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- Ed Simmons (June 18, 1919 – May 18, 1998) was an American producer and screenwriter. In his early career, he partnered with Norman Lear, writing for Martin and Lewis on The Colgate Comedy Hour.
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Ed Simmons (June 18, 1919 – May 18, 1998) was an American producer and screenwriter. In his early career, he partnered with Norman Lear, writing for Martin and Lewis on The Colgate Comedy Hour.
Ed Simmons. Writer: The Carol Burnett Show. Ed Simmons began his writing career partnering with Norman Lear to write a monologue for Danny Thomas. The two went on to write for the Ford Star Revue starring Jack Haley, The Colgate Comedy Hour with Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, and the Martha Raye show.
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Ed Simmons. Writer: The Carol Burnett Show. Ed Simmons began his writing career partnering with Norman Lear to write a monologue for Danny Thomas. The two went on to write for the Ford Star Revue starring Jack Haley, The Colgate Comedy Hour with Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, and the Martha Raye show.
- June 18, 1919
- May 18, 1998
Ed Simmons was an American producer and screenwriter. In his early career, he partnered with Norman Lear, writing for Martin and Lewis on The Colgate Comedy Hour.
May 23, 1998 · Ed Simmons, an Emmy Award-winning comedy writer and producer who spent his later years delighting senior citizens with his class “Comedy in TV--Then and Now,” has died. He was 78.
Dec 6, 2023 · After the war, Lear pursued a career as a press agent, and moved to Los Angeles to set up shop. But he moved into comedy writing after partnering with Ed Simmons, his cousin’s husband.
Norman Lear on writing for Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin on The Colgate Comedy Hour with partner Ed Simmons
