Jerry Seelen | |
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General Information: | |
Occupation: | American TV/Film screenwriter/director |
Date of birth: | 11 March 1912 |
Born in: | New York City |
Died: | 12 September 1981 | (aged 69)
Died in: | San Diego, California |
Series/character information | |
Appeared on/in and/or involved with: |
I Dream of Jeannie |
Number of episodes: | "The Moving Finger" in Season 1 |
Job on series: | Co-writer with Sidney Sheldon & Harry Essex |
Jerry Seelen (11 March 1912 - 12 September 1981) co-penned the Season 1 episode of I Dream of Jeannie titled "The Moving Finger" with series creator Sidney Sheldon and Harry Essex.
Career[]
A noted screenwriter and director in both several television. Born and raised in New York City, his career spanned more than thirty years. Also a noted lyricist and composer, many of his compositions have been used in such popular TV shows as The Dean Martin Show, The Danny Kaye show, and PBS-TV's American Masters program. Many of his lyrics have been used posthumously in more recent TV and film projects as well, in such films as the 1996 made-for TV movie Chloé, the 2001 made-for-TV biopic Dean Martin: That's Amore, the 2014 sci-fi film X-Men: Days of Future Past and in episodes of shows such as the French variety TV series Heir Encore, and AMC's Mad Men.
His film credits included:
Partial filmography[]
Year | Title | Job | Notes |
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1951 | The Frogmen | Contract writer, uncredited | Feature film |
1952 | The Colgate Comedy Hour | Writer | 1 episode |
All Star Revue | Writer | Variety show - 1 episode | |
The Buick Circus Hour | Staff writer | Variety show | |
1953 | Texaco Star Theatre | Writer | |
1954 | The Saturday Night Revue (TV series) | Writer | 2 episodes |
1963 | My Favorite Martian | Writer | 1 episode ("Man or Amoeba") |
Glynis | Writer | 1 episode ("The Pros and Cons") | |
1964 | Petticoat Junction | Writer | 3 episodes |
The Addams Family | writer | 1 episode ("Lurch Learns to Dance") | |
The Farmer's Daughter | Writer | 1 episode ("Scandal in Washington") | |
1965 | I Dream of Jeannie | Writer | 1 episode ("The Moving Finger") |
Death[]
Seelen died on 1981 in San Diego, California.