Jack Laird
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Jack Laird (May 8, 1923 – December 3, 1991) was an American screenwriter, producer, and actor.
He has been recognized for his work in Ben Casey, Night Gallery, and Kojak, three Primetime Emmy Awards. At a young age, Laird entered the entertainment industry.
In 1934 film The Circus Clown, one of his first appearances as a child actor appeared as an unbilled bit actor.
He continued to appear in unbilled parts into his late teens, but eventually moved to scripting and production. Leslie Nielsen, one of Laird's most popular actors, made numerous made-for-TV films, including 1964's See How They Run, Return of Charlie Chan and numerous television shows, were among his favorite actors.
Nielsen also appeared in a Laird series as an H.P. fan. Lovecraft is a form of lovecraft.
At least two episodes of Night Gallery based on Lovecraft's work, "Pickman's Model" (based on Pickman's Model's story) and "Professor Peabody's Last Lecture," both based on the Lovecraft story.
The dialogue of the 1965 horror film Dark Intruder, produced by Laird, includes some references to alien beings created by Lovecraft, tying the film to Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos.
"Gods older than the human race," Brett Kingsford says in an early scene where the police commissioner meets with the city chief, "gods older than the human race." "In an early scene, Dagon and Azathoth have worshippers." Laird died of cancer in Los Angeles at the age of 68. He was also an avid film collector and jazz enthusiast.
In the "Garden of Legends" (formerly Section 8), Lot 266, his final resting place in Hollywood Forever Cemetery is located.
His grave is next to actor Jayne Mansfield's cenotaph.
Early life
Laird was born in Monrovia, California, to Leonard Schultheis, a businessman and a teacher of night school dramas, and Les Brown, a student at Pasadena Junior College, who later joined the army Air Force as a pilot in the First Allied Airborne.
Personal life
Laird married actor Cicely Ann Browne in 1948, but the couple's marriage ended soon, but the Brownes retained custody of their son, Sean, despite his illness. After five years, Johnson and Laird divorced, Laird's second wife, Peggy Johnson, a young stage actor, and Mannix, M. Emmett had written a few episodes for such television programs as "The Fugitive, Iron Horse," The Bold Ones: The Protectors, and Mannix, as well as a book about her time working at the playboy club, "Point Your Tail in The Right Direction," as well as a television series treatment
He was a lifelong film collector and jazz enthusiast.
Career
At a young age, Laird entered the entertainment industry at a young age. In the 1934 film The Circus Clown, one of his first appearances as a child actor appeared in an unbilled bit part. After being discharged from the army, Laird returned to New York, where he participated in the Dramatic Workshop and learned playwriting under John Gassner, to appear in a number of film and radio roles, including the radio crime drama This Is Your FBI. He later moved to writing and producing for a variety of television shows, including The Lone Ranger, M Squad, Private Secretary, The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, The Wild West, Mr. District Attorney, and Have Gun Will Travel. Laird began as a writer and story editor on the medical show Ben Casey, eventually becoming an associate producer, and then went on to develop and produce independent projects for Universal Studio. Laird came to fame as a writer, director, and producer, appearing on films including The Psychiatrist, Night Gallery, Kojak, and others in the 1970s.
Leslie Nielsen, one of Laird's favorite actors, made several made-for-TV films, including 1964's See How They Run, Dark Intruder, Return of Charlie Chan, and numerous TV episodes. Nielsen appeared in a Laird series as an H.P. fan. Lovecraft is a form of lovecraft. He based at least two episodes of Night Gallery on Lovecraft's creation - "Pickman's Model" (based on the Lovecraft story from Pickman's Model) and "Professor Peabody's Last Lecture), and "Professor Peabody's Last Lecture" - based on Lovecraft's work. The dialogue in the 1965 horror film Dark Intruder, directed by Laird, includes references to alien beings created by Lovecraft, tying the film to Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos. "Gods older than the human race," Brett Kingsford says in an early scene where he meets with the police commissioner, "gods older than the human race." "Gods older than the human race..." says Dagon and Azathoth have worshippers."