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Frank Tarloff

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  • Born
    February 4, 1916 · Brooklyn, New York, USA
  • Died
    June 25, 1999 · Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA (lung cancer)

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  • Frank Tarloff was born on February 4, 1916 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He was a writer, known for Father Goose (1964), A Guide for the Married Man (1967) and The Double Man (1967). He was married to Lee Tarloff. He died on June 25, 1999 in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.

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      Lee Tarloff(1942 - June 25, 1999) (his death, 1 child)

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  • Blacklisted as a result from being an "unfriendly witness" when he testified during the dreaded House Committee on Un-American Activities in the 1950s. As a result, his career was so damaged that he and his family moved to England, UK. For 12 years, he was forced to use phony names and "front" writers. One of several screenwriters blacklisted in Hollywood during the Red Scare of the 1950s.
  • Was good friends with Carl Reiner.
  • Oscar-winning Hollywood screenwriter, blacklisted during the so-called McCarthy era in the 1950's.
  • Father-in-law of Laura D'Andrea Tyson.
  • Father of Erik Tarloff

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