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name: "Arnold Margolin"
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born: "12 March 1935"
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# Arnold Margolin

Writer. Born 12 March 1935 in Rock Island, Illinois, U.S..

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 12 March 1935, Rock Island, Illinois, U.S.

## Biography

Arnold Margolin is an American television writer, producer and occasional director and actor. Born on 12 March 1935 in Rock Island, Illinois, he began writing for series in the mid-1960s, contributing episodes to programmes including *The Andy Griffith Show*, *That Girl* and *My Mother the Car*.

He wrote the episode 'His Two Right Arms' for *The Mary Tyler Moore Show* (1972). Margolin served as executive producer on *Love, American Style* (1969–1974), for which he shared an Emmy Award in 1970 for the theme song (with Charles Fox) and received nominations for outstanding comedy series. He created the series *A Family for Joe* (1990) and wrote episodes of *Growing Pains*, *Touched by an Angel* and *The Wild Thornberrys*. He is the brother of actor Stuart Margolin.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Mary Tyler Moore Show* (1970), Fi1m 88, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-mary-tyler-moore-show.md)

## Also known for

- *The Wild Thornberrys* (1998), Writer
- *Touched by an Angel* (1994), Writer
- *Growing Pains* (1985), Writer
- *The Andy Griffith Show* (1960), Writer

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