Stan Burns

American screenwriter

Stan Burns
Born	(1923-09-04)September 4, 1923 Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Died	November 5, 2002(2002-11-05) (aged 79) Woodland Hills, California, U.S.
Occupation	Screenwriter
Spouse	Shirley Burns
Children	2

Stan Burns (September 4, 1923 - November 5,^[1] 2002) was an American screenwriter. He was the partner of Mike Marmer.^[2] Burns wrote for television programs including The Steve Allen Show,^[3] The Tonight Show, Get Smart,^[4] The Carol Burnett Show, F Troop, Gilligan's Island and The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour.^[2]^[5]

Burns won and was nominated for Primetime Emmy Awards from 1959 to 1973.^[6] He died in November 2002 of heart failure at the Motion Picture & Television Fund cottages in Woodland Hills, California, at the age of 79.^[7]^[8]

References

^ "In Passing". The Washington Post. November 11, 2002. Retrieved July 11, 2021.
^ ^a ^b The Associated Press (November 11, 2002). "Stan Burns; Television Comedy Writer, 79". The New York Times. Retrieved July 11, 2021.
^ Alba, Ben (December 2, 2009). Inventing Late Night: Steve Allen And the Original Tonight Show. Prometheus Books. p. 151. ISBN 978-1615922208 – via Google Books.
^ Bianculli, David (December 1, 2009). Dangerously Funny: The Uncensored Story of "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour". Simon and Schuster. p. 65. ISBN 978-1439109533 – via Google Books.
^ Lentz, Harris (April 9, 2003). Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2002. McFarland. p. 47. ISBN 9780786414642 – via Google Books.
^ "Stan Burns". Television Academy. Retrieved July 11, 2021.
^ "Stan Burns, 79; Comedy Writer for Top 1950s-'70s Variety Shows". Los Angeles Times. November 8, 2002. Retrieved July 11, 2021.
^ Variety Staff (November 7, 2002). "Stan Burns". Variety. Retrieved July 11, 2021.

External links

Stan Burns at IMDb

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Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series (1970–1979)

Gary Belkin, Peter Bellwood, Thomas Meehan, Herb Sargent and Judith Viorst (1970)
Herbert Baker, Hal Goodman, Larry Klein, Bob Schiller, Norman Steinberg, Bob Weiskopf and Flip Wilson (1971)
Art Baer, Roger Beatty, Stan Burns, Stan Hart, Don Hinkley, Ben Joelson, Woody Kling, Mike Marmer, Arnie Rosen and Larry Siegel (1972)
Bill Angelos, Roger Beatty, Stan Hart, Robert Hilliard, Woody Kling, Arnie Kogen, Buz Kohan, Gail Parent, Tom Patchett, Larry Siegel and Jay Tarses (1973)
Rosalyn Drexler, Ann Elder, Karyl Geld Miller, Robert Illes, Lorne Michaels, Richard Pryor, Jim Rusk, Herb Sargent, James R. Stein, Lily Tomlin, Jane Wagner, Rod Warren and George Yanok (1974)
Roger Beatty, Gary Belkin, Dick Clair, Rudy De Luca, Arnie Kogen, Barry Harman, Barry Levinson, Jenna McMahon, Gene Perret, Bill Richmond and Ed Simmons (1974)
Roger Beatty, Gary Belkin, Dick Clair, Rudy De Luca, Arnie Kogen, Barry Levinson, Jenna McMahon, Gene Perret, Bill Richmond and Ed Simmons (1975)
Anne Beatts, Chevy Chase, Tom Davis, Al Franken, Lorne Michaels, Marilyn Suzanne Miller, Michael O'Donoghue, Herb Sargent, Tom Schiller, Rosie Shuster and Alan Zweibel (1976)
Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, Tom Davis, James Downey, Al Franken, Lorne Michaels, Marilyn Suzanne Miller, Bill Murray, Michael O'Donoghue, Herb Sargent, Tom Schiller, Rosie Shuster and Alan Zweibel (1977)
Roger Beatty, Dick Clair, Tim Conway, Rick Hawkins, Robert Illes, Jenna McMahon, Gene Perret, Bill Richmond, Liz Sage, Larry Siegel, Franelle Silver, Ed Simmons and James R. Stein (1978)
Alan Alda (1979)

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