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James V. Kern
New York City, New York, USA
James V. Kern (September 22, 1909, New York City, New York – November 9, 1966, Encino, California) was an American singer, songwriter, screenwriter, actor, and director. Educated…
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James V. Kern (September 22, 1909, New York City, New York – November 9, 1966, Encino, California) was an American singer, songwriter, screenwriter, actor, and director. Educated at the Fordham Law School, Kern worked for a while as an attorney. He sang with the George Olsen Trio, and appeared with the Olsen orchestra in the musical Good News. From 1927 to 1939, he sang with and wrote for the Yacht Club Boys quartet, with whom he appeared in several motion pictures. He became a screenwriter and later a director. In film, he directed mainly "B" pictures, but after he moved to television, he directed hundreds of series episodes. He was one of the house directors on I Love Lucy in the 1950s. He directed My Three Sons for most of two seasons in the 1960s. When he died suddenly of a heart attack at age 57, several episodes of the show remained only partially completed for the 1966/67 season, so director James Sheldon was brought in by series producers to round out the season. He joined ASCAP in 1955. His popular-song compositions include "Easy Street," "Lover, Lover," "Little Red Fox," and "Shut the Door." From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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1963
My Favorite Martian
TV show Director
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1960
Jack Benny Christmas Show
Movie Director
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1960
My Three Sons
TV show Director
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1960
Pete and Gladys
TV show Director
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1960
New Comedy Showcase
TV show Director
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1959
Bourbon Street Beat
TV show Director
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1958
77 Sunset Strip
TV show Director
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1958
The Ann Sothern Show
TV show Director
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1958
The Donna Reed Show
TV show Director
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1957
Jack Benny Christmas Shopping Show
Movie Director
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1957
Maverick
TV show Director
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1957
Sugarfoot
TV show Director
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1957
Date with the Angels
TV show Director
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1956
The Gale Storm Show
TV show Director
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1956
Conflict
TV show Director
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1956
Hey, Jeannie!
TV show Director
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1956
Lum and Abner Abroad
Movie Producer
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1955
The 20th Century Fox Hour
TV show Director
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1955
Those Whiting Girls
TV show Director
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1955
The Millionaire
TV show Director
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1953
General Electric Theater
TV show Director
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1951
Two Tickets to Broadway
Movie Director
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1951
I Love Lucy
TV show Director
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1950
The Second Woman
Movie Director
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1948
April Showers
Movie Director
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1947
Stallion Road
Movie Director
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1946
Never Say Goodbye
Movie Director
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1946
Her Kind of Man
Movie Original Story
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1946
Movieland Magic
Movie Director
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1945
The Horn Blows at Midnight
Movie Screenplay
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1944
The Doughgirls
Movie Director
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1944
Shine on Harvest Moon
Movie Screenplay
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1943
Thank Your Lucky Stars
Movie Screenplay
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1941
Playmates
Movie Screenplay
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1941
Look Who's Laughing
Movie Story
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1940
You'll Find Out
Movie Story
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1940
If I Had My Way
Movie Story
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1939
That's Right – You're Wrong
Movie Screenplay
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1939
East Side of Heaven
Movie Writer
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1937
Thrill of a Lifetime
Movie Jimmie
