---
name: "AJ Carothers"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/aj-carothers"
fi1m_id: "aj-carothers"
imdb_id: "nm0139218"
tmdb_id: 37877
wikidata_id: "Q4652092"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "22 October 1931"
died: "9 April 2007"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-04T20:04:50.473646+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# AJ Carothers

## Identity

AJ Carothers

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/aj-carothers
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** aj-carothers
- **IMDb ID:** nm0139218
- **TMDB ID:** 37877
- **Wikidata ID:** Q4652092
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._J._Carothers, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4652092, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0139218/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/37877

Writer. Born 22 October 1931 in Houston. Died 9 April 2007.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 22 October 1931, Houston
- **Died:** 9 April 2007
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._J._Carothers, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4652092, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0139218/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/37877

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*The Secret of My Success*](https://film.one/film/the-secret-of-my-success.md) (62)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

A. J. Carothers (1931–2007) was an American screenwriter and playwright. Born in Houston, Texas, he began his professional career as a story editor for the CBS television series *Studio One* and later worked as an associate producer on *Playhouse 90* and *General Electric Theater*.

He wrote several films for Walt Disney Productions, including *Miracle of the White Stallions* (1963), *Emil and the Detectives* (1964), *The Happiest Millionaire* (1967) and *Never a Dull Moment* (1968). Later credits include *Hero at Large* (1980) and the story and screenplay for *The Secret of My Success* (1987). Carothers created the television series *Nanny and the Professor* (1970–1971) and *Goodnight, Beantown* (1983–1984), and wrote the book for the stage musical *Busker Alley*.

*Sources: imdb.com, hollywoodreporter.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Secret of My Success* (1987), Fi1m 62, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-secret-of-my-success.md)

## Complete filmography (17)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Secret of My Success* (1987), Writer — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/film/the-secret-of-my-success.md)
- *Making of a Male Model* (1983), Writer
- *Summer Girl* (1983), Teleplay
- *Goodnight, Beantown* (1983), series, Creator
- *Hero at Large* (1980), Stage Director, Writer
- *The Thief of Baghdad* (1978), Screenplay
- *Forever* (1978), Writer
- *Shakespeare Loves Rembrandt* (1974), Writer, Producer
- *Goldilocks* (1970), Writer
- *Nanny and the Professor* (1970), series, Producer, Creator
- *Never a Dull Moment* (1968), Writer
- *The Happiest Millionaire* (1967), Writer
- *Emil and the Detectives* (1964), Screenplay
- *Miracle of the White Stallions* (1963), Writer
- *My Three Sons* (1960), series, Writer
- *The Third Man* (1959), series, Writer
- *Studio One* (1948), series, Writer

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