The Fugitive (TV series) shows him. Gerard, on the other hand, was portrayed externally as a man like Javert, but internally as more of a thinking man who could balance justice and duty. According to some of those who worked on the show, these parallels were not coincidental. Stanford Whitmore, who wrote the pilot episode "Fear in a Desert City", says that he deliberately gave Kimble's nemesis a similar-sounding name to see if anyone would recognize the similarity between "Gerard" and "Javert". One who recognized the similarity was Morse; he pointed out the connection to Quinn Martin, who admitted that "The Fugitive" was a
Matt Williams (TV producer) Matt Williams (TV producer) Matt Williams (born 1951-1952) is an American television producer and television writer. Williams, whose birth name is Mark, is a graduate of the University of Evansville and did post-graduate work in theater at The University of New Orleans. Before becoming a writer and producer, he was an actor, appearing in commercials, theater and on the Christian Broadcasting Network soap opera "Another Life" in the early 1980s. One of his many credits is creating and executive producing, along with Carmen Finestra and David McFazean the TV series "Home Improvement". He produces films such as "What Women Want",