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American screenwriter and TV show producer
A.K.A.
Robert Weiskopf
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Male
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Birth:
13 March 1914(Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, U.S.A.)
Death:
20 February 2001(Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, U.S.A.)
Family:
Children:
Kim Weiskopf
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Biography
Bob Weiskopf (March 13, 1914 – February 20, 2001) was an American screenwriter and producer for television. He has credits for I Love Lucy which he and his writing partner Bob Schiller joined in the fifth season. They also wrote for The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour, The Lucy Show, Maude, All in the Family (for which he won a 1978 Emmy for co-writing the episode "Cousin Liz"), Archie Bunker's Place, The Red Skelton Show, the short-lived Pete and Gladys, and Sanford (the spin-off of Sanford and Son).
His son Kim Weiskopf was also a television writer.