Christopher Robert 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 ''

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'' (1964) and '' My Mother the Car'' (1965), and the creator of Dudley Do-Right.

Biography

Born in

Bayonne, New Jersey Bayonne ( ) is a City (New Jersey), city in Hudson County, New Jersey, Hudson County in the U.S. state of New Jersey, in the Gateway Region on Bergen Neck, a peninsula between Newark Bay to the west, the Kill Van Kull to the south, and New York ...

, Hayward was a writer for the 1957-1958 color edition of '' Crusader Rabbit'' (as "Chris Bob Hayward"), '' The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show'', ''

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'', '' Barney Miller'', ''

Get Smart ''Get Smart'' is an American comedy television series parodying the Spy fiction, secret agent genre that had become widely popular in the first half of the 1960s with the release of the ''James Bond'' films. It was created by Mel Brooks and Bu ...

'', '' 77 Sunset Strip'', '' Fractured Flickers'', and '' The Governor & J.J.'' He won, with Allan Burns, the 1968

Emmy Award The Emmy Awards, or Emmys, are an extensive range of awards for artistic and technical merit for the television industry. A number of annual Emmy Award ceremonies are held throughout the year, each with their own set of rules and award categor ...

for "Outstanding Writing Achievement in Comedy" for the episode "The Coming Out Party" of the television show '' He & She''. Hayward died of

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on November 20, 2006, in his

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home.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hayward, Chris 1925 births 2006 deaths 20th-century American screenwriters 20th-century American male writers American male television writers American television writers Deaths from cancer in California Primetime Emmy Award winners Screenwriters from New Jersey Television producers from New Jersey American television show creators Writers from Bayonne, New Jersey