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person_profile-James V. Kern

James V. Kern Died at age: 57

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

James V. Kern

Date of Birth:

Sep 22, 1909

Country of birth:

USA

Died:

Nov 09, 1966

Biography of

James V. Kern

    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

Filmography of

James V. Kern

Found 0 Movies in total

I Love Lucy

Director

... 1951 - 2017

... 1963 - 1966

... 1958 - 1966

... 1958 - 1964

... 1960 - 1962

... 1953 - 1962

Maverick

Director

... 1957 - 1962

... 1959 - 1960

... 1955 - 1957