Glen A. Larson

Career Overview

Glen A. Larson has 85 screen credits in a career dating back to 1957. Their work spans 4 cinematic universes — most prominently Battlestar Galactica (Original) Collection with 3 titles. Signature works include Magnum P.I., The Fall Guy, Knight Rider. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For: Writing
Gender: male
Known Credits: 85
Birth Date: 1937-01-03
Birth Place: Long Beach, California, USA

Known For

Associated Universes

Universe traveler — spans 4 universes

Battlestar Galactica (Original) Collection (3 titles)
Battlestar Galactica (Reboot) Collection (2 titles)
The Six Million Dollar Man Movie Collection (1 titles)
Sherlock Holmes (Basil Rathbone) Collection (1 titles)

Frequent Collaborators

Jay Hernandez (1 collaborations)
Perdita Weeks (1 collaborations)
Zachary Knighton (1 collaborations)
Stephen Hill (1 collaborations)
Tim Kang (1 collaborations)
Amy Hill (1 collaborations)
Ryan Gosling (1 collaborations)
Emily Blunt (1 collaborations)
Aaron Taylor-Johnson (1 collaborations)
Hannah Waddingham (1 collaborations)

Credits

writing (42 credits)
- Knight Rider
  characters
  
  writing
  
  2026
- The Fall Guy
  original series creator
  
  writing
  
  2024
- Magnum P.I.
  original series creator
  
  writing
  
  - The Big Squeeze (2024) ... original series creator writing
  
  - Ashes to Ashes (2024) ... original series creator writing
  
  - Extracurricular Activities (2023) ... original series creator writing
  
  - Consciousness of Guilt (2023) ... original series creator writing
  
  - Run with the Devil (2023) ... original series creator writing
  
  2018
- Knight Rider
  characters
  
  writing
  
  2008
- Knight Rider
  
  - A Knight in Shining Armor (2008) ... writer writing
  
  2008
- Millennium Man
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1999
- The Darwin Conspiracy
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1999
- Nightman
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1997
- Night Man
  
  - Sixty Minute Man (1999) ... writer writing
  
  - Manimal (1998) ... writer writing
  
  - The Ultraweb (1998) ... writer writing
  
  - Hitchhiker (1998) ... writer writing
  
  - Chrome II (1998) ... writer writing
  
  1997
- Staying Afloat
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1993
- Knight Rider 2000
  characters
  
  writing
  
  1991
- Chameleons
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1989
- The Road Raiders
  teleplay
  
  writing
  
  1989
- In Like Flynn
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1985
- Half Nelson
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1985
- Automan
  
  - Staying Alive While Running a High Flashdance Fever (1983) ... writer writing
  
  - Automan (1983) ... writer writing
  
  1983
- Knight Rider: Knight of the Phoenix
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1982
- Rooster
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1982
- Terror at Alcatraz
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1982
- Knight Rider
  
  - Knight of the Phoenix (1982) ... writer writing
  
  1982
- The Fall Guy
  
  - Spaced Out (1983) ... writer writing
  
  - How Do I Kill Thee? Let Me Count the Ways (1982) ... writer writing
  
  - The I'ves Have It (1982) ... writer writing
  
  - Guess Who's Coming to Town? (1982) ... writer writing
  
  - License to Kill (2) (1982) ... writer writing
  
  1981
- Conquest of the Earth
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1980
- Magnum PI: Don't Eat the Snow in Hawaii
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1980
- Nightside
  teleplay
  
  writing
  
  1980
- The Murder That Wouldn't Die
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1980
- Galactica 1980
  
  - The Return of Starbuck (1980) ... writer writing
  
  - The Night the Cylons Landed (2) (1980) ... writer writing
  
  - The Night the Cylons Landed (1) (1980) ... writer writing
  
  - Spaceball (1980) ... writer writing
  
  - The Super Scouts (2) (1980) ... writer writing
  
  1980
- Magnum, P.I.
  
  - Don't Eat the Snow in Hawaii (2) (1980) ... writer writing
  
  - Don't Eat the Snow in Hawaii (1) (1980) ... writer writing
  
  1980
- Mission Galactica: The Cylon Attack
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1979
- Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1979
- Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
  
  - Awakening (2) (1979) ... writer writing
  
  - Awakening (1) (1979) ... writer writing
  
  1979
- Battlestar Galactica
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1978
- B.J. and the Bear
  teleplay
  
  writing
  
  1978
- The Islander
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1978
- A Double Life
  screenplay
  
  writing
  
  1978
- Evening in Byzantium
  teleplay
  
  writing
  
  1978
- Battlestar Galactica
  
  - Experiment in Terra (1979) ... writer writing
  
  - Greetings from Earth (1979) ... writer writing
  
  - War of the Gods (2) (1979) ... writer writing
  
  - War of the Gods (1) (1979) ... writer writing
  
  - The Living Legend (2) (1978) ... writer writing
  
  1978
- Benny & Barney: Las Vegas Undercover
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1977
- Quincy, M.E.
  
