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name: "Lawrence Marks"
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roles: ["Writer"]
born: "23 August 1915"
died: "1 January 1993"
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# Lawrence Marks

Writer. Born 23 August 1915 in Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA. Died 1 January 1993.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 23 August 1915, Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA
- **Died:** 1 January 1993

## Biography

Laurence Marks was an American radio and television writer. Born in Atlantic City, New Jersey, he began his career writing for radio in New York before moving to California in the early 1940s. He later contributed scripts to numerous television series.

Marks wrote 68 episodes of *Hogan's Heroes* (1965–1968) and 28 episodes of *M*A*S*H* (1972–1978), as well as episodes of *Perry Mason*, *The Doris Day Show* and others. He collaborated early in his career with Larry Gelbart on radio scripts and received a Writers Guild of America award.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *M*A*S*H* (1972), Fi1m 85, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/m-a-s-h-1972.md)

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