Hal Kanter
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Born | December 18, 1918 Savannah, Georgia, U.S. |
Died | November 6, 2011(2011-11-06) (aged 92) Encino, California, U.S. |
Occupation(s) | Writer, producer, director |
Years active | 1954–2008 |
Known for | Work as creator/executive producer of the NBC-TV series Julia as well as writer for numerous Academy Awards broadcasts |
Spouse(s) | Doris Kanter (1941-2011) (his death, 3 children)[1] |
Hal Kanter (December 18, 1918 – November 6, 2011)[2] was an American writer, producer and director, principally for comedy actors such as Bob Hope, Jerry Lewis, and Elvis Presley (in Loving You and Blue Hawaii), for both feature films and television. Kanter helped Tennessee Williams turn the play by Williams into the film version of The Rose Tattoo. He was regularly credited as a writer for the Academy Award broadcasts. Kanter was also the creator and executive producer of the television series Julia.
Biography
Kanter was born to a Jewish family in Savannah, Georgia.[3] He started his career peddling jokes to Eddie Cantor for his radio program. Kanter recalls, "I'd listen to his show and say, 'I can write jokes as funny as that,' so I walked from my rooming house to his show, and told the guard, 'Mr. Kanter is here to see Mr. Cantor, figuring he'd see me because of our names, although his real name was Iskowitch. I was seventeen years old and had the nerve of a burglar."[4] Although Kanter was not hired by Cantor, one of his writers, Hugh Wedlock Jr., paid Kanter $10 per week to write jokes. Wedlock would then resell Kanter's jokes to Cantor. Kanter stated, "So I became a ghostwriter to a ghostwriter."[4]
March 1941 joined the United States Army serving till the end of World War II in 1945. Kanter wrote, produced, and acted in Armed Forces Radio Service shows aired over stations KOA (AM), KLZ, and other local stations in Colorado. He built and ran radio stations in Naval Base Eniwetok and Naval Base Guam; and served as a combat correspondent on Iwo Jima.
Kanter's autobiography, So Far, So Funny: My Life in Show Business, was published in 1999 by McFarland & Company, Inc., of Jefferson, North Carolina. The book chronicles his early life, his struggles in Hollywood during his early years, and his eventual success in show business in general and as a comedy writer in particular.
Kanter died at his home in Encino, California on November 6, 2011, at the age of 92.
See also
References
- ^ Dagan, Carmel (April 18, 2014). "Writer Doris Kanter, Widow of Comedy Scribe Hal Kanter, Dies at 95".
- ^ "Hal Kanter dies at 92; Emmy-winning comedy writer, director". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on November 11, 2011.
- ^ Abbey, Alan D. (November 17, 2011). "Hollywood writer and director Hal Kanter dies at 92". Jewish Telegraphic Agency.
- ^ a b Nachman, Gerald (1998). Raised on Radio, p. 41. Pantheon Books, New York. ISBN 037540287X.
Further reading
- Young, Jordan R. (1999) The Laugh Crafters: Comedy Writing in Radio & TV's Golden Age. Beverly Hills: Past Times Publishing ISBN 0-940410-37-0
External links
- Hal Kanter at IMDb
- Hal Kanter at The Interviews: An Oral History of Television
- Interview with Hal Kanter
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- James Allardice & Jack Douglas & Hal Kanter & Harry Winkler for The George Gobel Show (1955)
- Arnold M. Auerbach & Barry Blitzer & Vincent Bogert & Nat Hiken & Coleman Jacoby & Harvey Orkin & Arnold Rosen & Terry Ryan & Tony Webster for The Phil Silvers Show (1956)
- No Award (1957)
- Billy Friedberg & Nat Hiken & Coleman Jacoby & Arnold Rosen & A.J. Russell & Terry Ryan & Phil Sharp & Tony Webster & Sydney Zelinka for The Phil Silvers Show (1958)
- George Balzer & Hal Goldman & Al Gordon & Sam Perrin for The Jack Benny Show (1959)
