BRUCE HOWARD - Television Writer Who Scripted the U.S. Version of "King Kong vs. Godzilla"

Television writer Bruce Howard in Studio City, California, on January 30, 2012. He was 86.  Howard was born in Brooklyn, New York, on June 6, 1925.  He began his career as a stand-up comic, performing in the Catskills.  He began writing for television in the early 1960s, scripting many episodes of “The Red Skelton Hour”, which earned him an Emmy nomination.  He also wrote the U.S. version of the 1962 Japanese monster-mass “King Kong vs. Godzilla”.  He also penned cartoon segments for “Beetle Bailey” and “Snuffy Smith and Barney Google”.  He was a prolific television writer for the next 25 years, scripting episodes of “My Favorite Martian”, “Broadside”, “Valentine’s Day”, “The Lucy Show”, “McHale’s Navy”, “It’s About Time”, “Gilligan’s Island”, “The Beatles” cartoon series, “Good Morning, World”, “The Andy Griffith Show”, “The Flying Nun”, “The Mothers-In-Law”, “I Dream of Jeannie”, “The Doris Day Show”, “That Girl”, “Arnie”, “Love, American Style”, “The Brady Bunch”, “The Partners”, “Dusty’s Trail”, “The Jeffersons”, “One Day at a Time”, “What’s Happening!!”, “Alice”, “Good Times”, “The Love Boat”, “Too Close For Comfort”, “The Dukes of Hazzard”, “Trapper John, M.D.”, and “Punky Brewster”.