Draft:Irving Elinson

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{{short description|American screenwriter}}

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{{Infobox person

|name = Irving Elinson

|birth_name = Isidor Elinson

|birth_date = {{birth date|1907|04|08}}

|birth_place = Manhattan, New York, U.S.

|death_date = {{death date and age|1967|12|28|1907|04|08}}

|death_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.

|occupation = Screenwriter

|family = Jack Elinson (brother)

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Isidor Elinson (April 8, 1907 - December 28, 1967) was an American screenwriter. He wrote for Eddie Cantor's radio programs.

Elinson also wrote for The Danny Thomas Show on 28 episodes, with his brother, Jack. As his writing credits includes, The Andy Griffith Show, The Lucy Show, The Real McCoys, Mister Ed, The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis, F Troop, Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., Bewitched, The Joey Bishop Show, My Favorite Martian and The Colgate Comedy Hour. Elinson died in December 1967 in Los Angeles, California, at the age of 60.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PsE8DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA68&dq#v=onepage&q&f=false|title=Radio Drama and Comedy Writers, 1928-1962|page=68|publisher=McFarland|date=December 2017|ISBN=9781476665931}}