Bernie Smith(1914-1990)

Director
Producer
Writer

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Bernie Smith was born on 21 December 1914 in Goldfield, Nevada, USA. He was a director and producer, known for You Bet Your Life (1950), Tell It to Groucho (1961) and General Foods 25th Anniversary Show: A Salute to Rodgers and Hammerstein (1954). He was married to Ruby. He died on 9 January 1990 in Laguna Niguel, California, USA.

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Known for

Groucho Marx in You Bet Your Life (1950)

You Bet Your Life

8.5

TV Series

Director

Tell It to Groucho

7.9

TV Series

Producer

General Foods 25th Anniversary Show: A Salute to Rodgers and Hammerstein

8.6

TV Special

Writer

1954

Groucho (1965)

6.0

TV Series

Writer

Credits

Director

You Bet Your Life
8.5
TV Series
- Director
- 1950–1961

Producer

Tell It to Groucho
7.9
TV Series
- producer
- 1961–1962

Writer

Groucho
6.0
TV Series
- deviser
- 1965
General Foods 25th Anniversary Show: A Salute to Rodgers and Hammerstein
8.6
TV Special
- Writer
- 1954

Personal details

Born
- December 21, 1914
- Goldfield, Nevada, USA
Died
- January 9, 1990
- Laguna Niguel, California, USA(lung cancer)
Spouse
- Ruby1948 - February 9, 1990 (his death, 2 children)

Did you know

Trivia
Joined "You Bet Your Life" as a writer when it began as a radio program in 1947. He stayed with the production when it moved to NBC Television in 1950, and stayed on through its final season, ending in 1961.

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