Gelbart, Larry
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Larry Simon Gelbart was born in Chicago, IL, Feb. 25, 1923-28 (sources vary); at age 16 he began comedy writing for radio's Maxwell House coffee times; from 1946-52, he continued writing for a variety of radio series such as Duffy's tavern (1946), Command performance (1946-47), and The Bob Hope show (1949-52); started writing for television in 1950 and worked on shows including The Red Buttons show and Caesar's television comedy hour; started his career playwriting in the early 1960s with the theatrical comedy, The conquering hero (1960); helped develop the television series M*A*S*H in 1972 and continued to work on the show until 1976 when he left to pursue other projects; the winner of many awards and honors, Gelbart has authored or co-authored numerous projects including the plays, A funny thing happened on the way to the forum (1963), Mastergate (1989), and City of angels (1989), and the screenplays Oh, God! (1977) and Tootsie (1984).
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