Ron Clark(born 1933)[1]is an Americanplaywrightandscreenwriter.He is best known for several plays that he co-wrote withSam Bobrickand for co-writing thescreenplaysfor the filmsSilent Movie,High Anxiety,andLife StinkswithMel Brooks.
Ron Clark | |
|---|---|
| Born | Montreal, Canada |
| Occupation | Playwright,screenwriter |
| Genre | Fiction,comedy |
Career
editClark began his career writing for TV during the '60s, including such shows asThe Smothers Brothers Comedy HourandThe Danny Kaye Show.He wrote plays in the '70s with fellow writerSam Bobrick.Their first play,Norman, Is That You?,premiered onBroadwayat theLyceum Theatreon February 19, 1970.[2]The two men went on to write several more plays together, includingNo Hard Feelings(1973),Murder at the Howard Johnson's(1979), andWally's Cafe(1981).
Clark remained active in writing for television and film up through the early 1990s. His many television credits includeThat Girl(1970),Silver Spoons(1985–1987), andMoonlighting(1989), among others.
He also co-wrote the screenplays to the filmsSilent Movie(1976),High Anxiety(1977),Revenge of the Pink Panther(1978), andLife Stinks(1991).
Credits
edit- Snuffy Smith and Barney Google(1963) (TV)
- The Danny Kaye Show(1963) (TV)
- The Jimmy Dean Show(1963) (TV)
- The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour(1967–1968) (TV)
- That Girl(1970) (TV)
- Norman, Is That You?(withSam Bobrick) (1970) (Stage)
- The Singles(withSam Bobrick) (1972) (TV)
- This Week in Nemtim(withSam Bobrick,Saul TurteltaubandBernie Orenstein) (1972) (TV)
- The Paul Lynde Show(1972) (TV)
- No Hard Feelings(withSam Bobrick) (1973) (Stage)
- Hot l Baltimore(1975) (TV)
- Silent Movie(withMel Brooks,Barry LevinsonandRudy De Luca) (1976)
- Norman, Is That You?(withSam BobrickandGeorge Schlatter) (1977)
- High Anxiety(withMel Brooks,Barry LevinsonandRudy De Luca) (1977)
- Revenge of the Pink Panther(withBlake EdwardsandFrank Waldman) (1978)
- Murder at the Howard Johnson's(withSam Bobrick) (1979) (Stage)
- Wally's Cafe(withSam Bobrick) (1981) (Stage)
- E/R(1985) (TV)
- Silver Spoons(1985–1987) (TV)
- The World According to Me(1986) (Stage)
- The Van Dyke Show(1988) (TV)
- Moonlighting(1989) (TV)
- Life Stinks(1991) (Story Only)
- The Man in the Family(1991) (TV)
- Baby Talk(1991) (TV)
- The Last Laugh(2019) (Netflix) (Actor)
References
edit- ^"Ron Clark | Writer, Producer, Additional Crew".IMDb.
- ^Barnes, Clive (February 20, 1970)."The Theater: Premiere of 'Norman, Is That You?'; Homosexual Comedy Is Staged by Abbott Cast Headed by Jacobi and Miss Stapleton".The New York Times.RetrievedApril 5,2009.
