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Line 1: {{short description\|American producer and screenwriter}} {{Distinguish\|David Hackl}} '''~~David~~Dave Hackel''' is an American [[television producer\|producer]] and ~~writer,~~[[screenwriter]]. ~~who~~He is best known for creating, writing, and producing the [[CBS]] sitcom, ''[[Becker (TV series)\|Becker]]'', which starred [[Ted Danson]] and ran from 1998 until 2004. Aside from all his work on Becker, Hackel has also worked on different episodes of ''[[Frasier]]'', ''[[The Love Boat]]'', ''[[Wings (NBC TV series)\|Wings]]'', ''[[Dear John (UK TV series)\|Dear John]]'', ''[[Out of This World (TV series)\|Out of This World]]'', ''[[Webster (TV series)\|Webster]]'', ''[[Nine to Five (TV series)\|Nine to Five]]'', ''[[Fish (U.S. TV series)\|Fish]]'', ''LateLine'', ''[[Harper Valley PTA (TV series)\|Harper Valley PTA]]'', ''[[Gridlock (TV show)\|Gridlock]]'', ''Shirley'', ''The Pursuit of Happiness''. Many of these series were produced by [[Paramount Television\|Paramount Network Television]]. Hackel grew up in [[Delaware, Ohio]]. He later moved to [[Los Angeles, California]] in the 1970s, where he had started working as a game show staffer. He started writing with Steve Hattman as a writing partner for television shows and for projects such as the 1980 television movie ''[[The Great American Traffic Jam]]''.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://player.fm/series/hollywood-levine-2478043/ep246-meet-comedy-writer-dave-hackel\|title=EP246: Meet comedy writer Dave Hackel\|work=[[Player FM]]\|publisher=Hollywood & Levine\|date=October 14, 2021\|access-date=October 23, 2021}}</ref> Aside from all his work on ''Becker'', Hackel has also worked on episodes of ''[[Frasier]]'', ''[[The Love Boat]]'', ''[[Wings (1990 TV series)\|Wings]]'', ''[[Dear John (U.S. TV series)\|Dear John]]'', ''[[Out of This World (American TV series)\|Out of This World]]'', ''[[Webster (TV series)\|Webster]]'', ''[[9 to 5 (TV series)\|9 to 5]]'', ''[[Fish (U.S. TV series)\|Fish]]'', ''[[LateLine]]'', ''[[Harper Valley PTA (TV series)\|Harper Valley PTA]]'', ''[[Gridlock (TV show)\|Gridlock]]'', ''[[Shirley (TV series)\|Shirley]]'' and ''[[The Pursuit of Happiness (1995 TV series)\|The Pursuit of Happiness]]''.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-dec-14-ca-53823-story.html\|title=He Who Laughs Last\|quote="(There's a discernible bit of Becker in Dave Hackel, the 49-year-old show creator and executive producer)"\|first=Paul\|last=Brownfield\|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]\|date=December 14, 1998\|access-date=October 23, 2021}}</ref> ~~He also writes a column for ''[[The Huffington Post]]''.<ref>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dave-hackel</ref>~~ Hackel wrote columns for ''[[HuffPost\|The Huffington Post]]'', in 2011.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dave-hackel\|title=Dave Hackel - HuffPost\|work=[[The Huffington Post]]\|access-date=August 28, 2018}}</ref> ==External links==▼ [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0352396/ David Hackel] at the [[Internet Movie Database]] ==References== {{Reflist}} ▲==External links== ~~{{Persondata <!-- Metadata: see [[Wikipedia:Persondata]]. -->~~ {{IMDb name\|0352396}} ~~\| NAME = Hackel, David~~ ~~\| ALTERNATIVE NAMES =~~ {{Authority control}} ~~\| SHORT DESCRIPTION = American screenwriter and producer~~ ~~\| DATE OF BIRTH =~~ ~~\| PLACE OF BIRTH =~~ ~~\| DATE OF DEATH =~~ ~~\| PLACE OF DEATH =~~ }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Hackel, David}} [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]] [[Category:American television writers]] [[Category:American male television writers]] [[Category:American television producers]] [[Category:HuffPost writers and columnists]] [[Category:20th-century American screenwriters]] [[Category:20th-century American male writers]] [[Category:21st-century American screenwriters]] [[Category:21st-century American male writers]]