Hal Kanter Biography (1918-)

Born December 18, 1918, in Savannah, GA; son of Albert Lewis (a publisher) and Rose (maiden name, Ehrenreich) Kanter; married Doris Prouder (a writer), September 5, 1941; children: Lisa Kanter Shafer, Donna, Abigail Kanter Jaye. Addresses: Agent: Marvin Moss, 9200 Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90069.; Office: Savannah Productions, 13063 Ventura Blvd., Studio City, CA 91604.;Contact: c/o Hecox Horn Wheeler, 4730 Woodman Ave., Sherman Oaks, CA 91423.

Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupation: Writer, producer, director
Birth Details: December 18, 1918; Savannah, Georgia, United States

Famous Works

CREDITS
Film Director
Loving You, Paramount, 1958
I Married a Woman, MCA/Universal, 1958
(And producer) Once upon a Horse (also known as Hot Horse),Universal, 1958
Film Appearances
Himself, Color Adjustment, 1991
Television Producer
Series
The George Gobel Show, 1954-1957
Kraft Music Hall, 1958-1959
Valentine's Day, 1964-1965
Julia, NBC, 1968-1971
Chico and the Man, NBC, 1976-1977
Television Executive Producer
Series
The Jimmy Stewart Show, NBC, 1971
All in the Family (also known as Those Were the Days), CBS,1975-1976
Television Supervising Producer
Series
You Can't Take It with You, NBC and syndicated, 1987-1989
Television Work
Specials
Executive producer and director, Three Coins in the Fountain, NBC,1970
Producer, Bob Hope Special: Bob Hope in "Joys," NBC, 1976
Executive producer, What's Up, Doc?, ABC, 1978
Producer, The Music Mart, NBC, 1980
Movies
Director, For the Love of It, 1980
Producer, Joys (also known as Bob Hope Special: Bob Hope in "Joys"), NBC, 1976
Television Director
Episodic
"The Blue-Eyed Horse," Bob Hope Presents The Chrysler Theatre, 1966
"And Baby Makes Five," Bob Hope Presents The Chrysler Theatre, 1966
"Mama's Man," Julia, ABC, 1968
"Farewell, My Friends, Hello," Julia, ABC, 1968
"Matchmaker, Break Me a Match," Julia, ABC, 1969
"The Doctor's Dilemma," Julia, ABC, 1969
"The Grass Is Sometimes Greener," Julia, ABC, 1969
"Bunny Hug," Julia, ABC, 1970
The Jimmy Stewart Show, NBC, 1971
Television Appearances

Specials
Milton Berle's Mad Mad Mad World of Comedy, ABC, 1975
Freddie Prinze: The E! True Hollywood Story, E! Entertainment Television, 1998
Elvis in Hollywood: The E! True Hollywood Story, E! EntertainmentTelevision, 1998
Norman Jewison on Comedy in the 20th Century: Funny Is Money, Showtime, 1999
WRITINGS
Screenplays
My Favorite Spy, Paramount, 1951
(With Sid Solvers) Two Tickets to Broadway, RKO, 1951
(With Frank Butler and William Morrow) Road to Bali, Paramount, 1952
(With Jack Sher) Off Limits (also known as Military Policeman), Paramount, 1953
(With Edmund L. Hartmann) Here Come the Girls (also known as Champagne for Everybody), Paramount, 1953
(With James Allardice; adaptation) Money from Home, Paramount, 1954
(With Hartman) Casanova's Big Night (also known as Mr. Casanova), Paramount, 1954
(With Ketti Frings) About Mrs. Leslie, Paramount, 1954
(With Frank Tashlin and Herbert Baker) Artists and Models, Paramount, 1955
(Adaptation) The Rose Tattoo, Paramount, 1955
Once upon a Horse (also known as Hot Horse), Universal, 1958
(With Baker) Loving You, Paramount, 1958
(With Winston Miller) Mardi Gras, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1958
Let's Make Love (also known as The Billionaire and The Millionaire), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1960
(With Harry Tugend) Pocketful of Miracles, United Artists, 1961
(With Valentine Davies) Bachelor in Paradise, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer,1961
(With Harry Allan Weiss) Blue Hawaii, Paramount, 1961
(Adaption; with Jack Sher) Move Over, Darling, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1963
Dear Brigitte, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1965
Oscar's Greatest Moments: 1971 to 1991, 1992
Film Songs and Lyrics
Move Over, Darling, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1963
Television Pilots
The Ed Wynn Show, 1949
Beyond Witch Mountain, CBS, 1982
Television Episodes
"And Baby Makes Five," Bob Hope Presents The Chrysler Theatre, 1966
Julia, NBC, 1968-1971
"The Very Moving Day," All in the Family, 1975
"Alone at Last," All in the Family, 1975
Wrote episodes of Shower of Stars; The Bing Crosby Show; The George Gobel Show; Kraft Music Hall; The Jimmy Stewart Show, NBC; You Can't Take It with You.
Television Specials
The 42nd Annual Academy Awards, 1970
The Good Old Days of Radio, 1976
The 48th Annual Academy Awards, 1976
Happy Birthday, America, NBC, 1976
NBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of Disney,1978
The 63rd Annual Academy Awards, ABC, 1991
The 64th Annual Academy Awards, ABC, 1992
The 65th Annual Academy Awards, ABC, 1993
The 66th Annual Academy Awards, ABC, 1994
The 67th Annual Academy Awards, ABC, 1995
The 69th Annual Academy Awards, ABC, 1997
The 70th Annual Academy Awards, ABC, 1998
The 71st Annual Academy Awards, ABC, 1999
The 73rd Annual Academy Awards, ABC, 2001
Plays
Laughing Matters!, produced at Westwood Playhouse, Los Angeles, 1994
Radio Episodes
Wrote Amos `n' Andy; Grand Central Station.
Books
Contributor, Television and Screen, University of California Press, 1958
Snake in the Glass, Delacorte, 1971
So Far, So Funny: My Life in Show Business (autobiography), McFarland and Company, 1999

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