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- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- March 13, 1935
- Place of Birth
- Dallas, Texas, USA
- Died
- April 14, 2007
Jim Thurman
James Frederick Thurman (March 13, 1935 – April 14, 2007) was an American actor, writer, director, cartoonist, and producer. He is best known for the writings of TV gags for the likes of Bob Hope, Bob Newhart, Carol Burnett, Bill Cosby, and Dean Martin. Born in Dallas, Texas but raised in Vicksburg, Michigan, Thurman received a degree from the University of Michigan. He began his career as a copywriter at various advertising agencies in Los Angeles, and San Francisco. Later he moved to Los Angeles with his writing partner Gene Moss, where they formed a boutique advertising agency, "Creative Advertising Stuff". Moss and Thurman scripted all 156 installments of the 1965 cartoon series Roger Ramjet as well as the puppet comedy series Shrimpenstein, where Thurman voiced the title character for satirical children's television program. In 1967 Thurman teamed up with Carol Burnett to begin w…
Filmography
movieKing of the Rest
2020
movieRight!
2006 · Man (voice)
movieSesame Street: Elmo's World: The Street We Live On!
2004 · Teeny Little Superguy (voice) (archive footage)
Talking About Sex: A Guide for Families
movieTalking About Sex: A Guide for Families
1996 · , Writer
movieSnowie and the Seven Dorps
1990 · Voice
movieOne Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish
1989 · Intro Narrator / Ned / Guy in an Old Hat / Anthropomorphic Dog #1 / Narrator (voice)
movieRichard Scarry's Best ABC Video Ever!
1989 · (voice)
movieRichard Scarry's Best Counting Video Ever!
1989 · (voice)
tvSquare One Television
1987 · Writer, Producer
The Quitter
movieThe Quitter
1987 · Smoker/Cloud (voice), Writer
tvTeeny Little Super Guy
1984 · All Characters (voice), Writer
movieA Walking Tour of Sesame Street
1979 · Pilot (archive footage) (uncredited), Writer
It's So Nice to Have a Wolf Around the House
movieIt's So Nice to Have a Wolf Around the House
1979 · (voice), Writer
tvThe Muppet Show
1976 · Writer
movieCrocodile eating crackers
1976 · Man (voice)
movieOut to Lunch
1974 · Writer
Roberta
movieRoberta
1969 · Adaptation