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Frank Tarloff | |
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| Born | (1916-02-04)February 4, 1916 |
| Died | June 25, 1999(1999-06-25) (aged 83) Beverly Hills,California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Screenwriter |
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| Children | 2 |
Frank Tarloff (February 4, 1916 – June 25, 1999) was ablacklisted American screenwriter who won anAcademy Award for Best Original Screenplay forFather Goose.[1]
A child of Polish immigrant parents, Tarloff grew up inBrooklyn, New York, where he attendedAbraham Lincoln High School andBrooklyn College.[2] He began writing for stage and radio in the 1940s, and his first major film credit wasBehave Yourself!. He was called to testify before theHouse Un-American Activities Committee in 1953, was categorized as ahostile witness, and was blacklisted. He spent the next 12 years living with family in England and writing under pseudonyms such as "David Adler" for shows such asI Married Joan,The Real McCoys,The Dick Van Dyke Show, andAndy Griffith Show.
He received the Academy Award forFather Goose together withS. H. Barnett andPeter Stone and was also nominated for theWriters Guild of America Award for best comedy writing. He received a WGA Award nomination for best comedy writing forA Guide for the Married Man, which he wrote on his own. He is also known for co-writingThe Secret War of Harry Frigg.
He returned to television at the end of his career, writing forThe Jeffersons.
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