  - No Way to Treat a Patient (1980) ... writer writing
  
  - A Good Smack in the Mouth (1977) ... story writing
  
  - Has Anybody Here Seen Quincy? (1977) ... writer writing
  
  - A Star Is Dead (1976) ... writer writing
  
  - Go Fight City Hall -- To the Death! (1976) ... writer writing
  
  1976
- Switch
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1975
- The Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women and War
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1973
- The Day They Hanged Kid Curry
  teleplay
  
  writing
  
  1971
- The Fugitive
  
  - In a Plain Paper Wrapper (1966) ... story writing
  
  1963
production (28 credits)
- Battlestar Galactica: The Plan
  producer
  
  production
  
  2009
- Knight Rider
  executive producer
  
  production
  
  - I Love the Knight Life (2009) ... executive producer production
  
  - Knight and the City (2009) ... executive producer production
  
  - Fly By Knight (2009) ... executive producer production
  
  - Fight Knight (2009) ... executive producer production
  
  - Exit Light, Enter Knight (2009) ... executive producer production
  
  2008
- Battlestar Galactica: Razor
  producer
  
  production
  
  2007
- Millennium Man
  executive producer
  
  production
  
  1999
- Chameleons
  associate producer
  
  production
  
  1989
- The Road Raiders
  executive producer
  
  production
  
  1989
- Half Nelson
  executive producer
  
  production
  
  1985
- Automan
  producer
  
  production
  
  - Club Ten (1984) ... producer production
  
  - Death By Design (1984) ... producer production
  
  - Zippers (1984) ... producer production
  
  - Murder, Take One (1984) ... producer production
  
  - Murder MTV (1984) ... producer production
  
  1983
- Knight Rider
  producer
  
  production
  
  - Voo Doo Knight (1986) ... producer production
  
  - Knight of the Rising Sun (1986) ... producer production
  
  - Fright Knight (1986) ... producer production
  
  - Knight Flight to Freedom (1986) ... producer production
  
  - Hills of Fire (1986) ... producer production
  
  1982
- Knight Rider: Knight of the Phoenix
  executive producer
  
  production
  
  1982
- Rooster
  executive producer
  
  production
  
  1982
- Terror at Alcatraz
  executive producer
  
  production
  
  1982
- The Fall Guy
  producer
  
  production
  
  - The Bigger They Are (1986) ... producer production
  
  - War On Wheels (1986) ... producer production
  
  - Tag Team (1986) ... producer production
  
  - The Lady in Green (1986) ... producer production
  
  - Two On a Skip (1986) ... producer production
  
  1981
- Conquest of the Earth
  executive producer
  
  production
  
  1980
- Nightside
  executive producer
  
  production
  
  1980
- The Murder That Wouldn't Die
  executive producer
  
  production
  
  1980
- Galactica 1980
  producer
  
  production
  
  - The Return of Starbuck (1980) ... producer production
  
  - Space Croppers (1980) ... producer production
  
  - The Night the Cylons Landed (2) (1980) ... producer production
  
  - The Night the Cylons Landed (1) (1980) ... producer production
  
  - Spaceball (1980) ... producer production
  
  1980
- Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
  producer
  
  production
  
  - The Dorian Secret (1981) ... producer production
  
  - Testimony of a Traitor (1981) ... producer production
  
  - The Hand of the Goral (1981) ... producer production
  
  - Shgoratchx! (1981) ... producer production
  
  - The Satyr (1981) ... producer production
  
  1979
- Mission Galactica: The Cylon Attack
  executive producer
  
  production
  
  1979
- Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
  executive producer
  
  production
  
  1979
- B.J. and the Bear
  executive producer
  
  production
  
  1978
- Battlestar Galactica
  executive producer
  
  production
  
  - The Hand of God (1979) ... executive producer production
  
  - Take the Celestra (1979) ... executive producer production
  
  - Experiment in Terra (1979) ... executive producer production
  
  - Baltar's Escape (1979) ... executive producer production
  
  - Greetings from Earth (1979) ... executive producer production
  
  1978
- The Islander
  producer
  
  production
  
  1978
- Evening in Byzantium
  executive producer
  
  production
  
  1978
- Benny & Barney: Las Vegas Undercover
  producer
  
  production
  
  1977
- Quincy, M.E.
  executive producer
  
  production
  
  - The Cutting Edge (1983) ... executive producer production
  
  - Whatever Happened to Morris Perlmutter? (1983) ... executive producer production
  
  - An Act of Violence (1983) ... executive producer production
  
  - Suffer the Little Children (1983) ... executive producer production
  
  - Women of Valor (1983) ... executive producer production
  
  1976
- Switch
  producer
  
  production
  
  1975
- The Virginian
  producer
  
  production
  
  - Jump-Up (1971) ... producer production
  
  - Wolf Track (1971) ... producer production
  
  - The Town Killer (1971) ... producer production
  
  - The Regimental Line (1971) ... producer production
  
  - Tate, Ramrod (1971) ... producer production
  
  1962
creators (11 credits)
- Knight Rider
  creator
  
  creators
  
  2008
- Battlestar Galactica
  creator
  
  creators
  
  2004
- Night Man
  creator
  
  creators
  
  1997
- Automan
  creator
  
  creators
  
  1983
- Knight Rider
  creator
  
  creators
  
  1982
- The Fall Guy
  creator
  
  creators
  
  1981
- Magnum, P.I.
  creator
  
  creators
  
  1980
- Galactica 1980
  creator
  
  creators
  
  1980
- Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
  creator
  
  creators
  
  1979
- Battlestar Galactica
  creator
  
  creators
  
  1978
- Quincy, M.E.
  creator
  
  creators
  
  1976
directing (2 credits)
- Night Man
  
  - Lady in Red (1997) ... director directing
  
  1997
- Chameleons
  director
  
  directing
  
  1989
sound (1 credits)
- The Road Raiders
  theme song performance
  
  sound
  
  1989
actors (1 credits)
- The Edsel Show
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1957