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American television producer (1935–2021)
Allan Burns
Born
Allan Pennington Burns
(1935-05-18 ) May 18, 1935
Died January 30, 2021(2021-01-30) (aged 85 )
Occupations
television producer
Notable work The Munsters The Mary Tyler Moore Show Spouse
(m. 1964)
Children 2
Allan Pennington Burns (May 18, 1935 – January 30, 2021)[1] was an American screenwriter and television producer. He was best known for co-creating and writing for the television sitcoms The Munsters and The Mary Tyler Moore Show .
Early life [ edit ]
Burns was born in Baltimore on May 18, 1935.[2] [3] His father died when he was nine years old. Three years later, he moved to Honolulu with his mother after his older brother was assigned to Naval Station Pearl Harbor .[1] He attended Punahou School and illustrated a cartoon that featured several times a week in the Honolulu Star-Bulletin .[4] He studied architecture at the University of Oregon starting in 1953,[2] [3] after being awarded a partial scholarship. He dropped out two years later and moved to Los Angeles, where he secured a job as a page for NBC.[4]
Before breaking into television and film, he started in animation, working for Jay Ward and collaborating on and animating The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show , Dudley Do-Right , and George of the Jungle .[2] Burns also created the Cap'n Crunch character for Quaker Oats .[3]
After his stint writing for Jay Ward, Burns formed a partnership with Chris Hayward . They created the series The Munsters (1964) and My Mother the Car (1965), and they were hired by producer Leonard Stern as story editors for the series He & She , for which they won an Emmy award for comedy writing.[2] The last project between Hayward and Burns was the sitcom Get Smart .[2] During this time, Burns co-wrote the unaired version of the 1965 pilot episode of The Smothers Brothers Show .[2]
Burns first met James L. Brooks in 1965, getting him a writing job on his show My Mother The Car .[5] After being impressed with the television pilot for Brooks's show Room 222 , Burns began a partnership with Brooks and joined the Room 222 writing staff and later produced the series.[2]
After Room 222 , television executive Grant Tinker hired Brooks and Burns to develop a television series for CBS starring Mary Tyler Moore .[2] In 1970, The Mary Tyler Moore Show premiered and became a critically acclaimed series, spawning spin-off series such as Lou Grant and Rhoda .[3] Brooks and Burns also created the 1974 situation comedy Paul Sand in Friends and Lovers .[6] Burns also worked as a writer and producer on the shows FM ,[3] The Duck Factory ,[7] [8] Eisenhower and Lutz , and Cutters .[3]
Burns also worked in film, co-writing the film A Little Romance (1979), for which he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay .[9] He also wrote the screenplays Butch and Sundance: The Early Days , Just the Way You Are and wrote and directed Just Between Friends .[10]
Personal life [ edit ]
Burns married Joan Bailey in 1964; the couple had two children: Eric and Matthew.[11]
Burns died at his home in Los Angeles on January 30, 2021, aged 85, from Parkinson's disease and Lewy body dementia .[1]
Primetime Emmy Awards [ edit ]
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References [ edit ]
^ a b c d e f Shafer, Ellise (January 31, 2021). "Allan Burns, Emmy-Winning Writer and Creator of 'The Mary Tyler Moore Show,' Dies at 85" . Variety . Retrieved January 31, 2021 .
^ a b Barnes, Mike (January 31, 2021). "Allan Burns, Co-Creator of 'The Mary Tyler Moore Show,' Dies at 85" . The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved January 31, 2021 .
^ Alex Simon (December 1997 – January 1998). "James L. Brooks: Laughter That Stings in Your Throat". Venice Magazine
^ "Some Laughs in Big Package Producer" . Dayton Daily News . July 30, 1974. p. 36 . Retrieved January 31, 2021 .
^ Shales, Tom (April 12, 1984). "Absolutely Ducky!Madness &" . The Washington Post . Retrieved January 31, 2021 .
^ Ross, Val (April 9, 1984). "A chameleon comic adapts to success" . Maclean's . Toronto. Retrieved January 31, 2021 .
^ "A Little Romance (1979)" . Turner Classic Movies . Retrieved January 31, 2021 .
^ "Allan Burns" . Turner Classic Movies . Retrieved January 31, 2021 .
^ Alley, Robert S. "Burns, Allan" . Museum of Broadcast Communications . Archived from the original on January 28, 2017. Retrieved February 27, 2017 .
^ "Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series – 1968" . Television Academy. Retrieved February 1, 2021 .
^ "Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series – 1971" . Television Academy. Retrieved February 1, 2021 .
^ "Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series – 1973" . Television Academy. Retrieved February 1, 2021 .
^ "Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series – 1975" . Television Academy. Retrieved February 1, 2021 .
^ "Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series – 1977" . Television Academy. Retrieved February 1, 2021 .
^ McNeil, Alex (1980). Total Television: A Comprehensive Guide to Programming from 1948 to 1980 . Penguin Books. p. 934. ISBN 9780140049114 .
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Carl Kleinschmitt & Dale McRaven for " Br-room, Br-room"(1965)
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Marvin Marx & Gordon Rod Parker & Walter Stone for "Movies Are Better Than Ever" (1967)
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