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Howard Merrill. Writer: Get Smart. Howard Merrill was introduced to acting at age 3. He appeared in 58 silent movies by age 11, making it into "Ripley's Believe It or Not" for his record number of movies, and for making 487 radio broadcasts on 38 shows by the time he was 14.
- Writer, Producer, Additional Crew
- March 27, 1916
- Howard Merrill
- April 20, 2002
May 10, 2002 · Howard Merrill, a writer for radio and television who began his career as a child film actor and later produced a play on Broadway, died on April 20 at a hospital in Los Angeles, his...
Howard Merrill. Writer: Get Smart. Howard Merrill was introduced to acting at age 3. He appeared in 58 silent movies by age 11, making it into "Ripley's Believe It or Not" for his record number of movies, and for making 487 radio broadcasts on 38 shows by the time he was 14.
- March 27, 1916
- April 20, 2002
May 30, 2002 · Howard Merrill, child actor who as an adult became a longtime TV-radio writer with credits including “The Andy Griffith Show,” died April 20 of natural causes at Cedars-Sinai...
Born March 27, 1916, in New York City, Howard Merrill was an American actor and writer. Introduced to acting at age 3, his mother was Fannie Merrill, an assistant to actress Gertrude Berg.
Ensign Howard Deal Merrill was a native of Ogden, Utah and was aboard the U.S.S. Arizona on December 7, 1941 when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. Ensign Merrill died aboard the Arizona and still remains in the hull of the USS Arizona today.
Reiner, who occasionally played Alan Brady, the Caesar-ish star of the fictional comedy-variety series for whom Rob Petrie (Van Dyke) worked, told the Los Angeles Times in 1999 that he originally wrote The Dick Van Dyke Show "for a Bronx Jew" to play the lead role.
