Robert Klane, the screenwriter for “Weekend at Bernie’s” and “Where’s Poppa?” and the director of “Thank God It’s Friday, has died. He was 81 years old.
Klane’s son Jon Klane confirmed the news to TheWrap. He said of his dad, “His quick, razor wit lit up every room he walked into. He was a fearless, magnetic, presence whose unique brand of black comedy delivered guilty pleasures for those capable of laughing at their own dark impulses.”
In addition to those films, Klane worked as a writer on a number of movies and TV shows, including “The Man With One Red Shoe,” six episodes of “M*A*S*H*” and “Tracey Takes On,” which won an Emmy.
“Weekend at Bernie’s” is Klane’s most well-known work, though in 2014 he filed a lawsuit alongside the film’s director claiming the pair had not been paid residuals owed from the movie since its 1989 release. Klane and...
Klane’s son Jon Klane confirmed the news to TheWrap. He said of his dad, “His quick, razor wit lit up every room he walked into. He was a fearless, magnetic, presence whose unique brand of black comedy delivered guilty pleasures for those capable of laughing at their own dark impulses.”
In addition to those films, Klane worked as a writer on a number of movies and TV shows, including “The Man With One Red Shoe,” six episodes of “M*A*S*H*” and “Tracey Takes On,” which won an Emmy.
“Weekend at Bernie’s” is Klane’s most well-known work, though in 2014 he filed a lawsuit alongside the film’s director claiming the pair had not been paid residuals owed from the movie since its 1989 release. Klane and...
- 9/4/2023
- by Stephanie Kaloi
- The Wrap
Chip Dox, longtime “General Hospital” production designer and art director, died on Aug. 15. He was 80.
Dox worked as a production designer on daytime television for over 27 years. He worked on “Days of Our Lives” for 17 years and won an Emmy for Outstanding Set Direction in 1997. Moving from NBC to ABC, Dox worked on “Nightshift” and “General Hospital.” Throughout his career, his work ranged from designing home interiors to simulating natural disasters. He worked on designing and updating the Nurses Ball station on “General Hospital” and won another Emmy for his work before his 2015 retirement.
Dox attended Carnegie Institute of Technology, now Carnegie Mellon University, and gained experience in local theater. He served two years in the Army before returning to his alma mater as a teacher. Despite rejection letters, he was intent on moving out west and making his way in Hollywood.
Dox also helped design tours for iconic artists including Elton John,...
Dox worked as a production designer on daytime television for over 27 years. He worked on “Days of Our Lives” for 17 years and won an Emmy for Outstanding Set Direction in 1997. Moving from NBC to ABC, Dox worked on “Nightshift” and “General Hospital.” Throughout his career, his work ranged from designing home interiors to simulating natural disasters. He worked on designing and updating the Nurses Ball station on “General Hospital” and won another Emmy for his work before his 2015 retirement.
Dox attended Carnegie Institute of Technology, now Carnegie Mellon University, and gained experience in local theater. He served two years in the Army before returning to his alma mater as a teacher. Despite rejection letters, he was intent on moving out west and making his way in Hollywood.
Dox also helped design tours for iconic artists including Elton John,...
- 8/30/2023
- by Jaden Thompson
- Variety Film + TV
Chip Dox, the two-time Daytime Emmy-winning production designer and art director who spent nearly three decades on soap operas including Days of Our Lives and General Hospital, has died. He was 80.
Dox died Aug. 15 at Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center in Burbank, a spokesperson for General Hospital told The Hollywood Reporter.
Dox also designed touring shows for such acts as Elton John, The Beach Boys, Chicago, Jackson Browne and Earth, Wind & Fire and worked with Tracey Ullman on her Fox sitcom Tracey Takes On, on the 1998-2000 Lifetime comedy Oh Baby and on the Telemundo sitcoms Viva Vegas and Los Beltrán.
Dox spent 17 years with NBC’s Days of Our Lives and received his first Emmy in 1997. He then moved to ABC and worked on General Hospital, the spinoff Port Charles and the primetime soap Nightshift, collecting another Emmy in 2011 for G.H. (amid seven nominations) before he retired in...
Dox died Aug. 15 at Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center in Burbank, a spokesperson for General Hospital told The Hollywood Reporter.
