- Born
- Died
- Birth nameArthur Grant Sheekman
- Nickname
- Sheek
- Arthur Sheekman was born on February 5, 1901 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was a writer and actor, known for Duck Soup (1933), Call Me Madam (1953) and Mr. Music (1950). He was married to Gloria Stuart. He died on January 12, 1978 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- SpouseGloria Stuart(July 29, 1934 - January 12, 1978) (his death, 1 child)
- ParentsCharles Grover SheekmanNettie Green
- RelativesEdith Sheekman(Sibling)Harvey Zola Sheekman(Sibling)
- Grandfather of David Oxley Thompson, born on January 15, 1957 in Berkeley, California; Benjamin Stuart Thompson, born on September 21, 1959 in Oxford, Oxfordshire England; Dinah Vaughn Thompson, born on December 6, 1960 in Los Angeles, California and Amanda Thompson, born July 30, 1962 in Berkeley, California.
- According to Gloria's autobiography "I Just Kept Hoping," he was cremated and his ashes were buried beneath a tree at their home in Brentwood, California.
- Father, with Gloria Stuart, of daughter, Sylvia Vaughn Sheekman, who was born in 1935.
- A graduate from the University of Minnesota, Sheekman began as a newspaper columnist and drama critic, then turned comedy writer for Marx Brothers (a close friend of Groucho) and Eddie Cantor farces. He also wrote for the Groucho-Chico radio series "Flywheel, Shyster, and Flywheel".
- Father-in-law of the writer, Gene Thompson.
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