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Mark Rothman(1947-2025)

  • Writer
  • Producer
  • Script and Continuity Department
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Mark Rothman is a noted and credited writer best known for having been involved with the creation and production of the ABC-TV sitcom series "Laverne and Shirley". He was also the head writer and show runner of numerous other shows including the ABC-TV sitcoms "Happy Days" and "The Odd Couple". He was co-creator, co-executive producer, and a writer for the 1977 situation comedy Busting Loose and the 1978 CBS-TV sitcom "The Ted Knight Show". He also composed the theme song for the CBS-TV sitcom series "Busting Loose".

Mark also has written many screenplays and several plays, two of them, The Wearing of the Greens, and Who Wants Fame?, are very popular and have been well received by audiences and critics from coast-to-coast. He currently lives in Chicago. He enjoys producing and directing his work. In the spring of 2008, he appeared in the title role of a new musical, The Brain From Planet X in Los Angeles, where he and the show received unanimous raves.

He has two books which can be found at Amazon Kindle: "Show Runner", and "Show Runner Two". Both are collections of autobiographical essays.

In 2013, Mark had his first novel, "I'm Not Garbo," published. It is a fable about Hollywood in the 1930s.
BornNovember 1, 1947
DiedAugust 13, 2025(77)
BornNovember 1, 1947
DiedAugust 13, 2025(77)
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Known for

Makin' It (1979)
Makin' It
6.2
TV Series
  • Writer(creator)
Suzanne Somers in She's the Sheriff (1987)
She's the Sheriff
4.1
TV Series
  • Writer(creator)
Busting Loose (1977)
Busting Loose
7.0
TV Series
  • Writer(creator)
Laverne & Shirley (1976)
Laverne & Shirley
7.1
TV Series
  • Writer(creator)

Credits

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Writer



  • Suzanne Somers in She's the Sheriff (1987)
    She's the Sheriff
    4.1
    TV Series
    • developer
    • written by
    • developed by
    • 1987–1989
  • Laverne & Shirley (1976)
    Laverne & Shirley
    7.1
    TV Series
    • created by
    • written by
    • creator
    • 1976–1983
  • Ron Glass and Demond Wilson in The New Odd Couple (1982)
    The New Odd Couple
    4.8
    TV Series
    • written by
    • 1982–1983
  • Sherman Hemsley and Isabel Sanford in The Jeffersons (1975)
    The Jeffersons
    7.5
    TV Series
    • written by
    • 1982
  • Ron Howard, Henry Winkler, Marion Ross, Tom Bosley, Erin Moran, Don Most, and Anson Williams in Happy Days (1974)
    Happy Days
    7.4
    TV Series
    • written by
    • 1974–1981
  • Gail Edwards, Ann Jillian, Paul Kreppel, Marian Mercer, Bert Remsen, Wendy Schaal, Susan Sullivan, and Barrie Youngfellow in It's a Living (1980)
    It's a Living
    7.0
    TV Series
    • written by
    • 1981
  • Makin' It (1979)
    Makin' It
    6.2
    TV Series
    • created by
    • written by
    • creator
    • 1979
  • America 2100 (1979)
    America 2100
    7.4
    TV Movie
    • written by
    • 1979
  • The Lovebirds
    TV Movie
    • Writer
    • 1979
  • The Rita Moreno Show
    TV Movie
    • created by
    • written by
    • 1978
  • Busting Loose (1977)
    Busting Loose
    7.0
    TV Series
    • created by
    • written by
    • 1977
  • Walkin' Walter (1977)
    Walkin' Walter
    TV Series
    • Writer
    • 1977
  • Jack Klugman and Tony Randall in The Odd Couple (1970)
    The Odd Couple
    7.9
    TV Series
    • teleplay by
    • written by
    • 1973–1974
  • Paul Sand in Friends and Lovers (1974)
    Paul Sand in Friends and Lovers
    7.4
    TV Series
    • written by
    • 1974

Producer



  • Suzanne Somers in She's the Sheriff (1987)
    She's the Sheriff
    4.1
    TV Series
    • executive producer
    • 1987–1988
  • Ron Glass and Demond Wilson in The New Odd Couple (1982)
    The New Odd Couple
    4.8
    TV Series
    • supervising producer
    • 1982
  • The Further Adventures of Wally Brown
    TV Movie
    • executive producer
    • 1980
  • The Lovebirds
    TV Movie
    • executive producer
    • 1979
  • Makin' It (1979)
    Makin' It
    6.2
    TV Series
    • executive producer
    • 1979
  • Charles Hallahan and Ted Knight in The Ted Knight Show (1978)
    The Ted Knight Show
    6.1
    TV Series
    • executive producer
    • 1978
  • The Rita Moreno Show
    TV Movie
    • executive producer
    • 1978
  • Laverne & Shirley (1976)
    Laverne & Shirley
    7.1
    TV Series
    • producer
    • 1976–1977
  • Busting Loose (1977)
    Busting Loose
    7.0
    TV Series
    • executive producer
    • 1977
  • Ron Howard, Henry Winkler, Marion Ross, Tom Bosley, Erin Moran, Don Most, and Anson Williams in Happy Days (1974)
    Happy Days
    7.4
    TV Series
    • producer
    • 1975–1976

Script and Continuity Department



  • Laverne & Shirley (1976)
    Laverne & Shirley
    7.1
    TV Series
    • executive script consultant
    • 1976–1977
  • Ron Howard, Henry Winkler, Marion Ross, Tom Bosley, Erin Moran, Don Most, and Anson Williams in Happy Days (1974)
    Happy Days
    7.4
    TV Series
    • executive script consultant
    • 1975–1976

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Personal details

  • Born
    • November 1, 1947
    • Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
  • Died
    • August 13, 2025
    • Culver City, California, USA

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    Has now signed to write and also executive-produce the "Laverne and Shirley Movie" for Paramount Pictures.

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