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Radio and television writer
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Male
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Birth:
23 August 1915(Atlantic City, Atlantic County, New Jersey, USA)
Death:
1 January 1993(Van Nuys, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, USA)
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The details
Biography
Introduction
Laurence Marks (August 23, 1915 – January 1, 1993) was an American writer for radio and television shows including Hogan's Heroes and M*A*S*H. He received an award from the Writers Guild of America.
According to M*A*S*H creator Larry Gelbart, he and Marks teamed up in 1946 to write for Jack Paar on radio, then moved to writing for Bob Hope at $1,250 a week each.
Selected filmography
| Television | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Title | Notes | |
| 1957 | The Danny Thomas Show | Writer, 1 episode | |
| 1957–1958 | Perry Mason | Teleplay, 3 episodes | |
| 1959–1960 | The Betty Hutton Show | Writer, 3 episodes | |
| 1962 | Margie | Writer, 1 episode | |
| 1963–1964 | The New Phil Silvers Show | Script consultant, 30 episodes | |
| 1965–1968 | Hogan's Heroes | Writer, 68 episodes | |
| 1966 | The Donna Reed Show | Writer, 1 episode | |
| 1969 | The Flying Nun | Writer, 1 episode | |
| 1971 | The Partners | Writer, 2 episodes | |
| 1971–1973 | The Doris Day Show | Writer, 15 episode | |
| 1972–1978 | M*A*S*H | Writer, 28 episodes | |
| 1975 | Doc | Producer, unknown episodes | |
| 1977–1978 | Fish | Writer, 2 episodes | |