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Lawrence Menkin(1911-2000)

  • Producer
  • Writer
  • Director
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Lawrence Menkin was born on 25 December 1911 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a producer and writer, known for Peggy Sue Got Married (1986), Hands of Murder (1949) and Monodrama Theater (1953). He was married to Columbia. He died on 18 July 2000 in Santa Clara, California, USA.
BornDecember 25, 1911
DiedJuly 18, 2000(88)
BornDecember 25, 1911
DiedJuly 18, 2000(88)
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Known for

Kathleen Turner in Peggy Sue Got Married (1986)
Peggy Sue Got Married
6.4
  • Elderly Gentleman
  • 1986
Hands of Murder
5.0
TV Series
  • Producer
Monodrama Theater (1953)
Monodrama Theater
TV Series
  • Producer
Crime with Father
TV Series
  • Producer
  • 1951

Credits

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Producer

  • Greatest Drama
    TV Series
    • producer
    • 1954
  • Roscoe Karns in Rocky King, Detective (1950)
    Rocky King, Detective
    7.3
    TV Series
    • producer
    • 1950–1954
  • High Tension
    TV Series
    • producer
    • 1953–1954
  • Spotlight
    TV Series
    • producer
    • 1954
  • Tales of the Unknown
    TV Series
    • producer
    • 1954
  • Harlem Detective
    6.7
    TV Series
    • producer
    • 1953–1954
  • Monodrama Theater (1953)
    Monodrama Theater
    TV Series
    • producer
    • 1953
  • One Woman's Experience
    TV Series
    • producer
    • 1952–1953
  • One Man's Story
    TV Series
    • producer
    • 1953
  • Newsstand Theatre
    TV Series
    • producer
    • 1952
  • Crime with Father
    TV Series
    • producer
    • 1951–1952
  • Hands of Murder
    5.0
    TV Series
    • producer
    • 1950
  • Program Playhouse
    TV Series
    • associate producer
    • 1949

Writer

  • Audie Murphy in Whispering Smith (1961)
    Whispering Smith
    7.4
    TV Series
    • written by
    • 1961
  • Death Valley Days (1952)
    Death Valley Days
    7.5
    TV Series
    • written by
    • 1961
  • Lori Martin in National Velvet (1960)
    National Velvet
    7.7
    TV Series
    • story
    • 1960
  • Rawhide (1959)
    Rawhide
    7.9
    TV Series
    • story
    • 1960
  • Edd Byrnes, Roger Smith, and Efrem Zimbalist Jr. in 77 Sunset Strip (1958)
    77 Sunset Strip
    7.7
    TV Series
    • story by (as Larry Menkin)
    • 1960
  • Jody McCrea and Joel McCrea in Wichita Town (1959)
    Wichita Town
    7.4
    TV Series
    • written by
    • 1960
  • Congressional Investigator (1959)
    Congressional Investigator
    TV Series
    • written by
    • 1959
  • Hudson's Bay (1959)
    Hudson's Bay
    6.5
    TV Series
    • screenplay
    • story
    • 1959
  • The House on K-Street (1959)
    The House on K-Street
    TV Movie
    • Writer
    • 1959
  • The Lineup (1954)
    The Lineup
    7.8
    TV Series
    • screenplay
    • teleplay
    • 1958–1959
  • Frank McHugh and Marvin Miller in The Millionaire (1955)
    The Millionaire
    7.8
    TV Series
    • writer
    • 1959
  • Lawman (1958)
    Lawman
    8.1
    TV Series
    • story (as Larry Menkin)
    • 1959
  • John Bromfield in U.S. Marshal (1958)
    U.S. Marshal
    7.4
    TV Series
    • teleplay
    • 1959
  • John Payne in The Restless Gun (1957)
    The Restless Gun
    7.5
    TV Series
    • writer (as Larry Menkin)
    • 1958
  • Steve McQueen in Wanted: Dead or Alive (1958)
    Wanted: Dead or Alive
    8.0
    TV Series
    • story
    • teleplay
    • 1958

Director

  • Greatest Drama
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1954
  • Harlem Detective
    6.7
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1953
  • Monodrama Theater (1953)
    Monodrama Theater
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1953
  • One Man's Story
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1952–1953
  • One Woman's Experience
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1952–1953
  • Crime with Father
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1951–1952
  • Hands of Murder
    5.0
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1950

Personal details

  • Alternative name
    • Larry Menkin
  • Height
    • 6′ 3″ (1.91 m)
  • Born
    • December 25, 1911
    • New York City, New York, USA
  • Died
    • July 18, 2000
    • Santa Clara, California, USA(pneumonia)
  • Spouse
    • Columbia(4 children)
  • Other works
    Wrote scripts for radio's 'Green Hornet', 'The Lone Ranger', and 'The Cisco Kid' (Mutual Broadcasting System).
  • Publicity listings
    • 1 Interview

Did you know

  • Trivia
    Taught acting at his Larry Menkin Actors' Studio.
  • Quotes
    The audience does not have 12-year-old minds. The only people who have 12-year-old minds are the producers who think the audience has 12-year-old minds.
  • Nickname
    • Larry

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