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Martin Ragaway (January 29, 1923 – April 20, 1989) was an American comedy writer. Career. Ragaway's early credits include the Abbott and Costello radio program in the late 1940s. Along with Leonard Stern, he created the "Sam Shovel" spoofs for the show.
Martin Ragaway. Writer: The Red Skelton Hour. Martin Ragaway was born on 29 January 1923 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He was a writer and director, known for The Red Skelton Hour (1951), The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961) and Get Smart (1965).
- Writer, Additional Crew, Director
- January 29, 1923
- Martin Ragaway
- April 20, 1989
Apr 22, 1989 · Martin Ragaway, an award-winning comedy writer whose work reaches back into radio’s Golden Age and television’s earliest years, has died at age 66. The Emmy-winning writer (for “The Red ...
Aug 8, 1989 · Exit the Clowns, Crying. By AL MARTINEZ. Aug. 8, 1989 12 AM PT. When comedy writer Martin Ragaway was dying of cancer last April and unable to speak, he wrote a note that said, “Game’s over ...
Martin Ragaway was born on 29 January 1923 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He was a writer and director, known for The Red Skelton Hour (1951), The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961) and Get Smart (1965). He died on 20 April 1989 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- January 29, 1923
- April 20, 1989
Apr 25, 1989 · For a man who had spent his life making others laugh, Martin Ragaway's final observation seemed a bitter punch line to 35 years of comedy writing. Requiem for a Clown - Los Angeles Times
Martin Ragaway (29 January 1923 - 20 April 1989) was an American Emmy Award-winning screenwriter. Martin wrote three Season 4 episodes of The Brady Bunch TV series, "Love and the Older Man", "Mail Order Hero", and "Miss Popularity". Ragaway wrote screenplays from the 1940s to the 1970s. He is known for writing a number of Abbott and Costello films and co-wrote the most famous sketch in comedy ...
