Martin Ragaway

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Martin Ragaway
Born(1923-01-29)January 29, 1923
Mount Sinai Memorial Park, Los Angeles[1]
Occupationcomedy writer
Years active1949–1984

Martin Ragaway (January 29, 1923–April 20, 1989) was an American comedy writer.

Career

Ragaway's early credits include the

Ma and Pa Kettle At the Fair
. They also wrote The Milkman (1952) for Donald O'Connor.

On television, Ragaway shared an Emmy for the 1960–61 season of "The Red Skelton Show", and won Writer's Guild Awards for a 1965 episode of The Dick Van Dyke Show ("My Husband is the Best One") and the 1968 special, "Alan King's Wonderful World of Aggravation."[2]

He also scripted episodes of Get Smart, The Jerry Lewis Show, The Brady Bunch, The Bill Cosby Show, Here's Lucy, I Dream of Jeannie, The Partridge Family, The Odd Couple, Diff'rent Strokes, and The Facts of Life.

In the late 1970s, Ragaway worked on several Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts and the annual Country Music Association awards shows. Among his last credits was the short-lived Billy Crystal Comedy Hour (1982).

References

  1. ^ Los Angeles Times
  2. ^ Variety; Apr 26, 1989): 220-222.

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