James V. Kern
Age: N/A | From: New York City, New York, USA
Person Details
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Aliases: Yacht Club Boys , James Kern , The Yacht Club Boys
Gender: Male
Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA
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Movie Involvements: 26
TV Involvements: 20
Most Famous Work
Biography
James V. Kern (September 22, 1909, New York City, New York – November 9, 1966, Encino, California) was an American singer, songwriter, screenwriter, actor, and director. Educated at the Fordham Law School, Kern worked for a while as an attorney. He sang with the George Olsen Trio, and appeared with the Olsen orchestra in the musical Good News. From 1927 to 1939, he sang with and wrote for the Yacht Club Boys quartet, with whom he appeared in several motion pictures. He became a screenwriter and later a director. In film, he directed mainly "B" pictures, but after he moved to television, he directed hundreds of series episodes. He was one of the house directors on I Love Lucy in the 1950s. He directed My Three Sons for most of two seasons in the 1960s. When he died suddenly of a heart attack at age 57, several episodes of the show remained only partially completed for the 1966/67 season, so director James Sheldon was brought in by series producers to round out the season. He joined ASCAP in 1955. His popular-song compositions include "Easy Street," "Lover, Lover," "Little Red Fox," and "Shut the Door." From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Most Famous Work
I Love Lucy
(1951) Director
Maverick
(1957) Director
The Donna Reed Show
(1958) Director
My Three Sons
(1960) Director
My Favorite Martian
(1963) Director
The 20th Century Fox Hour
(1955) Director
Sugarfoot
(1957) Director
77 Sunset Strip
(1958) DirectorActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1937 | Jimmie | |
| Yacht Club Boys Member | ||
| 1936 | The Yacht Club Boys | |
| The Yacht Club Boys Member | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Directing
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| 1963 | Director | |
| 1960 | Director | |
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| 1959 | Director | |
| 1958 | Director | |
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| 1957 | Director | |
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| 1956 | Director | |
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| 1955 | Director | |
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| 1953 | Director | |
| 1951 | Director | |
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| 1944 | Director | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Production
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1956 | Producer | |
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Writing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
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| 1953 | Teleplay | |
| 1946 | Screenplay | |
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| 1941 | Screenplay | |
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| 1940 | Screenplay | |
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| 1939 | Screenplay | |
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