Hazell (TV series) Hazell (TV series) Hazell is a British television series that ran from 1978–1979, about a fictional private detective named James Hazell. James Hazell was a cockney private detective character created by journalist and novelist Gordon Williams and footballer-turned-manager Terry Venables, who wrote under the joint pseudonym of P.B.Yuill. The first book,"Hazell plays Solomon", appeared in 1974. "Hazell plays Solomon" was also the first episode of the TV series. The wise-cracking private detective was played by Nicholas Ball. Hazell was a smart parody of earlier film-noir detectives such as Philip Marlowe or Sam Spade, the casting of Ball in the title
William Hazell him. He also helped secure chapters of all major engineering honor societies. William Hazell William Hazell Jr. (July 9, 1908 - January 26, 1995) was the fifth President of the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) from 1970 until 1975. Hazell was a lifelong resident of Plainfield, New Jersey and was the son of William Sr. and Ella Hazell. He was married to Gwendolyn Jones Bressan and was a deacon and elder in the United Presbyterian Church. He was also a member of the Rotary Club, the Essex Club, and a volunteer for the Boy Scouts of America. Hazell spent