Marks, Laurence, 1915-1993

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Marks, Laurence, 1915-1993

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Marks, Laurence (American writer)

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Marks, Larry, 1915-1993

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1915-08-23

1915-08-23

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Marks (b. 1915) worked as a radio writer from 1940-1948 for such programs as "The Fred Allen Show," "The Bob Hope Show," "General Fuqua's Warcast," and "The Joan Davis Show." He later wrote or served as a script consultant for several television programs from the late 1940s into the late 1980s for such shows as "Love, American Style," "Hogan's Heroes," "Doc," "The Phil Silvers Show" and "M*A*S*H." He authored the play "My L.A." in 1951 and the novel "Always Go First Class" in 1962. Marks was also active with the Writers Guild of America, West.

From 1971 to 1982 Marks served as a script consultant to Crawford Productions, an Australian television production company, for their programs "Carson's Law," "Flying Doctors" (a drama about the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia), "Cop Shop," "2020," and "Last of the Australians."

From the description of Papers, 1901-1988 (bulk 1940-1988). (University of Wyoming, American Heritage Center). WorldCat record id: 31191451

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Korean War, 1950-1953

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