Frank Tarloff
Frank Tarloff | |
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| Born | February 4, 1916 Beverly Hills, California , U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Screenwriter |
| Spouse |
Lee Barrie (m. 1942–1999) |
| Children | 2 |
Frank Tarloff (February 4, 1916 – June 25, 1999) was a blacklisted American screenwriter who won an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for Father Goose.[1]
A child of Polish immigrant parents, Tarloff grew up in
Andy Griffith Show
.
He received the Academy Award for Father Goose together with S. H. Barnett and Peter Stone and was also nominated for the Writers Guild of America Award for best comedy writing. He received a WGA Award nomination for best comedy writing for A Guide for the Married Man, which he wrote on his own. He is also known for co-writing The Secret War of Harry Frigg.
He returned to television at the end of his career, writing for The Jeffersons.
References
- ^ "The 37th Academy Awards (1965) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved March 23, 2014.
- ^ Vosburgh, Dick (28 September 1999). "Obituary: Frank Tarloff". The Independent. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
External links
- Frank Tarloff at IMDb
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