James B. Allardice
American television comedy writer (1919–1966)
James B. Allardice | |
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| Born | (1919-03-20)March 20, 1919 Canton, Ohio, U.S. |
| Died | February 15, 1966(1966-02-15) (aged 46) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | American TV and film screenwriter/director |
| Years active | 1942–1966 |
James B. Allardice (March 20, 1919 – February 15, 1966) was an American television comedy writer of the 1950s and 1960s.
Biography
James Burns Allardice Jr. was born to James Burns Allardice, a native of Scotland, and Lucinda (Lula) Masters Gladden. He was educated at McKinley High School in Canton, Ohio,.[1] He went on to the College of Wooster, where he was active in theater, and graduated in 1941. During World War II he served in the US Army. Following the war, Allardice attended graduate school at Yale University and wrote the play At War with the Army under playwright Marc Connelly, who taught drama courses.[2][3] [4][5] At War with the Army ran 151 performances on Broadway in 1949.[6] It was filmed in 1949 and released in 1950 in a production starring Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis.[7]
Allardice is best known for his collaborations with writing partner Tom Adair on a number of American 1960s TV sitcoms including The Munsters, F Troop, My Three Sons, Gomer Pyle, USMC and Hogan's Heroes. Allardice won an Emmy in 1955 for best comedy writing for his work on The George Gobel Show.
He contributed to Alfred Hitchcock Presents, and wrote Hitchcock's prologues, intermissions and epilogues for all of the 359 episodes of the series,[8][9] as well as many speeches for Hitchcock's public engagements.
He was married in 1943 to Alice Neff.[10]
Death
Allardice died in Van Nuys, Los Angeles, California in 1966 from a heart attack, aged 46. He was buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Cemetery in Los Angeles.
References
- ^ "Ancestry - Sign In". www.ancestry.com.
- ^ "Connelly | Pennsylvania Center for the Book". pabook.libraries.psu.edu.
- ^ "Marc Connelly | American playwright". Encyclopedia Britannica.
- ^ "Hollywood Authors to Create Music for Little Theatre," October 9, 1959, Wooster Voice. Found at https://openworks.wooster.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1199&context=voice1951-1960
- ^ pp. 142-3 LIFE, April 4, 1949.
- ^ "At War with the Army Broadway @ Booth Theatre - Tickets and Discounts". Playbill.
- ^ At War with the Army on IMDb
- ^ Weaver, Tom, "Norman Lloyd Interview", I was a Monster Movie Maker: Conversations with 22 SF and Horror Filmmakers, p. 152. McFarland, 2001.
- ^ Schumach, Murray (1959-11-13). "HITCHCOCK GHOST HAS HAUNTING WIT; James B. Allardice Finds Mirth in Murder in Lines Written for TV Director". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-01-31.
- ^ "Join Ancestry®". www.ancestry.com.
External links
- James B. Allardice at IMDb
- James B. Allardice at Find a Grave
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- James Allardice & Jack Douglas & Hal Kanter & Harry Winkler for The George Gobel Show (1955)
- Arnold M. Auerbach & Barry Blitzer & Vincent Bogert & Nat Hiken & Coleman Jacoby & Harvey Orkin & Arnold Rosen & Terry Ryan & Tony Webster for The Phil Silvers Show (1956)
- No Award (1957)
- Billy Friedberg & Nat Hiken & Coleman Jacoby & Arnold Rosen & A.J. Russell & Terry Ryan & Phil Sharp & Tony Webster & Sydney Zelinka for The Phil Silvers Show (1958)
- George Balzer & Hal Goldman & Al Gordon & Sam Perrin for The Jack Benny Show (1959)
- George Balzer & Hal Goldman & Al Gordon & Sam Perrin for The Jack Benny Show (1960)
