Frank Tarloff

Frank Tarloff was an American screenwriter and playwright born on February 4, 1916 in the Brooklyn borough of New York (New York State) and died on June 25, 1999 in the Beverly Hills district of Los Angeles (California). Frank Tarloff wrote nine episodes of The Andy Griffith Show under the pseudo... More

Frank Tarloff was an American screenwriter and playwright born on February 4, 1916 in the Brooklyn borough of New York (New York State) and died on June 25, 1999 in the Beverly Hills district of Los Angeles (California). Frank Tarloff wrote nine episodes of The Andy Griffith Show under the pseudonym of David Adler. He worked under a false name as a result of being blacklisted after his testimony for the House Un-American Activities Committee. He also wrote episodes of the TV series "I Married Joan", "The Real McCoys", "The Donna Reed Show", "The Dick Van Dyke Show" and "The Jeffersons". His film screenplays include Father Goose (for which he won the Academy Award for Best Screenplay) and A Guide for the Married Man.