Larry Rhine (May 26, 1910 – October 27, 2000) was an American producer and screenwriter.

Early life

Rhine was born in San Francisco, California to Elias, a real estate broker and Ester, a homemaker. He had a sister, Loretta Rhine.^[3] Rhine attended the University of California, Berkeley where he received his Bachelor's degree in 1931.^[4]

Career

Rhine started his career as an announcer, writer and producer on KGB radio, working with Art Linkletter.^[4] In 1936 he moved on to work as a screenwriter for Universal and 20th Century Fox.^[5] He also wrote columns for the newspaper The Californian.^{[citation needed]}

In the 1940s and 1950s Rhine worked on radio programs including The Life of Riley, Private Secretary and Duffy's Tavern,^[6] among others.^[7]

In the 1960s to 1970s Rhine wrote episodes for television programs including Mister Ed, The Red Skelton Hour, Bachelor Father, The Tom Ewell Show and The Bob Hope Show.^[8][9] In 1963, he was nominated for a Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Writing Achievement in Comedy for his work on The Red Skelton Hour.^[10]

From 1975 to 1979 Rhine worked with Mel Tolkin as a writer on 35 episodes of All in the Family. In 1978, he was nominated for another Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series, sharing the nomination with Tolkin and screenwriter Erik Tarloff.^[11] Rhine and Tolkin also won a Humanitas Prize for the 30 Minute category.^[12]

In the 1980s Rhine and Tolkin wrote an episode for Archie Bunker's Place and created the short-lived television series Joe's World, which starred Ramon Bieri.^[13] Rhine retired in 1987.

Death

Rhine died in October 2000 of natural causes at his home in Los Angeles, California, at the age of 90.^[14][15][16]