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Producer, Screenwriter Born: 1916 in New York, NY Death: February 13, 2003 in Newport Beach, CA Biography:The producer/writer and co-creator of the television sitcom classic Leave it to Beaver, Joe Connelly moved into television after finding success in radio comedy. Born in New York City in 1917, Connelly worked for the merchant marine early on, later hired by advertising giant J. Walter Thompson. It was while working for Thompson that Connelly would meet future partner Bob Mosher, and the duo quickly departed from the Thompson agency to pursue a career in radio with work on the "Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy" radio show, later writing for numerous other radio programs before serving a 12-year stint on "Amos and Andy" (both the radio and television versions). The duo was nominated for an Oscar for their work on the film The Private War of Major Benson, though the majority of their success lay in such television series' as The Munsters and Leave it to Beaver. Connelly's young sons were the inspiration... Full Biography
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