Paul Henning
| Paul Henning | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Paul William Henning September 16, 1911 Independence, Missouri, United States |
| Died | March 25, 2005 (aged 93) Burbank, California, United States |
| Resting place | Tuscumbia Cemetery, Tuscumbia, Missouri |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Television producer and writer |
| Years active | 1930s–1993 |
| Spouse(s) | Ruth Henning (1939–2002) (her death) |
| Children | 3 children; Linda Kaye, Carol Alice and Paul Anthony Henning |
Paul William Henning (September 16, 1911 – March 25, 2005) was an American producer and writer. Most famous for the successful TV sitcom The Beverly Hillbillies, he was crucial in the development of several "rural" comedies for CBS.
Henning was born and grew up on a farm in Independence, Missouri. While working in a drugstore as a teenager, he met future President Harry S. Truman, who advised him to become a lawyer. Although he did attend the Kansas City School of Law, his ambition was to be a singer on the radio. When the local radio station KMBZ (KMBC at the time) had no money for writers to create the "filler" between songs, he became a writer as well as a singer.
Writing proved the more lucrative of the two, and he abandoned singing, eventually writing for such series as Fibber McGee & Molly and The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show, and later such television series as The Dennis Day Show, The Real McCoys, and The Andy Griffith Show. Henning was also the creator, writer, and producer of The Bob Cummings Show, where he first met many of the actors who were subsequently to appear in his later series. Another series produced by Henning was The Ray Bolger Show. He also wrote or co-wrote such feature films as Lover Come Back (1961), for which he was nominated for an Oscar for Best Writing (Original Screenplay), but lost to William Inge, and also wrote for Bedtime Story (1964).
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