1980) TV episode
        - Artist (1980) TV episode
        - Sliding By (1979) TV episode
          (8 more)
  21. "Tenspeed and Brown Shoe" (1 episode, 1980)
        - Pilot (1980) TV episode
  22. "The Rockford Files" (108 episodes, 1974-1980)
    ... aka Jim Rockford, Private Investigator (USA: syndication title)
        - Deadlock in Parma (1980) TV episode
        - Just a Coupla Guys (1979) TV episode
        - The Big Cheese (1979) TV episode
        - No-Fault Affair (1979) TV episode
        - The Hawaiian Headache (1979) TV episode
          (103 more)
  23. "Stone" (1980) TV series (unknown episodes)

  24. Captain America II: Death Too Soon (1979) (TV)
  25. "240-Robert" (1979) TV series (unknown episodes)
  26. The Night Rider (1979) (TV)
  27. "The Duke" (1979) TV series (unknown episodes)
  28. Captain America (1979/I) (TV)
  29. Stone (1979) (TV)
  30. The Chinese Typewriter (1979) (TV)
  31. The Gypsy Warriors (1978)
  32. Rabbit Test (1978)
  33. "Richie Brockelman, Private Eye" (1978) TV series (unknown episodes)
  34. Dr. Scorpion (1978) (TV)
  35. "CHiPs" (1 episode, 1977)
    ... aka CHiPs Patrol (USA: syndication title)
        - Pilot (1977) TV episode
  36. Charlie Cobb: Nice Night for a Hanging (1977) (TV)
  37. Off the Wall (1977) (TV)
  38. "Baa Baa Black Sheep" (1 episode, 1977)
    ... aka Black Sheep Squadron (USA: new title)
        - Last One for Hutch (1977) TV episode
  39. Richie Brockelman: The Missing 24 Hours (1976) (TV)
  40. Scott Free (1976) (TV)
  41. Baa Baa, Black Sheep (1976) (TV)
    ... aka Flying Misfits (UK)
  42. The Invasion of Johnson County (1976) (TV)
  43. Locusts (1974) (TV)
  44. "The Texas Wheelers" (1974) TV series (unknown episodes)
  45. The Rockford Files (1974) (TV)
    ... aka The Rockford Files: Backlash of the Hunter
  46. The Morning After (1974) (TV)
  47. "Toma" (1973) TV series (unknown episodes)
  48. "Griff" (1973) TV series (unknown episodes)
  49. Gidget Gets Married (1972) (TV)
  50. Two on a Bench (1971) (TV)

  51. "Bewitched" (1 episode, 1968)
        - Samantha's French Pastry (1968) TV episode (music by)
  52. "The Andy Griffith Show" (14 episodes, 1966-1967)
    ... aka Andy of Mayberry (USA: rerun title)
        - Suppose Andy Gets Sick (1967) TV episode
        - Aunt Bee's Cousin (1967) TV episode
        - Howard and Millie (1967) TV episode
        - Aunt Bee, the Juror (1967) TV episode
        - Howard's Main Event (1967) TV episode
          (9 more)
  53. "Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C." (1964) TV series (unknown episodes)
    ... aka Gomer Pyle (Australia)
Music Department:
  1. The Return of Hunter (1995) (TV) (composer: theme "Hunter")
    ... aka The Return of Hunter: Everyone Walks in L.A. (UK)
  2. "Hunter" (composer: theme music) (152 episodes, 1984-1991)
        - Little Man with a Big Reputation (1991) TV episode (composer: theme music)
        - Ex Marks the Spot (1991) TV episode (composer: theme music)
        - Cries of Silence (1991) TV episode (composer: theme music)
        - All That Glitters (1991) TV episode (composer: theme music)
        - The Grab (1991) TV episode (composer: theme music)
          (147 more)

