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| - Larson began his show business career in 1956 as a member of the singing group, The Four Preps. The Four Preps ultimately produced three gold records for Capitol, all of which Larson wrote and/or composed: "26 Miles (Santa Catalina)", "Big Man" and "Down By The Station". A later member of the Four Preps, David Somerville, and a session singer he knew, Gail Jensen, later collaborated with Larson to write and compose "The Unknown Stuntman," the theme from The Fall Guy (Wikipedia.org). Larson has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame to honor his contributions to the entertainment industry.
- Larson served as executive producer of the second and third The Six Million Dollar Man pilot telefilms (Wine, Women and War (which he also wrote) and The Solid Gold Kidnapping). These films were marked by a concerted effort to cast the character of Steve Austin in a James Bond-like role. But this failed to work as well as planned, and when a new producing regime took over for the weekly series, a different approach was taken. Larson also co-wrote the "Six Million Dollar Man" theme song that was performed in both telefilms by Dusty Springfield.
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| - Larson served as executive producer of the second and third The Six Million Dollar Man pilot telefilms (Wine, Women and War (which he also wrote) and The Solid Gold Kidnapping). These films were marked by a concerted effort to cast the character of Steve Austin in a James Bond-like role. But this failed to work as well as planned, and when a new producing regime took over for the weekly series, a different approach was taken. Larson also co-wrote the "Six Million Dollar Man" theme song that was performed in both telefilms by Dusty Springfield. Larson's many other producing credits include: The Men from Shiloh - the continuation series of The Virginian that co-starred Lee Majors, It Takes a Thief, Alias Smith and Jones, Switch, McCloud, Quincy M.E., The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries, the original Battlestar Galactica (he served as consulting producer on the 2000s reimagining), Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, Magnum PI, Knight Rider and the later Lee Majors series, The Fall Guy. A recent successful TV-movie revival of Knight Rider carried his executive producer credit. Besides the Springfield theme music for The Six Million Dollar Man, Larson is also credited with composing or co-composing the themes to most of the shows he has produced, including the song "Suspension" from Buck Rogers, the iconic Knight Rider theme, the majestic Battlestar Galactica theme (which is also heard in the 2000s version of the series as the Colonial Anthem) and the song "The Unknown Stuntman" which Lee Majors sings at the start of every Fall Guy episode.
- Larson began his show business career in 1956 as a member of the singing group, The Four Preps. The Four Preps ultimately produced three gold records for Capitol, all of which Larson wrote and/or composed: "26 Miles (Santa Catalina)", "Big Man" and "Down By The Station". A later member of the Four Preps, David Somerville, and a session singer he knew, Gail Jensen, later collaborated with Larson to write and compose "The Unknown Stuntman," the theme from The Fall Guy (Wikipedia.org). Larson has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame to honor his contributions to the entertainment industry. After working for Quinn Martin Sr. on productions including The Fugitive, Larson signed a production deal with Universal Studios. His first hit series was Alias Smith and Jones. Larson was involved in the development of The Six Million Dollar Man, based on Martin Caidin's novel Cyborg, and was one of the program's executive producers. Larson later secured a then-unprecedented $1 million per episode budget for Battlestar Galactica. The show incorporated many themes from Mormon theology, such as marriage for "time and eternity" and a "council of twelve." When characters got married, they were "sealed." A Mormon temple wedding ceremony is called a "sealing." Battlestar Galactica was cancelled after only one season. It's theme was carried on as "Saga of a Star World," a theatrical release, which was successful. Larson went on to create a low-budget sequel to the series entitled Galactica 1980 which was set many years later when the Galactica had reached Earth. However, this series was even less successful than the original and was cancelled after only 10 episodes. Larson re-used sets, props, costumes, and effects work from Galactica to create the light-hearted sci-fi series Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979). The feature-length pilot episode was released as a theatrical film in March 1979 and grossed $21 million at the North American box office. In the 1980s, Larson garnered further success as one of the creators of Magnum, P.I., which ran from 1980-88. Additionally, Larson created The Fall Guy, starring Lee Majors, which made much use of stock footage and ran from 1981-86. Larson's next prominent series was Knight Rider. Battlestar Galactica was revived as a series on cable TV in 2004 with great success. Created by David Eick and Ronald D. Moore, it was military-oriented, a re-imagining of the original series. The series ran for four seasons, ending in March, 2009. The series was critically acclaimed and garnered many awards. In February 2009, internet media sources reported that Larson is currently in talks with Universal Pictures to bring Battlestar Galactica to the big screen, though any potential feature film will not be based on the recent Sci Fi Channel series remake, but may possibly be based on the original series. On August 14, 2009, it was reported that the new film was "a complete reimagination" and Bryan Singer had signed to direct and produce the new film with Larson as producer. To see Glen Larson's filmography, click here.
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