JOHN HAWKINS WAS A MEGA TV WRITER AND PRODUCER

BUILDING A GREAT MUSEUM FOR THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY

John Hawkins began his career in Oregon as a successful writer of magazine stories. He moved to the San Fernando Valley where he wrote for film and television and made it big as a writer for the tv series Bonanza. In 1974 he became the producer of one of the most successful television series in America, Little House on the Prairie.

 John Hawkins  1910 to 1978

Photo of John Hawkins (left) at the Western Writers Guild with Steve McNeil - Loaned to The Museum of the San Fernando Valley by Heather Preimesberger 2014 - Photo by Arthur Knight Petaluma -

John Hawkins and his grand daughter on an old lumber mill set - Photograph loaned to The Museum of the San Fernando Valley from Heather Preimesberger 2014. (click on images to enlarge them.)

John Hawkins on location- Photograph loaned to The Museum of the San Fernando Valley from Heather Preimesberger 2014. (click on images to enlarge them.)

 Little House on the Prairie - Call Sheet - 25 June 1976 - NBC TV Productions - Loaned to The Museum of the San Fernando Valley by Heather Preimesberger 2014.