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Sep 23, 2009 · Sept. 23, 2009 12 AM PT. Norman Katkov, a writer who started his long career crafting articles for newspapers and magazines and moved on to television scripts and novels, died Sept. 13 at his...
Sep 13, 2009 · Norman Katkov wrote many of the best scripts for one of the best television shows of the sixties: Ben Casey. A medical drama that was sometimes mistaken as a soapy vehicle for its beefcake star Vince Edwards, Ben Casey told intense, often despairing stories of illnesses both physical and mental – maladies, one might say, that afflicted ...
Norman Katkov. Writer: Ben Casey. Norman Katkov was born on 26 July 1918 in Ukraine. He was a writer and actor, known for Ben Casey (1961), Studio One (1948) and Mission: Impossible (1966). He was married to Betty. He died on 13 September 2009 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Writer, Additional Crew, Actor
- July 26, 1918
- Norman Katkov
- September 13, 2009
Norman Katkov was born on 26 July 1918 in Ukraine. He was a writer and actor, known for Ben Casey (1961), Studio One (1948) and Mission: Impossible (1966). He was married to Betty. He died on 13 September 2009 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- July 26, 1918
- September 13, 2009
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- Max Shulman: Comedic Compositions
- Norman Katkov: Noted Novels
William Hoffman (1914–1990) was born in an attic apartment over a blacksmith shop, the middle of seven children of Russian Jewish immigrants. He was writing in seventh grade and edited his school’s paper. After graduating from Humboldt High School, he went to the University of Minnesota and ended up with a journalism degree in 1935. He served in th...
Humorist Max Shulman (1919–1988) was the son of an immigrant Russian house painter. One reviewer has suggested that he used humor as a way of making a life of poverty more bearable. He started writing as a child and graduated in 1936 from Central High School while living at 701 Selby. He majored in journalism at the University of Minnesota, receive...
Norman Katkov was born near Kiev in the Ukraine in 1918 and came to Saint Paul with his parents around 1921. He graduated from the University of Minnesota in 1940 with a journalism degree. During World War WII, he was in the Army and put out a post newspaper, sometimes sending stories to the Pioneer Press.This connection later got him a job at the ...
Katkov, Norman. – Papers, 1930-1968. Papers of a journalist and writer of short stories, novels, screenplays, and teleplays. Included are scripts primarily relating to his television work, non-theatrical writings, and correspondence.
Norman Katkov, a glib, young (29) feature writer for the New York World-Telegram, has spotted a literary bandwagon and hopped aboard. Like Gentleman’s Agreement, his Eagle at My Eyes barges...
