About

Known credits:
29
Birthday:
1909-09-22
Place of birth:
New York City, New York, USA
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James V. Kern

Overview

James V. Kern (September 22, 1909, New York City, New York – November 9, 1966, Encino, California) was an American singer, songwriter, screenwriter, actor, and director.

Educated at the Fordham Law School, Kern worked for a while as an attorney. He sang with the George Olsen Trio, and appeared with the Olsen orchestra in the musical Good News. From 1927 to 1939, he sang with and wrote for the Yacht Club Boys quartet, with whom he appeared in several motion pictures.

He became a screenwriter and later a director. In film, he directed mainly "B" pictures, but after he moved to television, he directed hundreds of series episodes. He was one of the house directors on I Love Lucy in the 1950s. He directed My Three Sons for most of two seasons in the 1960s. When he died suddenly of a heart attack at age 57, several episodes of the show remained only partially completed for the 1966/67 season, so director James Sheldon was brought in by series producers to round out the season.

He joined ASCAP in 1955. His popular-song compositions include "Easy Street," "Lover, Lover," "Little Red Fox," and "Shut the Door."

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Known for

Acting
1937 Thrill of a Lifetime Actor Jimmie 59
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1937 Artists & Models Actor Yacht Club Boys Member N/A
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1936 Pigskin Parade Actor The Yacht Club Boys 59
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1936 The Singing Kid Actor The Yacht Club Boys Member 59
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Directing
1960 Jack Benny Christmas Show Directing Director N/A
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1957 Jack Benny Christmas Shopping Show Directing Director N/A
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1956 Lum and Abner Abroad Directing Director N/A
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1951 Two Tickets to Broadway Directing Director 58
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1950 The Second Woman Directing Director 58
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1948 April Showers Directing Director 59
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1947 Stallion Road Directing Director 58
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1946 Never Say Goodbye Directing Director 59
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1946 Movieland Magic Directing Director N/A
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1944 The Doughgirls Directing Director 59
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Writing
1946 Never Say Goodbye Writing Screenplay 59
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1946 Her Kind of Man Writing Original Story 59
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1945 The Horn Blows at Midnight Writing Screenplay 59
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1944 The Doughgirls Writing Screenplay 59
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1944 Shine on Harvest Moon Writing Screenplay 59
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1943 Thank Your Lucky Stars Writing Screenplay 59
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1941 Playmates Writing Screenplay 58
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1941 Look Who's Laughing Writing Screenplay 59
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1941 Look Who's Laughing Writing Story 59
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1940 You'll Find Out Writing Screenplay 58
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1940 You'll Find Out Writing Story 58
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1940 If I Had My Way Writing Story 59
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1939 That's Right – You're Wrong Writing Screenplay 59
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1939 East Side of Heaven Writing Writer 59
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Production
1956 Lum and Abner Abroad Production Producer N/A
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