JW
The basics
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American screenwriter
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Male
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Birth:
5 November 1905(Medford, Jackson County, Oregon, U.S.A.)
Death:
21 November 1991(Medford, Jackson County, Oregon, U.S.A.)
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Tom Whedon
The details
Biography
John Ogden Whedon (November 5, 1905 – November 22, 1991) was an American screenwriter. He is best known for his writing for the television series The Donna Reed Show during the 1950s. Whedon also wrote for The Great Gildersleeve on radio, The Andy Griffith Show, The Dick Van Dyke Show and Leave It to Beaver.
He and wife, Louise Carroll Angell, are the parents of television screenwriter Tom Whedon and the grandparents of film and TV screenwriter and director Joss Whedon and screenwriters Jed Whedon and Zack Whedon.
Whedon died in Medford, Jackson County, Oregon, on November 22, 1991.