“Forgotten Hollywood”- We’ve Lost Another Friend…
Manny P. here…
Longtime producer, director, and writer – Hal Kanter – has died. He was best known as a contributor to the Academy Awards telecast for five decades.
He began his career as a writer on television with such credits as the Ed Wynn Show and the George Gobel Show. Kanter also created the landmark production of Julia with Diahann Carroll (the first African American actress to star in a situation comedy). He produced episodes for All in the Family and Chico and the Man.
Kanter’s motion picture screenplays include Road to Bali, Casanova’s Big Night, Loving You, Blue Hawaii, Pocketful of Miracles, Bachelor in Paradise, Move Over Darling, and Dear Brigitte. He helped Tennessee Williams turn his stage production of The Rose Tattoo into the film version.
Kanter’s knack for comedy landed him the opportunity to work with Johnny Carson, Billy Crystal, and most recently, Chris Rock and Jon Stewart on many Oscar ceremonies. He received several Emmys for his work. He received the Paddy Chayefsky Laurel Award for Television from the Writer’s Guild of America in 1989.
Hal Kanter was 92.
Until next time> “never forget”
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