Even if you don’t consider yourself an avid TV watcher, I bet you know who Garry Marshall is. I’ll even go so far as to bet you’ve seen at least two of his television series throughout the course of your existence. Born in 1935, Marshall began his television career in his early twenties, when he became a writer for The Tonight Show with Jack Paar.
In the early 1960s, Marshall moved from his New York home to Hollywood, California, where he would spend the next ten years writing and contributing to well know television series like The Dick Van Dyke Show and The Lucy Show with co-writer Jerry Belson. Together, Belson and Marshall adapted The Odd Couple screenplay into a popular television series in 1970.
The 1970s saw numerous television hits from Marshall, including Happy Days, Laverne and Shirley, which starred Marshall’s sister, Penny Marshall, and Mork & Mindy. In the 1980s, he worked on Joanie Loves Chachi and The New Odd Couple.
Branching out in his career early on, Marshall slipped easily into directorial and production roles, which eventually led him from the small screen to larger projects like the films Pretty Woman, Raising Helen, Frankie Loves Johnny and Beaches.
Since the late 1980s, Marshall has spent more time onscreen, than behind the scenes, acting in both large and small productions alike. Most recently, he’s appeared in television series like E.R., Life According to Jim, Sabrina the Teenage Witch and Brothers and Sisters.
Marshall’s diversity has landed his name on some of the most well-known entertainment productions of the last three decades, making him a TV visionary worth honoring and remembering.
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