Ben Starr was a writer and producer who got his start in radio and went on to work on many of the top television comedies of the 1950s through the 1980s.
A native of Brooklyn, New York, Starr served in World War II, after which he attended City College in New York before moving west, where he graduated from UCLA.
He broke into the entertainment industry in the heyday or radio as a writer for such major stars as Al Jolson, Jerry Lewis, Dean Martin and George Burns. He made the move into television in the early days of the medium with credits that included Duffy's Tavern and I Married Joan.
Ben Starr was a writer and producer who got his start in radio and went on to work on many of the top television comedies of the 1950s through the 1980s.
A native of Brooklyn, New York, Starr served in World War II, after which he attended City College in New York before moving west, where he graduated from UCLA.
He broke into the entertainment industry in the heyday or radio as a writer for such major stars as Al Jolson, Jerry Lewis, Dean Martin and George Burns. He made the move into television in the early days of the medium with credits that included Duffy's Tavern and I Married Joan.
In the years that followed he was a writer and producer for some of the top shows on TV, including Bachelor Father, Mr. Ed, My Favorite Martian, Petticoat Junction, The Brady Bunch, All in the Family, Maude, Chico and the Man and Diff'rent Strokes. He also co-created The Facts of Life and Silver Spoons.
In addition, he wrote feature films, including Our Man Flint, Texas Across the River and The Spirit Is Willing, as well as plays, including The Family Way, which ran on Broadway in 1965.
Starr died January 19, 2014, in Los Angeles. He was 92.
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