Larry Tucker

Born: 1934-06-23

Larry Tucker (June 23, 1934 – April 1, 2001) was an American film and television writer, producer, and occasional actor, who wrote the comedy Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1969) with Paul Mazursky. Tucker and Mazursky were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for their work on Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice. Tucker was from Philadelphia and began his career with humorist Mort Sahl at San Francisco's Hungry i club. After the Hungry i, Tucker became a television writer, working on The Danny Kaye Show. Tucker acted in the films Blast of Silence (1961), Advise and Consent (1962), Shock Corridor (1963) and Angels Hard as They Come (1971). Tucker and Mazursky were also responsible for the development and production of The Monkees eponymous television series and the 1968 romantic comedy I Love You, Alice B. Toklas!, which starred Peter Sellers. In the early 1980s Tucker was executive producer and one of the writers of the sitcom Jennifer Slept Here (1983), Mr. Merlin (1981–82), Teachers Only (1982–83) and Stir Crazy (1985). Tucker died of complications from multiple sclerosis and cancer in 2001. Description above from the Wikipedia article Larry Tucker (screenwriter), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice

as Bearded Man Walking in Front of Hotel (uncredited)
Released: 1969-09-17

After returning to Los Angeles from a group therapy session, documentary filmmaker Bob Sanders...

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Shock Corridor

as Pagliacci
Released: 1963-09-25

With the help of his girlfriend Cathy and Dr. Fong, a psychiatrist, ambitious journalist Johnny...

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Advise & Consent

as Manuel
Released: 1962-06-06

Proposed by the President of the United States to fill the post of Secretary of State, Robert...

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Blast of Silence

as Big Ralph
Released: 1961-03-20

A hired killer from Cleveland has a job to do on a second-string mob boss in New York. But a...

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Angels Hard as They Come

as Lucifer
Released: 1971-09-01

A group of crazy bikers meet up with a group of drug-addicted hippies in a small town, but the...

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The Monkees

as uncredited
First aired: 1966-09-12

Micky, Mike, Peter, and Davy are four young men in mid-1960s LA, members of a struggling...

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