Jack Elinson (April 21, 1922 ? November 17, 2011) was an American producer and screenwriter .

Life and career [ edit ]

Elinson was born and raised in New York . He served in the army during World War II . ^[1]

Elinson had sold a joke to Walter Winchell 's newspaper column at the age of 16. ^{[2] [3]} He later wrote for radio programs, ^[4] moving on to television programs in the 1950s, writing and producing episodes for The Danny Thomas Show with his brother. ^[5] His credits include producing and writing for The Real McCoys , The Johnny Carson Show , The Colgate Comedy Hour , Hey, Jeannie! , and One Day At A Time . ^[6]

In the 1960s and 1970s Elinson wrote for The Andy Griffith Show , ^[7] Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. , Hogan's Heroes , The Doris Day Show and The Danny Thomas Show . In 1961 he was nominated for a Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Writing Achievement in Comedy. ^[8]

In 1985, Elinson was executive producer of the NBC sitcom television series 227 . ^[9] He retired in 1990, his last work being writing and developing the television series New Attitude . ^{[ citation needed ]}

Death [ edit ]

Elinson died in November 2011 of natural causes at his home in Santa Monica, California , at the age of 89. ^{[10] [11] [12] [13] [14]}

References [ edit ]

External links [ edit ]

• Jack Elinson at IMDb