Work : Begin Major Project 1964 (Began working on Gunsmoke)
Work : Gain social status 1967 (Became executive producer of Gunsmoke)
Death:Death by Disease 14 January 2003 (Age 82) chart Placidus Equal_H.
Canadian actor, writer, director and producer of television programs, most notably, the long-running"Gunsmoke." Mantley always wanted to work in show business like his parents and older sister. In school he started a dramaatic society. While a fighter pilot during WWII, he contacted his famous second cousin, Mary Pickford. From their correspondence, he wrote his first novel, "The 27th Day." After the war, he continued his education and began performing in the US on stage. Ever enterprising, he dealt in a heroin business and unlicensed barbershops during the early 1950s. He found his way to radio, working mainly as a producer. He produced the first foreign language television show in the US as well and continued his writing career, both scripts and another novel, "The Snow Birch." Perhaps his most famous undertaking was as producer of "Gunsmoke." He began his affiliation with the show as a free-lance script-writer and quickly became producer, an assignment that lasted for ten years. He and his wife had three children. Suffering from Alzheimers disease, Mantley died in Sherman Oaks, CA on January 14, 2003. Link to Wikipedia biography Read less
Mantley John was born on Sun Apr 25 1920 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) at Toronto , Canada.
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