Philip Rapp

{{short description|American film and television director, screenwriter (1907–1996)}}

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1907|3|26|mf=y}}

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| death_date = {{Death date and age|1996|1|23|1907|3|26|mf=y}}

| death_place = Beverly Hills, California, U.S.

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| occupation = Film and television director, screenwriter

| years_active = 1936–1965

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| children = Joel Rapp

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Philip Rapp (March 26, 1907 – January 23, 1996) was a film and television director and screenwriter. He wrote for Eddie Cantor and, for a brief period, wrote film scripts for Danny Kaye. Rapp was the creator of Baby Snooks and The Bickersons.{{cite news|last1=Thomas|first1=Robert|title=Philip Rapp, 88, Comedy Writer Who Created the Bickersons|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/01/25/nyregion/philip-rapp-88-comedy-writer-who-created-the-bickersons.html|access-date=8 October 2014|work=The New York Times|date=25 January 1996}} He died on January 23, 1996, in Beverly Hills, California.

Rapp was a writer, director, and producer, and he directed a popular long-running radio series called The Battling Bickersons. He introduced the Baby Snooks character for Fanny Brice of the Ziegfeld Follies.

He also directed episodes of the television series Topper.