Bernie Kahn
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| Born | Bernard M. Kahn (1930-04-26)April 26, 1930
Brooklyn, New York
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| Died | April 21, 2021(2021-04-21) (aged 90)
Woodland Hills, California
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| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | screenwriter |
| Notable work | Basic Training, The Barefoot Executive |
| Style | comedy film, sitcom |
| Television | The Second Hundred Years, Bewitched, My Favorite Martian |
Bernard M. Kahn (April 26, 1930 – April 21, 2021)[1] was an American screenwriter.
He received bachelor's and master's degrees in English literature from the University of Michigan.
At the 1953 Maccabiah Games in Israel, in swimming he won a gold medal in the 100 m backstroke.[2]
He wrote for the sitcoms The Second Hundred Years,[3] My Favorite Martian,[4] and Bewitched, among others.[5] Kahn also co-wrote the 1971 Disney television movie The Barefoot Executive with Joseph McEveety, Lila Garrett and Stu Billett, and wrote the screenplay for the 1985 comedy film Basic Training.[6]
In 1972, his play Our Very Own Hole in the Ground was produced at La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club in the East Village, Manhattan, directed by Henry Hewes.[7]
Kahn received the Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Episodic Comedy multiple times during the 1970s.
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