Writer and producer Bernie Kahn died Wednesday, April 21 at the Motion Picture Home in Woodland Hills, Calif. He was 90.
Kahn was best known for his work on sitcoms, writing over 100 episodes for shows including “Get Smart,” “Maude,” “The Addams Family,” “The Love Boat,” “Tabitha,” “Three’s Company,” “The Courtship of Eddie’s Father,” “The Lucy Show,” “Make Room for Grandaddy,” “Love American Style,” “The Partridge Family,” “James at Sixteen” and “Bewitched,” for which he wrote 15 episodes.
Kahn also created the NBC sitcom “Joe & Valerie,” which starred Paul Regina and Char Fontane as the title characters, and was nominated for two Writers Guild of America awards for episodic comedy for “Get Smart” and “My World and Welcome to It.”
In 1971, Kahn co-wrote the Disney movie “The Barefoot Executive,” and in 1985, he wrote the screenplay for the sex comedy film “Basic Training.” He produced several movies for television, including “She Led Two Lives,” “Father...
Kahn was best known for his work on sitcoms, writing over 100 episodes for shows including “Get Smart,” “Maude,” “The Addams Family,” “The Love Boat,” “Tabitha,” “Three’s Company,” “The Courtship of Eddie’s Father,” “The Lucy Show,” “Make Room for Grandaddy,” “Love American Style,” “The Partridge Family,” “James at Sixteen” and “Bewitched,” for which he wrote 15 episodes.
Kahn also created the NBC sitcom “Joe & Valerie,” which starred Paul Regina and Char Fontane as the title characters, and was nominated for two Writers Guild of America awards for episodic comedy for “Get Smart” and “My World and Welcome to It.”
In 1971, Kahn co-wrote the Disney movie “The Barefoot Executive,” and in 1985, he wrote the screenplay for the sex comedy film “Basic Training.” He produced several movies for television, including “She Led Two Lives,” “Father...
- 4/26/2021
- by Ethan Shanfeld
- Variety Film + TV
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