John Ogden Whedon (November 5, 1905 – November 22, 1991) was an American
screenwriter
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. He is best known for his writing for the
television series
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''
The Donna Reed Show'' during the 1950s. Whedon also wrote for ''
The Great Gildersleeve'' on radio, ''
The Andy Griffith Show'', ''
The Dick Van Dyke Show'', ''
That Girl'' and ''
Leave It to Beaver''.
He and wife, Louise Carroll Angell, had two children:
Tom (a television screenwriter) and Julia. John and Louise's grandsons were
Joss
JOSS (acronym for JOHNNIAC Open Shop System) was one of the first interactive, time-sharing programming languages. It pioneered many features that would become common in languages from the 1960s into the 1980s, including use of line numbers as bo ...
,
Jed and
Zack Whedon.
Death
Whedon died in
Medford, Oregon
Medford is a city in and the county seat of Jackson County, Oregon, in the United States. As of the 2020 United States census on April 1, 2020, the city had a total population of 85,824, making it the List of cities in Oregon, eighth-most populo ...
on November 22, 1991, aged 86.
He is buried in East Cemetery,
Litchfield County, Connecticut.
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1905 births
1991 deaths
American male screenwriters
The Harvard Lampoon alumni
Whedon family
20th-century American male writers
20th-century American screenwriters