Newsgroups: alt.obituaries
Subject: Leonard Stern, writer/producer/director "Honeymooners" "Get Smart",
etc., 87
Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2011 16:42:14 -0600
Writer-producer-director Leonard Stern dies at 87
By FRAZIER MOORE, AP Television Writer - 1 hour ago
NEW YORK (AP) - Leonard Stern, a prolific writer-producer-director whose
credits include "The Honeymooners," ''Get Smart," and "McMillan and Wife,"
died Tuesday. He was 87.
Stern died of heart failure at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles,
said his spokesman, Dale Olson.
A native of New York City, Stern found early success in TV writing for
Jackie Gleason in "The Honeymooners" as well as the classic 1950s sitcom
"The Phil Silvers Show" and "The Steve Allen Show."
In the 1960s he produced the spy satire "Get Smart," and in the 1970s wrote,
directed and produced "McMillan and Wife," the lighthearted crime drama
starring Rock Hudson.
Film credits included screenplays for the 1952 version of "The Jazz Singer"
starring Danny Thomas, as well as a pair of Abbott and Costello comedies.
Three decades later, he wrote and directed "Just You and Me, Kid," starring
George Burns and 14-year-old Brooke Shields. In 1985, he wrote the script
for the action-thriller "Target," starring Gene Hackman and directed by
Arthur Penn.
Stern was also involved in publishing, including the word game Mad Libs,
which he co-created.
During his career he won three Emmy awards, two Golden Globes and a Peabody
award.
Stern is survived by his wife of 55 years, actress Gloria Stroock, as well
as a son, Michael Stern, a daughter, Kate Stern, two grandchildren, and a
great-granddaughter.
Funeral services were scheduled Friday at Mt. Sinai.
Copyright © 2011 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.
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