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Allan Manings (March 28, 1924 – May 12, 2010) was an American television producer and comedy writer. He was active in the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s and 1980s and was best known for his work in co-creating with his wife, actress Whitney Blake, One Day at a Time, as well as serving as producer (and later executive producer) of the Bud Yorkin-Norman Lear Tandem show, Good Times, for which he served in that capacity from the show's pilot "Too Old Blues" at the beginning of Season 1 until the end of Season 3, with the season finale episode "Love Has a Spot on His Lung: Part 2". He also wrote or co-wrote a total of seven episodes, writing the teleplay for four.

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  • Allan Manings
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  • Allan Manings (March 28, 1924 – May 12, 2010) was an American television producer and comedy writer. He was active in the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s and 1980s and was best known for his work in co-creating with his wife, actress Whitney Blake, One Day at a Time, as well as serving as producer (and later executive producer) of the Bud Yorkin-Norman Lear Tandem show, Good Times, for which he served in that capacity from the show's pilot "Too Old Blues" at the beginning of Season 1 until the end of Season 3, with the season finale episode "Love Has a Spot on His Lung: Part 2". He also wrote or co-wrote a total of seven episodes, writing the teleplay for four.
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  • Producer/Execuive Producer, 87 episodes, Seasons 1-3
  • Writer/Co-writer, 9 episodes, Seasons 1-4
Birth Date
  • 1924-03-28(xsd:date)
death place
  • Beverly Hills, California, U.S.
Series
  • Good Times
Name
  • Allan Manings
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  • Allan Manings in Archive of American Television interview
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  • 1958(xsd:integer)
Birth Place
  • Newark, New Jersey, U.S.
death date
  • 2010-05-12(xsd:date)
Occupation
  • American television producer, comedy writer
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  • Male
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  • Allan Manings (March 28, 1924 – May 12, 2010) was an American television producer and comedy writer. He was active in the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s and 1980s and was best known for his work in co-creating with his wife, actress Whitney Blake, One Day at a Time, as well as serving as producer (and later executive producer) of the Bud Yorkin-Norman Lear Tandem show, Good Times, for which he served in that capacity from the show's pilot "Too Old Blues" at the beginning of Season 1 until the end of Season 3, with the season finale episode "Love Has a Spot on His Lung: Part 2". He also wrote or co-wrote a total of seven episodes, writing the teleplay for four. Manings was born in Newark, NJ to a Jewish famiy, and was raised in Staten Island, NY. He served in the United States Army during World War II in the Pacific theater. After completing his military service, he went to college on the GI Bill as one of the first men to attend the newly coeducational Sarah Lawrence College. Manings felt uneasy during the McCarthyist period, during which time several friends were blacklisted, and moved to Canada until the early 1960s. He worked as a writer and script supervisor on Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In in the 1960s, for which he received an Emmy. He also wrote episodes of McHale's Navy and Leave It to Beaver.
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