- George Balzer & Hal Goldman & Al Gordon & Sam Perrin for The Jack Benny Show (1960)
- Dave O'Brien & Martin Ragaway & Sherwood Schwartz & Al Schwartz & Red Skelton for The Red Skelton Show (1961)
- Carl Reiner for The Dick Van Dyke Show (1962)
- Carl Reiner for The Dick Van Dyke Show (1963)
- No Award (1964)
- No Award (1965)
- Sam Denoff & Bill Persky for "Coast to Coast Big Mouth" (1966)
- Buck Henry & Leonard B. Stern for "Ship of Spies: Parts 1 and 2" (1967)
- Allan Burns & Chris Hayward for "The Coming Out Party" (1968)
- No Award (1969)
- No Award (1970)
- James L. Brooks & Allan Burns for "Support Your Local Mother" (1971)
- Burt Styler for "Edith's Problem" (1972)
- Lee Kalcheim & Michael Ross & Bernie West for "The Bunkers and the Swingers" (1973)
- Treva Silverman for "The Lou and Edie Story" (1974)
- Stan Daniels & Ed. Weinberger for "Will Mary Richards Go to Jail?" (1975)
- David Lloyd for "Chuckles Bites the Dust" (1976)
- James L. Brooks & Allan Burns & Stan Daniels & Bob Ellison & David Lloyd & Ed. Weinberger for "The Last Show" (1977)
- Harve Brosten & Barry Harman & Bob Schiller & Bob Weiskopf for "Cousin Liz" (1978)
- No Award (1979)
- R.J. Colleary for "The Photographer" (1980)
- Michael J. Leeson for "Tony's Sister and Jim" (1981)
- Ken Estin for "Elegant Iggy" (1982)
- Glen Charles and Les Charles for "Give Me a Ring Sometime" (1983)
- David Angell for "Old Flames" (1984)
- Ed. Weinberger & Michael J. Leeson for "Pilot" (The Cosby Show) (1985)
- Barry Fanaro & Mort Nathan for "A Little Romance" (1986)
- Gary David Goldberg & Alan Uger for "A, My Name is Alex" (1987)
- Hugh Wilson for "The Bridge" (1988)
- Diane English for "Pilot" (Murphy Brown) (1989)
- Bob Brush for "Good-bye" (1990)
- Gary Dontzig & Steven Peterman for "Jingle Hell, Jingle Hell, Jingle All the Way" (1991)
- Elaine Pope & Larry Charles for "The Fix-Up" (1992)
- Larry David for "The Contest" (1993)
- David Angell & Peter Casey & David Lee for "The Good Son" (1994)
- Chuck Ranberg & Anne Flett-Giordano for "An Affair to Forget" (1995)
- Joe Keenan & Christopher Lloyd & Rob Greenberg & Jack Burditt & Chuck Ranberg & Anne Flett-Giordano & Linda Morris & Vic Rauseo for "Moon Dance" (1996)
- Ellen DeGeneres & Mark Driscoll & Dava Savel & Tracy Newman & Jonathan Stark for "The Puppy Episode" (1997)
- Peter Tolan & Garry Shandling for "Flip" (1998)
- Jay Kogen for "Merry Christmas, Mrs. Moskowitz" (1999)
- Linwood Boomer for "Pilot" (Malcolm in the Middle) (2000)
- Alex Reid for "Bowling" (2001)
- Larry Wilmore for "Pilot" (The Bernie Mac Show) (2002)
- Tucker Cawley for "Baggage" (2003)
- Mitchell Hurwitz for "Pilot" (Arrested Development) (2004)
- Mitchell Hurwitz & Jim Vallely for "Righteous Brothers" (2005)
- Greg Garcia for "Pilot" (My Name Is Earl) (2006)
- Greg Daniels for "Gay Witch Hunt" (2007)
- Tina Fey for "Cooter" (2008)
- Matt Hubbard for "Reunion" (2009)
- Steven Levitan & Christopher Lloyd for "Pilot" (Modern Family) (2010)
- Steven Levitan & Jeffrey Richman for "Caught in the Act" (2011)
- Louis C.K. for "Pregnant" (2012)
- Tina Fey & Tracey Wigfield for "Last Lunch" (2013)
- Louis C.K. for "So Did the Fat Lady" (2014)
- Simon Blackwell & Armando Iannucci & Tony Roche for "Election Night" (2015)
- Aziz Ansari & Alan Yang for "Parents" (2016)
- Aziz Ansari & Lena Waithe for "Thanksgiving" (2017)
- Amy Sherman-Palladino for "Pilot" (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel) (2018)
- Phoebe Waller-Bridge for "Episode 1" (2019)
- Dan Levy for "Happy Ending" (2020)
- Lucia Aniello, Paul W. Downs and Jen Statsky for "There Is No Line" (2021)
- Quinta Brunson for "Pilot" (Abbott Elementary) (2022)
- Christopher Storer for "System" (2023)
- Lucia Aniello, Paul W. Downs, and Jen Statsky for "Bulletproof" (2024)
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