- Dave O'Brien & Martin Ragaway & Sherwood Schwartz & Al Schwartz & Red Skelton for The Red Skelton Show (1961)
- Carl Reiner for The Dick Van Dyke Show (1962)
- Carl Reiner for The Dick Van Dyke Show (1963)
- No Award (1964)
- No Award (1965)
- Sam Denoff & Bill Persky for "Coast to Coast Big Mouth" (1966)
- Buck Henry & Leonard B. Stern for "Ship of Spies: Parts 1 and 2" (1967)
- Allan Burns & Chris Hayward for "The Coming Out Party" (1968)
- No Award (1969)
- No Award (1970)
- James L. Brooks & Allan Burns for "Support Your Local Mother" (1971)
- Burt Styler for "Edith's Problem" (1972)
- Lee Kalcheim & Michael Ross & Bernie West for "The Bunkers and the Swingers" (1973)
- Treva Silverman for "The Lou and Edie Story" (1974)
- Stan Daniels & Ed. Weinberger for "Will Mary Richards Go to Jail?" (1975)
- David Lloyd for "Chuckles Bites the Dust" (1976)
- James L. Brooks & Allan Burns & Stan Daniels & Bob Ellison & David Lloyd & Ed. Weinberger for "The Last Show" (1977)
- Harve Brosten & Barry Harman & Bob Schiller & Bob Weiskopf for "Cousin Liz" (1978)
- No Award (1979)
- R.J. Colleary for "The Photographer" (1980)
- Michael J. Leeson for "Tony's Sister and Jim" (1981)
- Ken Estin for "Elegant Iggy" (1982)
- Glen Charles and Les Charles for "Give Me a Ring Sometime" (1983)
- David Angell for "Old Flames" (1984)
- Ed. Weinberger & Michael J. Leeson for "Pilot" (The Cosby Show) (1985)
- Barry Fanaro & Mort Nathan for "A Little Romance" (1986)
- Gary David Goldberg & Alan Uger for "A, My Name is Alex" (1987)
- Hugh Wilson for "The Bridge" (1988)
- Diane English for "Pilot" (Murphy Brown) (1989)
- Bob Brush for "Good-bye" (1990)
- Gary Dontzig & Steven Peterman for "Jingle Hell, Jingle Hell, Jingle All the Way" (1991)
- Elaine Pope & Larry Charles for "The Fix-Up" (1992)
- Larry David for "The Contest" (1993)
- David Angell & Peter Casey & David Lee for "The Good Son" (1994)
- Chuck Ranberg & Anne Flett-Giordano for "An Affair to Forget" (1995)
- Joe Keenan & Christopher Lloyd & Rob Greenberg & Jack Burditt & Chuck Ranberg & Anne Flett-Giordano & Linda Morris & Vic Rauseo for "Moon Dance" (1996)
- Ellen DeGeneres & Mark Driscoll & Dava Savel & Tracy Newman & Jonathan Stark for "The Puppy Episode" (1997)
- Peter Tolan & Garry Shandling for "Flip" (1998)
- Jay Kogen for "Merry Christmas, Mrs. Moskowitz" (1999)
- Linwood Boomer for "Pilot" (Malcolm in the Middle) (2000)
- Alex Reid for "Bowling" (2001)
- Larry Wilmore for "Pilot" (The Bernie Mac Show) (2002)
- Tucker Cawley for "Baggage" (2003)
- Mitchell Hurwitz for "Pilot" (Arrested Development) (2004)
- Mitchell Hurwitz & Jim Vallely for "Righteous Brothers" (2005)
- Greg Garcia for "Pilot" (My Name Is Earl) (2006)
- Greg Daniels for "Gay Witch Hunt" (2007)
- Tina Fey for "Cooter" (2008)
- Matt Hubbard for "Reunion" (2009)
- Steven Levitan & Christopher Lloyd for "Pilot" (Modern Family) (2010)
- Steven Levitan & Jeffrey Richman for "Caught in the Act" (2011)
- Louis C.K. for "Pregnant" (2012)
- Tina Fey & Tracey Wigfield for "Last Lunch" (2013)
- Louis C.K. for "So Did the Fat Lady" (2014)
- Simon Blackwell & Armando Iannucci & Tony Roche for "Election Night" (2015)
- Aziz Ansari & Alan Yang for "Parents" (2016)
- Aziz Ansari & Lena Waithe for "Thanksgiving" (2017)
- Amy Sherman-Palladino for "Pilot" (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel) (2018)
- Phoebe Waller-Bridge for "Episode 1" (2019)
- Dan Levy for "Happy Ending" (2020)
- Lucia Aniello, Paul W. Downs and Jen Statsky for "There Is No Line" (2021)
- Quinta Brunson for "Pilot" (Abbott Elementary) (2022)
- Christopher Storer for "System" (2023)
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