Seaman Block Jacobs (February 25, 1912 – April 8, 2008) was an American
screenwriter
A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs and video games, are based.
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. He wrote episodes for several TV shows, such as ''
The Addams Family'', ''
The Lucy Show
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'', ''
I Dream of Jeannie
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'', ''
F-Troop
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'', ''
The Andy Griffith Show
''The Andy Griffith Show '' is an American situation comedy television series that aired on CBS from October 3, 1960, to April 1, 1968, with a total of 249 half-hour episodes spanning eight seasons—159 in black and white and 90 in color.
Th ...
'', ''
Here's Lucy
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'' and ''
Diff'rent Strokes''. He was nominated for an
Emmy Award
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in 1978 for Outstanding Writing in a Comedy-Variety or Music Special for ''The George Burns One-Man Show'' in 1977.
He co-wrote for ''
I Love Lucy
''I Love Lucy'' is an American television sitcom that originally aired on CBS from October 15, 1951, to May 6, 1957, with a total of 180 half-hour episodes, spanning six seasons. The show starred Lucille Ball, her husband, Desi Arnaz, along with ...
'' and ''
The Love Boat'' with
Freddie Fox (screenwriter) Freddie Fox may refer to:
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.
On April 8, 2008, Jacobs died of
cardiac arrest
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at the age of 96.
Selected filmography
References
External links
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Comedy Writer Seaman Jacobs passes away at 96*
American male screenwriters
American television writers
People from Kingston, New York
1912 births
2008 deaths
American male television writers
Screenwriters from New York (state)
20th-century American male writers
20th-century American screenwriters
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