Jack Hanrahan
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| Born: | 1933 Cleveland, Ohio, USA |
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| Occupation: | Comedy writer |
| Nationality: | American |
| Genres: | Comedy |
Jack Hanrahan (born 1933) is an Emmy Award winning comedy writer. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, he began writing cartoons for the Cleveland Press. After that, he moved on to Hollywood, California and continued his writing career with work on Get Smart. Then, in 1968, he won an Emmy for his work on Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In. Following this, he moved on to Marcus Welby, M.D., The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour, Police Woman, The Waltons, and CHiPs. In the 1980s and 90s, he worked on a scattering of television shows and movies, including Inspector Gadget.
Hanrahan left Beverly Hills for Eureka in northern California in 1992. Following a garage fire, however, he was evicted, and all of his possessions were seized by the landlord, including his Emmy. After losing his wife in 2004, he began to wander the streets. Jack Riley, an old friend, tried to help Hanrahan, but was unsuccessful. After friends in Eureka bought him a bus ticket, he came back to his hometown of Cleveland, where he has been homeless since.
Hanrahan was featured on the front page of the Plain Dealer on 22 March 2007, detailing his homelessness.
[edit] Sources
- O'Malley, Michael. From a comic career to a tragic life." Plain Dealer[Cleveland]22 Mar 2007: A1, A4.
- Jack Hanrahan at the Internet Movie Database
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