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Frederick Kohner (1905–1986)

Writer | Miscellaneous Crew | Actor

Kohner's daughter, Kathy, would come home from her days at Malibu Beach and relay the stories of the day to her father which he in turn combined to write a best selling book, "Gidget." The book later became a premise for a handful of movies and a television series. See full bio »

Born:

in Teplitz-Schönau, Austria-Hungary (now Teplice, Czech Republic)

Died:

(age 80) in Los Angeles, California, USA
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1972 Gidget Gets Married (TV movie) (novel)
 
1969 Gidget Grows Up (TV movie) (novel "Gidget Goes to New York")
 
1965-1966 Gidget (TV series)
– Don't Defrost the Alligator (1966) (creator)
– One More for the Road (1966) (creator)
– Independence: Gidget Style (1966) (creator)
– Take a Lesson (1966) (creator)
– Love and the Single Gidget (1966) (creator)
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1961 Gidget Goes Hawaiian
 
1959 Gidget (novel)
 
1956 The Toy Tiger (story)
 
1956 Studentin Helene Willfüer
 
1955 Love, Dance, and 1000 Songs (screenplay / story)
 
1955 Star from Rio
 
1954 Fireside Theatre (TV series)
– The Mural (1954) (story)
– The Grass Is Greener (1954) (story / teleplay)
 
1953 The Revlon Mirror Theater (TV series)
– Next Stop Bethlehem (1953) (adaptation)
– Key in the Lock (1953) (teleplay)
 
1953 Never Wave at a WAC (story)
 
1951 Pictura (documentary)
 
1951 Utopia
 
1951 Hollywood Story (screenplay / story)
 
1950 Nancy Goes to Rio (based on a story by)
 
1949 Bride for Sale (story)
 
1948 Three Daring Daughters (original screenplay)
 
1945 Patrick the Great (story)
 
1945 Pan-Americana (story)
 
1944 Lake Placid Serenade (original story)
 
1944 The Lady and the Monster (screenplay)
 
1943 Tahiti Honey (original story / screenplay)
 
1942 Johnny Doughboy (story)
 
1942 Crossroads (uncredited)
 
1941 The Men in Her Life (screenplay)
 
1941 Nice Girl? (uncredited)
 
1940 It's a Date (original story)
 
1938 Mad About Music (original story)
 
1936 Sins of Man
 
1935 Viktoria (uncredited)
 
1934 La crise est finie (story)
 
1933 Das Lied der Sonne (co-writer - uncredited)
 
1933 The Burning Secret (book)
 
1932 A Song, a Kiss, a Girl
 
1932 Die Wasserteufel von Hieflau (screenplay)
 
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1965-1966 Gidget (TV series) (script consultant - 29 episodes)
– Don't Defrost the Alligator (1966) (script consultant)
– One More for the Road (1966) (script consultant)
– Independence: Gidget Style (1966) (script consultant)
– Take a Lesson (1966) (script consultant)
– Love and the Single Gidget (1966) (script consultant)
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1951 Schlitz Playhouse (TV series)
– Never Wave at a WAC (1951)
 
1930 All Quiet on the Western Front
Minor Role (uncredited)
 
1931 Seitensprünge (assistant director - as Friedrich Kohner)
 

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Gidget: : -- US Home Video Trailer from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
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Personal Details

Other Works:

(2008) His novel, "Gidget," was adapted by Terry McCabe and Marissa McKown at the City Lit Theater Company in Chicago, Illinois with Sabrina Kramnich in the cast.

Alternate Names:

Friedrich Kohner
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Trivia:

Father of Kathy Kohner. See more »

Star Sign:

Libra