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Martin Ragaway
Born (1923-01-29 ) January 29, 1923Died April 20, 1989(1989-04-20) (aged 66 ) Resting place Mount Sinai Memorial Park , Los Angeles[1] Occupation comedy writer Years active 1949–1984
Martin Ragaway (January 29, 1923 – April 20, 1989) was an American comedy writer.
Ragaway's early credits include the Abbott and Costello radio program in the late 1940s. Along with Leonard Stern , he created the "Sam Shovel" spoofs for the show. This led to screenwriting the Abbott and Costello films Africa Screams Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion Lost in Alaska Ma and Pa Kettle Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town Ma and Pa Kettle At the Fair 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 [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 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).
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