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This article is about the television writer and producer. For the musician, see Chris Hayward (musician).
Chris Hayward (19 June 1925 – 20 November 2006) was an American television writer and producer. He was the co-creator, with Allan Burns, of the 1960s television show The Munsters and the creator of Dudley Do-Right.
Born in Bayonne, New Jersey, he was a writer for the 1957-'58 color edition of Crusader Rabbit (as "Chris Bob Hayward"), The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show, Alice, Barney Miller, Get Smart, 77 Sunset Strip, Fractured Flickers, The Governor & J.J., and My Mother the Car (which he co-created with Allan Burns).
He won, with Allan Burns, the 1968 Emmy Award for "Outstanding Writing Achievement in Comedy" for the episode "The Coming Out Party" of the television show He & She.
Hayward died of cancer on November 20, 2006, in his Beverly Hills home.[1]
References
- ^ Fox, Margalit (19 December 2006). "Chris Hayward, 81, TV Writer and a Creator of ‘Munsters,’ Is Dead". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/19/obituaries/19hayward.1.html?scp=8&sq=the%20munsters&st=cse. Retrieved 2010-10-10.
Notes
- "Animation writer Hayward passes at 81". Variety.com. 2006-12-07. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117955307.html?categoryid=25&cs=1&nid=2590%20%20iIiI0YmejZaai4bRnJCS0I2MjKianbyQkYuakYu4jZ6dnZqN0Z6Mj8CcnouamJCNhpabws3K. Retrieved December 11, 2006.
- "Rocky and Bullwinkle" writer dies at 81, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Dec. 18, 2006
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