  3. "Riptide" (composer: theme music) (56 episodes, 1984-1986)
        - Echoes (1986) TV episode (composer: theme music)
        - If You Can't Beat 'Em, Join 'Em (1986) TV episode (composer: theme music)
        - Chapel of Glass (1986) TV episode (composer: theme music)
        - Dead Men Don't Floss (1986) TV episode (composer: theme music)
        - The Play's the Thing (1986) TV episode (composer: theme music)
          (51 more)
  4. "Stingray" (1986) TV series (composer: theme music) (unknown episodes)
  5. Stingray (1985) (TV) (composer: theme music)
  6. "Hardcastle and McCormick" (1983) TV series (composer: theme music) (unknown episodes)
  7. "Tales of the Gold Monkey" (composer: theme music) (22 episodes, 1982-1983)
        - Mourning Becomes Matuka (1983) TV episode (composer: theme music)
        - A Distant Shout of Thunder (1983) TV episode (composer: theme music)
        - Boragora or Bust (1983) TV episode (composer: theme music)
        - Naka Jima Kill (1983) TV episode (composer: theme music)
        - Last Chance Louie (1983) TV episode (composer: theme music)
          (17 more)
  8. "The Quest" (composer: theme music) (9 episodes, 1982)
        - Hunt for the White Tiger (1982) TV episode (composer: theme music)
        - A Prince of a Fellow (1982) TV episode (composer: theme music)
        - Escape from a Velvet (1982) TV episode (composer: theme music)
        - His Majesty, I Presume (1982) TV episode (composer: theme music)
        - He Stole-A My Art (1982) TV episode (composer: theme music)
          (4 more)
  9. "240-Robert" (composer: theme music) (16 episodes, 1979-1981)
        - Hostages (1981) TV episode (composer: theme music)
        - First Loss (1981) TV episode (composer: theme music)
        - A Cool Welcome (1981) TV episode (composer: theme music)
        - The Applicant (1979) TV episode (composer: theme music)
        - Earthquake (1979) TV episode (composer: theme music)
          (11 more)
  10. "The White Shadow" (composer: theme music) (54 episodes, 1978-1981)
        - A Day in the Life (1981) TV episode (composer: theme music)
        - Cops (1981) TV episode (composer: theme music)
        - Psyched Out (1981) TV episode (composer: theme music)
        - Car Repo (1981) TV episode (composer: theme music)
        - Trial and Error (1981) TV episode (composer: theme music)
          (49 more)
  11. "Magnum, P.I." (composer: theme music) (1 episode, 1981)
        - Lest We Forget (1981) TV episode (composer: theme music)

  12. "Big Shamus, Little Shamus" (composer: theme music) (5 episodes, 1979)
        - The Rubens (1979) TV episode (composer: theme music)
        - The Ledge (1979) TV episode (composer: theme music)
        - The Abduction (1979) TV episode (composer: theme music)
        - The Canary (1979) TV episode (composer: theme music)
        - Pilot (1979) TV episode (composer: theme music)
  13. "The Duke" (composer: theme music) (5 episodes, 1979)
        - Nothing 'Cept Noise (1979) TV episode (composer: theme music)
        - Long and Thin, Lorna Lynn (1979) TV episode (composer: theme music)
        - The Two Hundred Underwacker Street Bridge (1979) TV episode (composer: theme music)
        - Blues for the Duke (1979) TV episode (composer: theme music)
        - The Pilot: Duke (1979) TV episode (composer: theme music)
  14. "The Rockford Files" (composer: theme music) (11 episodes, 1974-1980)
    ... aka Jim Rockford, Private Investigator (USA: syndication title)
        - Never Send a Boy King to Do a Man's Job: Part 1 (1979) TV episode (composer: theme music)
        - The Man Who Saw the Alligators (1979) TV episode (composer: theme music)
        - A Fast Count (1978) TV episode (composer: theme music)
        - Dirty Money, Black Light (1977) TV episode (composer: theme music) (uncredited)
        - Piece Work (1976) TV episode (composer: theme music) (uncredited)
          (6 more)
  15. "Baa Baa Black Sheep" (composer: theme music) (35 episodes, 1976-1978)
    ... aka Black Sheep Squadron (USA: new title)
        - A Little Bit of England (1978) TV episode (composer: theme music)
        - Sheep in the Limelight (1978) TV episode (composer: theme music)
        - The Show Must Go On.. Sometimes (1978) TV episode (composer: theme music)
        - Hot Shot (1978) TV episode (composer: theme music)
        - The Iceman (1978) TV episode (composer: theme music)
          (30 more)
  16. Vanishing Point (1971) (musical associate)

  17. Project X (1968) (orchestrator) (uncredited)
Soundtrack:
  1. Miracle (2004) (writer: "Rockford Files Theme")
  2. Napoleon Dynamite (2004) (writer: "The A-Team (Theme)")
  3. Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd (2003) (writer: "The A-Team (Theme)")
  4. Not Another Teen Movie (2001) (writer: "The A Team")
    ... aka Sex Academy (Europe: English title: new title)

  5. "The Sopranos" (1 episode, 1999)
        - Pilot (1999) TV episode ("Theme from 'The Rockford Files'")
  6. Woo (1998) (writer: "357")

  7. "Stingray" (1 episode, 1986)
        - Ether (1986) TV episode ("Ether")
  8. Stingray (1985) (TV) ("Stingray")

  9. "The Rockford Files" (1974) TV series (unknown episodes)
    ... aka Jim Rockford, Private Investigator (USA: syndication title)

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