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Jim Fritzell

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Years active
  
1953–1987

Died
  
March 9, 1979

Role
  
Television screenwriter


Name
  
Jim Fritzell

Spouse(s)
  
Deana Ward

TV shows
  
The Doris Day Show

Full Name
  
James Gustave Fritzell

Born
  
February 19, 1920 (
1920-02-19
)
San Francisco, California, US

Occupation
  
TV and film screenwriter

Awards
  
Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Episodic Comedy

Nominations
  
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series

Similar People
  
Everett Greenbaum, Larry Gelbart, Gene Reynolds, David Swift, McLean Stevenson

Jim Fritzell (February 19, 1920 – March 9, 1979) was an American television and film screenwriter.

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Personal background

Jim Fritzell was born on February 19, 1920. He died on March 9, 1979 in Los Angeles, California. He is buried at Cypress Lawn Memorial Park in Colma, San Mateo County, California.

Career

In a 22–year creative partnership, Everett Greenbaum and Fritzell won a total of three Writers' Guild awards and four Emmy Award nominations, collaborating on more than 150 scripts. These included the Walter Brennan sitcom The Real McCoys (1957–62), The Andy Griffith Show (1960–68) and the long-running CBS TV series M*A*S*H, on which they worked for five seasons, contributing 35 episodes.

References

Jim Fritzell Wikipedia