Gino Grimaldi, a veteran TV producer known for such series as “Knight Rider” and “Emergency” died Friday in Newport Beach, Calif., according to his wife Nancy Grimaldi. He was 74.
Grimaldi began his 20-year career at Universal Studios as a film editor, where he worked on the “Bob Hope Christmas” and “Vietnam” Specials.
It wasn’t long before he committed to a 75 episode arc of “Emergency,” where he worked alongside Randolph Mantooth and Kevin Tighe from 1973-79. In 1983, he began work on “Knight Rider,” producing 70 episodes. The series starred David Hasselhoff.
Grimaldi’s other credits include “Of Mice and Men” (1981), “Shanghai 1920” (1991), and “A Promise Kept: The Oksana Baiul Story” (1994).
