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name: "George Kirgo"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/george-kirgo"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "26 March 1926"
died: "22 August 2004"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T16:16:47.295654+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."
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# George Kirgo

Writer. Born 26 March 1926 in Hartford, Connecticut, USA. Died 22 August 2004.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 26 March 1926, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
- **Died:** 22 August 2004

## Biography

George Kirgo was an American screenwriter, author and humorist. Born George Blumenthal in Hartford, Connecticut, on 26 March 1926, he was educated at Wesleyan University and served in the US Army Air Forces during the Second World War. He began writing for television in the mid-1950s and moved to Hollywood in 1962.

Kirgo wrote episodes of numerous series, including *The Mary Tyler Moore Show* (1970), *Room 222*, *My Mother the Car* and *Love, American Style*. His feature-film credits include the screenplays for *Spinout* (1966), *Red Line 7000* (1965) and *Don't Make Waves* (1967). He also wrote more than a dozen television movies.

Kirgo served as president of the Writers Guild of America, West, from 1987 to 1991 and led the guild during its 1988 strike. He received the guild’s Morgan Cox Award in 2001. He died in Santa Monica, California, on 22 August 2004.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, latimes.com, variety.com.*

## 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

- *Spinout* (1966), Screenplay

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