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John L. Greene (November 10, 1912 – October 4, 1995) was an American screenwriter. He was the creator of the American science fiction sitcom My Favorite Martian. Greene started his career in the 1930s writing for radio programs. He started writing for television in 1951 on the short film Tinhorn Troubadors.
Oct 9, 1995 · By Variety Staff. John L. Greene, creator of the popular 1960’s TV series “My Favorite Martian,” died Oct. 4 of unreported causes at UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles. He was 82.
John L. Greene was born on 10 November 1912 in Buffalo, New York, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for Blondie (1957), Screen Directors Playhouse (1955) and My Favorite Martian (1963). He was married to Helen Anna Odell. He died on 4 October 1995 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
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Oct 4, 1995 · John L. Greene (November 10, 1912 – October 4, 1995) was an American screenwriter. He was the creator of the American science fiction sitcom My Favorite Martian.
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John L. Greene was a writer on Bewitched. He wrote eighteen episodes and one story for the series (1964-1971). Greene wrote most of his episodes with two writing partners - Paul David (1964-1966) and David V. Robison (1966).
John L. Greene was an American writer. He was born on November 10, 1912, in New York State.
A Buffalo native, Greene grew up in Fremont, Ohio, and attended The University of Iowa, where he earned a master’s degree in journalism. After graduation he began writing short stories for magazines and then moved to New York to work on children’s radio shows.
In 1938, he came to Hollywood where he wrote for the Texaco Star Theater radio program, which featured such stalwarts as John Barrymore, Charlie Ruggles, Adolphe Menjou and Una Merkle.
Greene wrote and co-wrote numerous radio and television shows including Ozzie and Harriet, Blondie, The Real McCoys, Tycoon, Bewitched, The Flying Nun, I Dream of Jeannie, Andy Griffith and
Greene created the popular 1960’s television series My Favorite Martian which ran from 1963 to 1966 on CBS. It starred Ray Walston as a Martian who crash-landed on Earth and was found by newspaper reporter played by Bill Bixby.
John L. Greene died on October 4, 1995, of unreported causes at UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles. He was 82. He was survived by his wife, Helen, a daughter and a son.
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•A Chance on Love •Instant Courtesy (teleplay) •Man of the Year •Samantha and Darrin in Mexico City •Samantha's Psychic Pslip
With Paul David
•Cousin Edgar (story) •Disappearing Samantha •The Girl Reporter •The Horse's Mouth •The Leprechaun •Speak the Truth •A Strange Little Visitor •The Very Informal Dress •What Every Young Man Should Know
With David V. Robison
•Birdies, Bogeys and Baxter •I Remember You...Sometimes •The Moment of Truth •Oedipus Hex •Witches and Warlocks Are My Favorite Things
•List of Bewitched episodes on Wikipedia. Retrieved on January 8, 2020.
1.John L. Greene on the Internet Movie Database. Retrieved on January 8, 2020.
2.John L. Greene obituary, Variety, October 9, 1995. Retrieved on September 17, 2020, edited.
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John L. Greene is known as an Writer, Creator, Series Writer, and Story. Some of their work includes I Dream of Jeannie, Bewitched, The Andy Griffith Show, Petticoat Junction, My Favorite Martian, Chico and the Man, The Real McCoys, and The Thin Man.
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