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Sydney Zelinka, a comedy writer whose credits included movies for the Marx Brothers and television series for Jackie Gleason and Phil Silvers, died of cancer Saturday at his home in Amagansett,...
Sydney Zelinka was born on 2 November 1906 in New York, New York, USA. Sydney was a writer, known for The Honeymooners (1955), The Phil Silvers Show (1955) and Get Smart (1965). Sydney was married to Cora Zelinka. Sydney died on 17 January 1981 in Amagansett, New York, USA.
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Sydney Zelinka was born on November 2, 1906 in New York, New York, USA. Sydney was a writer, known for The Honeymooners (1955), The Phil Silvers Show (1955) and Get Smart (1965). Sydney was previously married to Cora Zelinka. Sydney died on January 17, 1981 in Amagansett, New York, USA.
- Sidney Zelinka
- November 2, 1906 in New York, New York, USA
Find a Grave Memorial ID: 89905132. Source citation. Sydney started on radio as a comedy writer for 'Jack Oakie's College' in 1935. Over the next few years he contributed to other radio comedy, for stars like Jimmy Durante, Groucho Marx and Sid Caesar.
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Sydney Zelinka was a writer on Bewitched. He wrote the season two episode The Girl With the Golden Nose (1966) with Paul Wayne. He was credited as Syd Zelinka.
Sydney Zelinka was a writer of radio, television and film. He was born on November 2, 1906, in New York, New York.
He started on radio as a comedy writer for "Jack Oakie's College" in 1935. Over the next few years he contributed to other radio comedy, for stars like Jimmy Durante, Groucho Marx and Sid Caesar. He toured with the Marx Brothers in vaudeville in the 1940s, trying out gags later used in movies. He wrote the screenplays for the Marx Brothers films "Copacabana" and "A Night in Casablanca". He returned to New York in the early 1950s to work on "The Honeymooners".
He won the "Best Comedy Writing" Emmy in 1958 for "The Phil Silvers Show". In 1957, he won the "Situational Comedy, 30 Minutes in Length" Writer's Guild of America award for "The Honeymooners: The $99,000 Answer (1956)".
Sydney Zelinka died on January 17, 1981, in Amagansett, New York. He was 74.
•Sydney Zelinka on the Internet Movie Database. Retrieved on January 11, 2020. Updated on March 8, 2022.
•Grave Tag'r. "Sydney Zelinka", memorial, Findagrave.com, May 10, 2012. Retrieved on March 8, 2022, edited.
Season One writers: Herbert Finn, Marvin Marx, A.J. Russell, Leonard Stern, Walter Stone, Sydney Zelinka*. Aired: CBS, 1955-1956. The standard by which all working-class sitcoms are still measured had a fitful beginning. Harry Crane and Joe Bigelow are credited with creating Ralph Kramden, a Brooklyn bus driver, as a sketch character for Jackie ...
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