Chris Hayward | |
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Born |
Christopher Robert Hayward June 19, 1925 Bayonne, New Jersey, U.S. |
Died | November 20, 2006 Beverly Hills, California, U.S. |
(aged 81)
Occupation | Television writer and producer |
Known for | Co-creator, with Allan Burns, of the 1960s television shows The Munsters and My Mother the Car, and the creator of Dudley Do-Right |
Spouse(s) |
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Children | 3 |
Christopher Robert "Chris" Hayward (June 19, 1925 – November 20, 2006) was an American television writer and producer. He was the co-creator, with Allan Burns, of the television shows The Munsters (1964) and My Mother the Car (1965), and the creator of Dudley Do-Right.
Born in Bayonne, New Jersey, Hayward was a writer for the 1957-1958 color edition of Crusader Rabbit (as "Chris Bob Hayward"), The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show, Alice, Barney Miller, Get Smart, 77 Sunset Strip, Fractured Flickers, and The Governor & J.J.
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.