LOS ANGELES Roy Huggins, the writer-producer who created some of television's biggest hits including ***"Maverick"*** and ***"The Fugitive"***, has died, the Los Angeles Times reported.

He died of natural causes on Wednesday in Santa Monica, California, at the age of 87.

His most successful television series was ***"The Fugitive,"*** which ran from 1963 to 1967 and spawned a hit feature film in 1993 starring Harrison Ford and Tommy Lee Jones, a feature sequel, and a revival television series in 2000.

In the 1970s while at Universal Television, Huggins began his association with Stephen Cannell and together they created ***"The Rockford Files"*** and ***"City of Angels."***

***"The Fugitive*** was a very offbeat idea at the time," Cannell told the Los Angeles Times.

In ***"Maverick"***, a western blending drama and comedy, James Garner played a wisecracking gambler.

Huggins, who wrote some 350 scripts and stories, was born in Littell, Washington. He is survived by his wife of 50 years, former actress Adele Mara, and their three sons, Thomas, John and James. Also, a son and daughter from his first marriage, and five grandchildren, according to the times.