Don Quinn | |
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 Quinn circa 1939 | |
| Born | November 18, 1900 Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S. |
| Died | December 30, 1967 (aged 67) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Cartoonist, writer |
| Years active | 1920s-1965 |
| Spouses | Garnette Steve Quinn
(died 1938)
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Don Quinn (November 18, 1900 – December 30, 1967) was an American comedy writer who started out as a cartoonist based in Chicago. According to sources, Quinn's career as a cartoonist was short-lived but his career as a writer began after he realized that the magazines and newspapers threw away his drawings he sent in but kept his captions.[1]
Quinn was best known as the sole writer (later head writer to Phil Leslie) of the popular old-time radio show Fibber McGee and Molly for 17 years and as the writer for the program's stars Jim and Marian Jordan for 20 years.[2]
Quinn was also the creator/head writer of radio's The Beulah Show, (a Fibber McGee spinoff), and television's The Halls of Ivy. Quinn also created the popular Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve character on Fibber McGee and Molly.[3]
- ^ "Don Quinn (writer)". Retrieved September 17, 2015.
- ^ "Jim Jordan, Radio's Fibber McGee, Is Dead at 91". The New York Times. Associated Press. April 2, 1988. Retrieved September 17, 2015.
- ^ "Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve: The P. Stands for Philharmonic. Learn More About the Great Man Himself". www.greatgildersleeve.com. Retrieved September 17, 2015.