Oren W. Haglund

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| name =Oren William Haglund
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| birth_date ={{birth date|1905|11|23}}
| birth_place =[[Michigan]], USA
| death_date ={{death date and age|1972|9|15|1905|11|23}}
| death_place =[[San Bernardino, California|San Bernardino]], [[California]]
| resting_place=[[Valhalla Memorial Park|Pierce Brothers Valhalla Memorial Park]] in [[North Hollywood, California|North Hollywood]], California
| occupation=[[Screenwriter]]<br>
Assistant [[film director]]<br>
[[Filmmaking|Production manager]] of eleven [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]/[[Warner Brothers]] [[television series]]<br>
[[United States Army]] [[Captain (United States)|Captain]] in [[World War II]]
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| residence=[[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]], [[California]], USA
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| spouse=[[Priscilla Lane]] (Together one day in 1939, [[Annulment|annuled]])
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'''Oren William Haglund''' (November 23, 1905 &ndash; September 15, 1972)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tv.com/people/oren-haglund/|title=Oren Haglund|publisher=tv.com|accessdate=August 20, 2014}}</ref> was an [[United States|American]] [[screenwriter]] and an assistant [[film director]]<ref name=plane/> who became the [[Filmmaking|production manager]] of 571 episodes of 11 [[Warner Brothers]]/[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] [[television series]] from 1955 to 1961.

==Background==
[[File:Rsz lgg.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Still frame of an [[SS]] woman from Haglund's WW2 film reels. Czechoslovakia, May 1945.]]
For one day in January 1939, Haglund was married to the film star [[Priscilla Lane]]. The couple hastily wed in [[Yuma, Arizona|Yuma]], [[Arizona]], and she left Haglund the next day and had the marriage [[Annulment|annulled]]. Lane never revealed her view of what caused the breakup.<ref name=plane>{{cite web|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=nmjetV92THsC&pg=PA133&lpg=PA133&dq=Priscilla+Lane+and+Oren+Haglund&source=bl&ots=ROwYlRQNoz&sig=6gB4SoLsv6lYuPQVGmOZVraRG2I&hl=en&sa=X&ei=il31U5aYJOLn8gG7ooCADA&ved=0CEEQ6AEwCA#v=Onepage&q=Priscilla%20Lane%20and%20Oren%20Haglund&f=false|title=''The Women of Warner Brothers: The Lives and Careers of 15 Leading Ladies''|author=Daniel Bubbeo|pages=133|date=2002|publisher=McFarland and Company|location=[[Jefferson, North Carolina|Jefferson]], [[North Carolina]]|isbn=0-7864-1137-6|accessdate=August 20, 2014}}</ref>

A native of [[Michigan]], Haglund was already involved in [[filmmaking]] prior to the advent of [[World War II]]. He enlisted in the [[United States Army Air Corps]] through the [[First Motion Picture Unit]], which also included [[Ronald W. Reagan]], [[Clark Gable]], and [[William Holden]]. He rose from the rank of [[corporal]]<ref>Douglas Cunningham, "Imaging/Imagining Air Force Identity: 'Hap' Arnold, Warner Bros., and the Formation of the USAAF First Motion Picture Unit", ''The Moving Image'' (Spring 2005); Accessed May 29, 2012</ref> to that of [[Captain (United States)|captain]]. He won both [[Purple Heart]] and [[Bronze Star]] medals. He died at the age of sixty-six in [[San Bernardino, California|San Bernardino]], [[California]], and is interred in the veterans' section of [[Valhalla Memorial Park|Pierce Brothers Valhalla Memorial Park]] in [[North Hollywood, California|North Hollywood]], California.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=15029103|title=Captain Oren William Haglund|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=August 20, 2014}}</ref><ref>http://www.ushmm.org/online/film/display/detail.php?file_num=4686</ref>

==Production credits==

Haglund was the assistant director on such films as ''The Great Jewel Robber'' (1950), ''[[Along the Great Divide]]'' and ''[[Raton Pass (film)|Raton Pass]]'' (both 1951), ''[[The Iron Mistress]]'' (1952), ''[[So This Is Love (film)|So This Is Love]]'' and ''[[She's Back on Broadway]]'', (both 1953), and ''[[King Richard and the Crusaders]]'' and ''[[The Boy from Oklahoma]]'' (both 1954).<ref name=imdb/>

Haglund's ABC/WB work including the following series, in order of year of debut:

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*''[[Conflict (TV series)|Conflict]]'', one episode, "Man from 1997" (1956), with [[Jacques Sernas]], [[Charles Ruggles]], [[Gloria Talbott]], and [[James Garner]]
*''[[Cheyenne (1955 TV series)|Cheyenne]]'', 68 episodes
*''[[Maverick (TV series)|Maverick]]'', 80 episodes
*''[[Sugarfoot]]'', 60 episodes
*''[[Colt .45 (TV series)|Colt .45]]'', 67 episodes<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ctva.biz/US/Western/Colt45.htm|title=''Colt .45|publisher=Classic TV Archive|accessdate=August 21, 2014}}</ref>
*''[[Bronco (TV series)|Bronco]]'', 40 episodes
*''[[77 Sunset Strip]]'', 70 episodes
*''[[Lawman (TV series)|Lawman]]'', 76 episodes
*''[[The Alaskans]]'', 37 episodes
*''[[Bourbon Street Beat]]'', 39 episodes
*''[[Hawaiian Eye]]'', 33 episodes<ref name=imdb>{{cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0353756/|title=Oren Haglund (1905-1972)|publisher=[[Internet Movie Data Base]]|accessdate=August 20, 2014}}</ref></blockquote>

==References==
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{{Portal|Michigan|Los Angeles|California|Film|Television|World War II|United States Army}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb name|0353756}}

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| NAME = Haglund, Oren William
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION = Screenwriter, assistant film director, television production manager
| DATE OF BIRTH = November 23, 1905
| PLACE OF BIRTH =[[Michigan]]
| DATE OF DEATH =September 15, 1972
| PLACE OF DEATH =[[San Bernardino, California]]
}}
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[[Category:1905 births]]
[[Category:1972 deaths]]
[[Category:American screenwriters]]
[[Category:American television producers]]
[[Category:People from Los Angeles, California]]
[[Category:American military personnel of World War II]]
[[Category:United States Army officers]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Purple Heart medal]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Bronze Star Medal]]
[[Category:Burials at Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery]]