Frank Tarloff

Frank Tarloff February 4 1916 June 25 1999 wrote nine episodes of The Andy Griffith Show under the pseudonym of David Adler He worked under a false name as a result of being blacklisted after his testimony for the House UnAmerican Activities Committee He also wrote episodes of the TV series I Married Joan The Real McCoys The Donna Reed Show The Dick Van Dyke Show and The Jeffersons His film screenplays include Father Goose for which he won the Academy Award for Best Screenplay and A Guide for the Married Man