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 Jack Gross Jr. | |
| Born | February 4, 1929 |
| Died | December 14, 2007 (aged 78) |
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Jack Gross Jr. (February 4, 1929 – December 14, 2007) was an American film screenwriter and television situation comedy writer.
Gross was born in Fort Worth, Texas. [1] His father, Jack O. Gross, founded KFMB-TV, the first television station in San Diego in May 1949. [1] His brother Laurence Gross was an entertainment critic on KNSD.
He wrote the screenplays for Clay Pigeon and Welcome to Arrow Beach (1974). [2] On television, he wrote episodes of Gilligan's Island, Diff'rent Strokes and My Favorite Martian. [2] [3]
He graduated Point Loma High School in 1947. He was a graduate of San Fernando Valley State College, now known as CSUN, and the USC School of Cinematic Arts. [4] Gross died of heart failure in La Jolla, California. [1] [4]
His son is Josh E. Gross, publisher of Beverly Hills Weekly.
- ^ a b c Jack Gross Jr. at IMDb
- ^ a b The New York Times
- ^ "Man in Rolls Hails from Hollywood" (14 March 2001), The Press-Enterprise, page B2
- ^ a b "Obituary: Jack Gross, Jr., 78 – TV Comedy Writer". 18 December 2007.
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- 2007 deaths
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Jack Gross Jr. | |
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|
Jack Gross Jr. | |
| Born | February 4, 1929 |
| Died | December 14, 2007 (aged 78) |
| Occupations |
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Jack Gross Jr. (February 4, 1929 – December 14, 2007) was an American film screenwriter and television situation comedy writer.
Gross was born in Fort Worth, Texas. [1] His father, Jack O. Gross, founded KFMB-TV, the first television station in San Diego in May 1949. [1] His brother Laurence Gross was an entertainment critic on KNSD.
He wrote the screenplays for Clay Pigeon and Welcome to Arrow Beach (1974). [2] On television, he wrote episodes of Gilligan's Island, Diff'rent Strokes and My Favorite Martian. [2] [3]
He graduated Point Loma High School in 1947. He was a graduate of San Fernando Valley State College, now known as CSUN, and the USC School of Cinematic Arts. [4] Gross died of heart failure in La Jolla, California. [1] [4]
His son is Josh E. Gross, publisher of Beverly Hills Weekly.
- ^ a b c Jack Gross Jr. at IMDb
- ^ a b The New York Times
- ^ "Man in Rolls Hails from Hollywood" (14 March 2001), The Press-Enterprise, page B2
- ^ a b "Obituary: Jack Gross, Jr., 78 – TV Comedy Writer". 18 December 2007.
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| This article about an American screenwriter born in the 1920s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
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| This article about a television writer from the United States is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- 1929 births
- 2007 deaths
- Writers from Fort Worth, Texas
- American male screenwriters
- American television writers
- American comedy writers
- American male television writers
- Screenwriters from Texas
- 20th-century American male writers
- 20th-century American screenwriters
- American screenwriter stubs, 1920s birth stubs
- American television writer stubs