Dox also designed touring shows for such acts as Elton John, The Beach Boys, Chicago, Jackson Browne and Earth, Wind & Fire and worked with Tracey Ullman on her Fox sitcom Tracey Takes On, on the 1998-2000 Lifetime comedy Oh Baby and on the Telemundo sitcoms Viva Vegas and Los Beltrán.
Dox spent 17 years with NBC’s Days of Our Lives and received his first Emmy in 1997. He then moved to ABC and worked on General Hospital, the spinoff Port Charles and the primetime soap Nightshift, collecting another Emmy in 2011 for G.H. (amid seven nominations) before he retired in...
- 8/30/2023
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Charles “Chip” Dox, a former Emmy-winning production designer and art director for daytime dramas like General Hospital and Days of Our Lives, died Aug. 15. He was 80.
Dox first joined Gh in 2005, where he best known for designing those fancy Quartermaine homes and the sets for the beloved Nurses Ball. He won an Emmy for his work on the ABC sudser in 2011.
Before he joined the entertainment industry, Dox attended the Carnegie Institute of Technology (now known as Carnegie Mellon University) and served two years in the Army. He ended up teaching at his alma mater, but he was determined to move west and launch a design career in Tinseltown.
There wasn’t a genre Cox didn’t have a hand in. He designed touring shows for Elton John, The Beach Boys, Chicago, Earth, Wind & Fire and Jackson Browne. He worked with Tracey Ulman on her sitcom Tracey Takes On, as...
Dox first joined Gh in 2005, where he best known for designing those fancy Quartermaine homes and the sets for the beloved Nurses Ball. He won an Emmy for his work on the ABC sudser in 2011.
Before he joined the entertainment industry, Dox attended the Carnegie Institute of Technology (now known as Carnegie Mellon University) and served two years in the Army. He ended up teaching at his alma mater, but he was determined to move west and launch a design career in Tinseltown.
There wasn’t a genre Cox didn’t have a hand in. He designed touring shows for Elton John, The Beach Boys, Chicago, Earth, Wind & Fire and Jackson Browne. He worked with Tracey Ulman on her sitcom Tracey Takes On, as...
- 8/30/2023
- by Lynette Rice
- Deadline Film + TV
Tracey Ullman has lost her true partner in sketch comedy hilarity. Allan McKeown, the Emmy winner's producer husband of 30 years, died on Tuesday at their Los Angeles home. He was 67 and had battled prostate cancer, according to reports. McKeown, who hailed from England like his wife, cocreated her Emmy-winning HBO series Tracey Takes On... and her more recent Showtime series Tracey Ullman's State of the Union, both of which featured Ullman perfectly at home playing multiple characters. After training as a hairdresser with Vidal Sassoon in London and running his own salon, McKeown broke into TV production in the late 1960s, largely making commercials in his native Britain. He and...
- 12/27/2013
- E! Online
Netflix kicked off its big year of original programming with "House of Cards," a political drama that brought in the major movie talents of Kevin Spacey and David Fincher as a show of seriousness. But the streaming service's newest series (and by our vote its best to date) comes from a writer and producer whose first love has always been the small screen. Jenji Kohan has television in her blood -- her father Buz is an Emmy-winner who's written for everything from the Academy Awards to "The Carol Burnett Show" and her brother David co-created and produced "Will & Grace." After working as a writer and producer on "Tracey Takes On..." and "Gilmore Girls," Kohan created "Weeds," Showtime's lauded dramedy about a suburban housewife named Nancy Botwin (Mary-Louise Parker) who takes up marijuana dealing to support her family after her husband passes away. Piper Chapman (Taylor Schilling), the protagonist of Kohan's...
- 7/8/2013
- by Alison Willmore
- Indiewire
Tracey Ullman is getting down and dirty with camp auteur John Waters. The Emmy-winning Tracey Takes On star has signed as the lead in Waters' upcoming A Dirty Shame, with singer-actor Chris Isaak also set to join the cast. Johnny Knoxville, Selma Blair and Paul Giamatti are already attached to the project, about a working-class convenience store owner (Ullman) who suffers a concussion only to become a sex addict with wild urges. Isaak will play her husband, who is trying to restore order with his wife and daughter. The project is due to start shooting later this year in Baltimore.
- 8/22/2003
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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