Max Wilk (July 3, 1920 – February 19, 2011 Westport, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA) was an American playwright, screenwriter and author of fiction and nonfiction book. Formerly a resident of Ridgefield, Connecticut, he moved to Westport, Connecticut, where lived until his death February 19, 2011, at age 90. In all, Wilk was the author of 19 books, four films, three produced plays as well as many TV shows and magazine articles.
'Alexander's Ragtime Band' has to be considered the keystone work of a whole new trend in American music. Those infectious lyrics which announced the arrival of jazz were not only spread across our entire continent, but were rapidly exported across the Atlantic, to let all of Europe in on what was happening.
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Author, humorist, playwright and television writer/producer and son of Jacob Wilk.
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
They Said It with Music: Yankee Doodle to Ragtime
1977
TV Special
Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure
1977
screenplay
NBC Special Treat
1977
TV Series teleplay - 1 episode
The Jimmy Stewart Show
TV Series teleplay & story - 1 episode, 1972 written by - 1 episode, 1971
Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River
1968
novel "Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River" / screenplay
Melina Mercouri's Greece
1965
TV Movie documentary
The Bing Crosby Show
1963
TV Series 1 episode
McKeever & the Colonel
TV Series 1 episode, 1962 writer - 1 episode, 1963
Car 54, Where Are You?
1963
TV Series written by - 1 episode
The Jane Powell Show
1961
TV Movie teleplay
General Electric Theater
1961
TV Series written by - 1 episode
The Best of the Post
1961
TV Series 1 episode
The Tom Ewell Show
1960
TV Series written by - 1 episode
The Fabulous Fifties
1960
Documentary
It Happened to Jane
1959
story
Matinee Theatre
1956
TV Series writer - 1 episode
Campbell Summer Soundstage
1954
TV Series writer - 1 episode
Janet Dean, Registered Nurse
1954
TV Series written by - 2 episodes
The Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse
TV Series writer - 2 episodes, 1950 - 1951 teleplay - 1 episode, 1951
Danger
1950
TV Series writer - 1 episode
Nash Airflyte Theatre
1950
TV Series teleplay - 1 episode
The Trap
1950
TV Series 1 episode
The Ford Theatre Hour
1949
TV Series adaptation - 2 episodes
Close-Up
1948
screenplay
Open Secret
1948
screenplay / story
Miscellaneous
Title
Year
Status
Character
Make 'Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America
2009
TV Series documentary consultant - 3 episodes
The Adventures of Black Beauty
1973-1974
TV Series story consultant - 11 episodes
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Resisting Enemy Interrogation
1944
Nazi (uncredited)
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
When Television Was Young
1977
TV Movie documentary producer
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
Michael Feinstein's American Songbook
2010
TV Mini-Series documentary performer - 1 episode
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Michael Feinstein's American Songbook
2010
TV Mini-Series documentary
Himself
Make 'Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America
2009
TV Series documentary
Himself - Writer
Broadway: The American Musical
2004
TV Mini-Series documentary
Himself
The Irv Kupcinet Show
1971
TV Series
Himself
Known for movies
Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River (1968) as Writer
Open Secret (1948) as Writer
It Happened to Jane (1959) as Writer
Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure (1977) as Writer
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