Frank Tarloff


Screenwriter

About

Also Known As
Francis Tarloff
Birth Place
New York City, New York, USA
Born
February 04, 1916
Died
June 25, 1999

Biography

Frank Tarloff worked on a variety of projects during his entertainment career. Tarloff wrote screenplays for "Behave Yourself" (1951). at the beginning of his careerThen, he went on to write the Walter Matthau comedic adaptation "A Guide For the Married Man" (1967), the Yul Brynner thrilling adaptation "The Double Man" (1967) and the Paul Newman comedy "The Secret War of Harry Frig...

Family & Companions

Lee Tarloff
Wife
Survived him.

Bibliography

"The Lighter Side of the Hollywood Blacklist"
Frank Tarloff

Biography

Frank Tarloff worked on a variety of projects during his entertainment career. Tarloff wrote screenplays for "Behave Yourself" (1951). at the beginning of his careerThen, he went on to write the Walter Matthau comedic adaptation "A Guide For the Married Man" (1967), the Yul Brynner thrilling adaptation "The Double Man" (1967) and the Paul Newman comedy "The Secret War of Harry Frigg" (1968). He also appeared in "Maude" (CBS, 1972-78). Later in his career, Tarloff wrote "A Guide For the Married Woman" (ABC, 1978-79). Tarloff passed away in June 1999 at the age of 83.

Life Events

Videos

Movie Clip

Father Goose (1964) -- (Movie Clip) Open, Pass Me By Opening with an an original song by Cy Coleman and Caroline Leigh (which became a hit for Peggy Lee), a rough Cary Grant is introduced as the title character, then Jack Good and Trevor Howard as British officers evacuating Papua, New Guinea, ca. 1942, Ralph Nelson directing Father Goose, 1964, co-starring Leslie Caron.
Father Goose (1964) -- (Movie Clip) Thanks For Volunteering British officer Houghton (Trevor Howard), with aide Stebbins (Jack Good) tricking Papua, New Guinea American layabout Walter (Cary Grant, title character) into using his pilfered yacht to become a coast-watcher, observing the 1942 Japanese invasion, in Father Goose, 1964, co-starring Leslie Caron.
Father Goose (1964) -- (Movie Clip) If You're Waiting For The Big Finalè... Sent to a neighboring island seeking a fellow WWII shore-watcher, Cary Grant as booze-seeking Walter (title character) unexpectedly found a French teacher (Leslie Caron) and her charges, as he now explains to Cmdr. Houghton (Trevor Howard) his British overseer, in Father Goose, 1964.
Father Goose (1964) -- (Movie Clip) Make That One A Bunny Suit Accustomed to receiving clues for his hidden booze rations from the Brits (Trevor Howard) on the radio, WWII Pacific shore watcher Walter (Cary Grant) discovers his unwanted French schoolteacher lodger Catherine (Leslie Caron) has intervened, and has her own requests, in Father Goose, 1964.
Double Man, The (1967) -- (Movie Clip) You Are The Father Stern CIA man Slater (Yul Brynner) arriving, director Franklin Schaffner paying off the genuine Austrian Alpine location, for the funeral of his son killed in a purported ski accident, ex-spy turned schoolmaster Wheatly (Clive Revill) taking heat, early in The Double Man, 1967.
Double Man, The (1967) -- (Movie Clip) I Prefer To Ski Alone Semi-rogue CIA man Slater (Yul Brynner), re-tracing the steps of his teenage son probably-murdered in an Alpine ski accident, finds Gina (Britt Ekland), a girl he probably pursued, the Soviet spy guy (Anton Diffring) also on the tram, in Franklin Schaffner's The Double Man, 1967.

Family

Erik Tarloff
Son
Author. Survived him.

Companions

Lee Tarloff
Wife
Survived him.

Bibliography

"The Lighter Side of the Hollywood Blacklist"
Frank Tarloff