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Stephen J. Cannell was an American television producer, writer, novelist, and occasional actor. He was best known for creating and producing a number of successful television series, including The Rockford Files, The A-Team, The Greatest American Hero, 21 Jump Street, and Wiseguy. Cannell was born in Los Angeles, California, on February 5, 1941. He attended the University of Oregon, where he earned a degree in journalism. After college, he worked as a copywriter for a Los Angeles advertising agency. In the late 1960s, Cannell began writing scripts for television shows, including It Takes a Thief, Ironside, and Adam-12. He eventually moved into producing and creating his own shows, including The Rockford Files, The A-Team, The Greatest American Hero, 21 Jump Street, and Wiseguy. Cannell was also a successful novelist, writing several books, including King Con, The Plan, and The Big Silence. He was also an actor, appearing in several of his own shows, as well as in films such as The Rockford Files: I Still Love L.A. and The A-Team. Cannell died on September 30, 2010, at the age of 69. He was survived by his wife, Marcia, and their three children.

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Stephen J. Cannell Height, Weight & Measurements

At 69 years old, Stephen J. Cannell height is 6' 1" (1.85 m) .

Who Is Stephen J. Cannell's Wife?

His wife is Marcia Clifford Finch (8 August 1964 - 30 September 2010) ( his death) ( 4 children)

Stephen J. Cannell Net Worth

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Timeline

He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7000 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on January 14, 1986.

His oldest child, Derek, died at age 15 on April 4, 1982. He was suffocated when a sandcastle he was building collapsed on him.

During the early 1980s, his office was located on the Paramount Studios lot while his series were distributed by Universal Studios.

That script was rejected by ABC, so it was rewritten and eventually became the pilot for the classic NBC series, The Rockford Files (1974). From there, it becomes nearly impossible to list all of his work. He has either written or co-written over 300 television scripts, created or co-created over two dozen television series, formed a successful production company, wrote best-selling police novels and even acted in his own and other producers' shows. He has won an Emmy, two Writer's Guild Awards, two Edgar Award Nominations and has a star on the Hollywood Blvd. Walk of Fame. Despite his many accolades, his first love continued to be writing.

He created a character named Jim Rockford for a script he wrote for the series Toma (1973), a show he was producing at the time.

His first steady job in television was as a story editor on Adam-12 (1968).

Stephen J. Cannell was raised in Pasadena, California. His father ran an interior design firm. From an early age, Stephen suffered from undiagnosed dyslexia, which made it nearly impossible from him to do well in school, he either flunked or was held back many times. Even though one of the courses he had trouble with was English, he wrote in one of his yearbooks that it was his ambition to be an author. After a lot of work, he managed to graduate from high school and attend the University of Oregon. He worked for his father's design firm while he wrote television scripts and story ideas after work. He sold his first story ideas to Mission: Impossible (1966) and his first script to It Takes a Thief (1968).

Received his Bachelor of Science degree in journalism from the University of Oregon in Eugene, Oregon (1964).