George Tibbles

George Tibbles (born June 7, 1913 in New York City , † February 14, 1987 in Rancho Mirage , California ) is an American screenwriter , film producer and songwriter .

Life

George Tibbles studied at Los Angeles City College and started his career as a pianist in nightclubs in Los Angeles before starting songwriting . He received an Oscar nomination for Best Song for the song The Woody Woodpecker Song , which he co-wrote with Ramey Idris for the animated short Wet Blanket Policy and which soon after became the theme song for Woody Woodpecker . He also wrote a few more songs for Frank Sinatra , Al Martino and Tommy Dorsey , among others , but his biggest hit remained the widely covered The Woody Woodpecker song .

However, Tibbles concentrated on writing screenplays in the 1950s and worked as a television producer. Together with Don Fedderson and Betty White , he founded the production company Bandy Productions, which produced the series Life with Elizabeth , which was initially broadcast on local television from 1951 and nationally from 1953 to 1955. He also wrote a series of episodes for Date with the Angels (1957–1958), Dennis, Tales of a Rascal (1959), You Should Be Adults (1959–1960), Pistols and Petticoats (1966–1967), Dear Uncle Bill ( 1966-1967) and Hello, Larry (1979-1980). His greatest success was My Three Sons . For this he wrote 96 episodes and thus a lion's share of the 380 episodes of the series running from 1960 to 1972. He also wrote single episodes for popular shows like Who's The Boss? , The Munsters or The Partridge Family .

He died of cancer on February 14, 1987 .

Filmography (selection)

1951-1955: Life with Elizabeth
1957-1958: Date with the Angels
1959: Dennis, Tales of a Rascal (Dennis the Menace)
1959–1960: One should be an adult (Leave It to Beaver)
1960-1972: My Three Sons (My Three Sons)
1966–1967: Pistols and Petticoats (Pistols 'n' Petticoats)
1966–1967: Dear Uncle Bill (Family Affair)
1979-1980: Hello, Larry
1981-1984: One Day at a Time

Web links

Individual evidence

^ Writer, pianist George F. Tibbles; Wrote Woody Woodpecker's Song. Los Angeles Times , February 19, 1987, accessed February 10, 2016 .

personal data
SURNAME	Tibbles, George
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American screenwriter, film producer, and songwriter
DATE OF BIRTH	June 7, 1913
PLACE OF BIRTH	New York City , United States
DATE OF DEATH	February 14, 1987
Place of death	Rancho Mirage , California , United States

[1] Writer, pianist George F. Tibbles; Wrote Woody Woodpecker's Song. Los Angeles Times , February 19, 1987, accessed February 10, 2016 .