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ACT I
1930 - 1951 GETTING READY 1949 - 1951 Royal Academy of Dramatic Art: ACT II 1954 - 1979 SHOWBIZ 1954 Member of the Compass, Americas' first Improvisational Theater: Chicago: 1956 Created my own Improvisational Theater "The Compass Players and then a monthly Repertory Theater, The Crystal Palace Theater, both in St Louis: 1959 Wrote the book for and directed a cool Jazz musical "The Nervous Set," on Broadway: 1960 Opened New York's first and most successful Improvisational Theater, "The Premise." Political and social satire. Big hit. Ran four years. New York · Washington DC · London 1963 Wrote (with Buck Henry) and directed my First Film; "The Troublemaker." The Big Hit at the Venice Film Festival. This I have to quote. "The Troublemaker is a combination of Voltaire, Brecht and the Marx Brothers." From a French Critic who probably felt the same way about Jerry Lewis. 1964 Hello, Hollywood! 1967 Wrote and Directed "The President's Analyst." A huge hit! I was elevated to Hollywood's "A List" 1969 Disaster! J. Edgar Hoover had "The President's Analyst" removed from the Theaters. 1969 Off the "A List" 1969-1974 Siberia A bunch of not so terrific TV & Movies. Five interminable years. Created the "Barney Miller" Television series. Wrote and directed the Pilot. 1975 "Barney Miller" was a hit. Getaway money 1979 Goodbye, Hollywood ! ACT III |