Thonnis Watson Calhoun (1917 – 1965) was an American writer of plays, radio programs, and television shows.[1][2]
Calhoun attended Central High SchoolinHouston, Texas.[3] He was in the Navy.[4]
Calhoun earned a bachelor of fine arts degree from the University of Texas.[5][6] He performed in a play for the college's Experimental Theater in 1947.[7] While he was a sophomore in 1948, his political satire Josephine was produced.[8][9]
He was involved in theatre in Houston.[10][11][4] He submitted a script to Elliott Lewis of the radio show On Stage; Lewis called Calhoun in the middle of the night to express his interest. The script was produced as the episode "Canary Yellow".[4][5][12] He wrote other scripts for radio and television in the 1950s.[13][14]
Thonnis Calhoun died of a brain tumor at Sawtelle Veterans' Hospital in Los Angeles in 1965. Calhoun's mother, and his sister, Evelyn, survived him.[15][16]
