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Phil L. Leslie (March 11, 1909 in St. Louis, Missouri – September 23, 1988) was an American comedy writer. His first career, since he was good at math, was keeping books for a local bank in St. Louis, but he began pursuing a career in writing.
Apr 28, 2022 · Phil Leslie, the founder of Leslie’s Pool Supplies, died April 5 at his suburban Los Angeles home. The cause was Parkinson’s Disease. He was 87. Leslie grew the company into a prominent retail outfit with multiple locations before it changed ownership, went public and became the current national juggernaut. Born for Business.
Sep 24, 1988 · Phil Leslie, a writer who was the mainstay of radio’s “Fibber McGee and Molly” show in its final years and who also brought a maid named “Beulah” and a windbag called “Major Hoople” to radio,...
Sep 25, 1988 · Phil Leslie, who for more than a decade created the comic antics of ''Fibber McGee and Molly'' on radio, died Friday of cancer. He was 79 years old.
Phil Leslie was born on 11 March 1909 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. Phil was a writer, known for Get Smart (1965), Hazel (1961) and Julia (1968). Phil died on 23 September 1988 in Woodland Hills, California, USA.
- March 11, 1909
- September 23, 1988
Phil L. Leslie was an American comedy writer. His first career, since he was good at math, was keeping books for a local bank in St. Louis, but he began pursuing a career in writing.
Phil Leslie was a great comedic writer who started in radio and later moved to television. Born in 1909, he first worked in St. Louis, Missouri as bookkeeper for a bank. During this time he married his wife Helen, and they had four children Anne, Jane, Sue, and Phil Jr.