Allan Manings, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Allan Manings

American television producer and comedy writer

Date of Birth: 28-Mar-1924

Place of Birth: Newark, New Jersey, United States

Date of Death: 12-May-2010

Profession: screenwriter

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Allan Manings (March 28, 1924 – May 12, 2010) was an American television producer and comedy writer.
He was active in the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s and 1980s and was best known for his work in co-creating with his wife, actress Whitney Blake, One Day at a Time, as well as serving as producer (and later executive producer) of the Bud Yorkin-Norman Lear Tandem show, Good Times.Manings was born in Newark, New Jersey to a Jewish family, and was raised on Staten Island.
He served in the United States Army during World War II in the Pacific theater.
After completing his military service, he went to college on the GI Bill as one of the first men to attend the newly coeducational Sarah Lawrence College.
Manings felt uneasy during the McCarthyist period, during which time several friends were blacklisted, and moved to Canada until the early 1960s.He worked as a writer and script supervisor on Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In in the 1960s, for which he received an Emmy.
He also wrote episodes of McHale's Navy and Leave It to Beaver.