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Leonard Stern(1922-2011)

  • Writer
  • Producer
  • Additional Crew
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Leonard Stern was born on 23 December 1922 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for Get Smart (1965), He & She (1967) and I'm Dickens, He's Fenster (1962). He was previously married to Gloria Stroock and Julie Adams. He died on 7 June 2011 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
BornDecember 23, 1922
DiedJune 7, 2011(88)
BornDecember 23, 1922
DiedJune 7, 2011(88)
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  • Won 2 Primetime Emmys

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Rock Hudson at home playing charades with Leonard Stern (script writer), Lori Nelson (actress), Bob Preble (actor), Julia Adams (actress), and Betty Abbott (script girl), North Hollywood, CA, 1952.
Rock Hudson at home with (clockwise) Bob Preble (actor), Leonard Stern (script writer), Lori Nelson (actress), Julia Adams (actress), and Betty Abbott (script girl), North Hollywood, CA, 1952.
Tony Curtis, Janet Leigh, Julie Adams, and Leonard Stern at an event for Bright Victory (1951)

Known for

Don Adams and Barbara Feldon in Get Smart (1965)
Get Smart
8.2
TV Series
  • Writer
Richard Benjamin, Jack Cassidy, and Paula Prentiss in He & She (1967)
He & She
8.0
TV Series
  • Writer
I'm Dickens, He's Fenster (1962)
I'm Dickens, He's Fenster
7.6
TV Series
  • Writer
Rock Hudson and Susan Saint James in McMillan & Wife (1971)
McMillan & Wife
7.2
TV Series
  • Writer(as Leonard B. Stern)

Credits

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Writer

  • Missing Pieces (1991)
    Missing Pieces
  • The Honeymooners Anniversary Special (1990)
    The Honeymooners Anniversary Special
  • Get Smart, Again! (1989)
    Get Smart, Again!
    • (as Leonard B. Stern)
  • Gleason: He's the Greatest (1988)
    Gleason: He's the Greatest
  • Target (1985)
    Target
  • Loni Anderson and Lynda Carter in Partners in Crime (1984)
    Partners in Crime
    • (creator, as Leonard B. Stern)
  • The Nude Bomb (1980)
    The Nude Bomb
    • (as Leonard B. Stern)
  • Just You and Me, Kid (1979)
    Just You and Me, Kid
  • Windows, Doors & Keyholes (1978)
    Windows, Doors & Keyholes
    • (as Leonard B. Stern)
  • Jamie Lee Curtis, John Astin, Bond Gideon, Richard Gilliland, Melinda Naud, and Dorrie Thomson in Operation Petticoat (1977)
    Operation Petticoat
    • (as Leonard B. Stern)
  • Rock Hudson and Susan Saint James in McMillan & Wife (1971)
    McMillan & Wife
    • (as Leonard B. Stern) ...
  • John Schuck in Holmes and Yoyo (1976)
    Holmes and Yoyo
    • (as Leonard B. Stern)
  • Diana (1973)
    Diana
    • (as Leonard B. Stern)
  • Koska and His Family
    • (as Leonard B. Stern)
  • Helen Hayes and Mildred Natwick in The Snoop Sisters (1972)
    The Snoop Sisters

Producer

  • Get Smart, Again! (1989)
    Get Smart, Again!
    • (as Leonard B. Stern)
  • Murphy's Law (1988)
    Murphy's Law
  • Loni Anderson and Lynda Carter in Partners in Crime (1984)
    Partners in Crime
    • (as Leonard B. Stern)
  • Funny Business (1978)
    Funny Business
    • (as Leonard B. Stern)
  • Windows, Doors & Keyholes (1978)
    Windows, Doors & Keyholes
    • (as Leonard B. Stern)
  • Jamie Lee Curtis, John Astin, Bond Gideon, Richard Gilliland, Melinda Naud, and Dorrie Thomson in Operation Petticoat (1977)
    Operation Petticoat
    • (as Leonard B. Stern)
  • Squire Fridell and Tony Roberts in Rosetti and Ryan (1977)
    Rosetti and Ryan
    • (as Leonard B. Stern)
  • Rock Hudson and Susan Saint James in McMillan & Wife (1971)
    McMillan & Wife
    • (as Leonard B. Stern)
  • John Schuck in Holmes and Yoyo (1976)
    Holmes and Yoyo
    • (as Leonard B. Stern)
  • Art Carney in Lanigan's Rabbi (1976)
    Lanigan's Rabbi
    • (as Leonard B. Stern)
  • Patty Duke and John Astin in Phillip and Barbara (1976)
    Phillip and Barbara
  • Three Times Daley
  • Helen Hayes and Mildred Natwick in The Snoop Sisters (1972)
    The Snoop Sisters
    • (as Leonard B. Stern)
  • Faraday and Company (1973)
    Faraday and Company
  • Koska and His Family
    • (as Leonard B. Stern)

Additional Crew

  • Get Smart (1995)
    Get Smart
  • The Nutt House (1989)
    The Nutt House
    • (as Leonard B. Stern)
  • Anne-Marie Martin, Harrison Page, and David Rasche in Sledge Hammer! (1986)
    Sledge Hammer!
  • "Steve Allen Show, The" Fred Astaire & Steve Allen c. 1960/NBC
    The Steve Allen Plymouth Show

Personal details

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    • December 23, 1922
    • New York City, New York, USA
    • June 7, 2011
    • Los Angeles, California, USA(heart failure)
    • Gloria StroockAugust 12, 1956 - June 7, 2011 (his death, 2 children)
  • Other works
    Unsold pilot: Wrote and produced a comedy pilot for NBC called "Take Five" about three Army musicians based in Europe during World War II.
  • Publicity listings
    • 1 Interview
    • 2 Articles

Did you know

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  • Trivia
    Was a partner in the Price/Stern/Sloan publishing house, along with Roger Price who published the Droodles series of books and hosted Droodles (1954).
    • The Jackie Gleason Show
      (1966)
      $1,000 /week

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