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Burt Styler

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Years active
  
1949–1989

Name
  
Burt Styler

Role
  
Television screenwriter


Born
  
February 20, 1925 (
1925-02-20
)
New York City, New York, US

Occupation
  
TV/Film screenwriter/producer

Died
  
June 13, 2011, Tarzana, Los Angeles, California, United States

Spouse
  
Adele Styler (m. 1950–2002)

Movies and TV shows
  
The Wicked Dreams of Paula Schultz, Needles and Pins

Awards
  
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series

Nominations
  
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing - Variety Series

Similar People
  
Norman Lear, Edward Small, Dick Clair, George Marshall, Larry Gelbart

Burt Malcolm Styler (February 20, 1925 – June 13, 2011) was an American television and film screenwriter and producer. His film credits include Bob Hope comedy Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number! and such popular TV series as The Life of Riley, My Favorite Martian, Mayberry R.F.D., Gilligan's Island, McHale's Navy, Chico and The Man, M*A*S*H, The Carol Burnett Show, and Too Close For Comfort. He wrote the teleplay/scripts for four of the popular CBS-TV sitcom series All in the Family, for which he won a Primetime Emmy Award in 1972, for writing the episode "Edith's Problem". Styler died of heart failure on June 13, 2011 at the Providence Tarzana Medical Center.

References

Burt Styler Wikipedia