Awards & Winners

Hal Kanter

Date of Birth 18-December-1918
Place of Birth Savannah
(Georgia, United States of America, Chatham County, Area code 912)
Nationality United States of America
Profession Screenwriter, Film Producer, Film director, Television Producer, Television Director
Hal Kanter was a writer, producer and director, principally for comedy actors such as Bob Hope, Jerry Lewis, and Elvis Presley, for both feature films and television. Kanter helped Tennessee Williams turn the play by Williams into the film version of The Rose Tattoo. Since 1991, he was regularly credited as a writer for the Academy Award broadcasts. Kanter was also the creator and executive producer of the television series Julia Kanter was famous for saying, "Radio is theater of the mind; TV is theater of the mindless." Kanter started his career peddling jokes to Eddie Cantor for his radio program. Kanter recalls, "I'd listen to his show and say, 'I can write jokes as funny as that,' so I walked from my rooming house to his show, and told the guard, 'Mr. Kanter is here to see Mr. Cantor, figuring he'd see me because of our names, although his real name was Iskowitch. I was seventeen years old and had the nerve of a burglar." Although Kanter was not hired by Cantor, one of his writers, Hugh Wedlock, Jr., paid Kanter $10 per week to write jokes. Wedlock would then resell Kanter's jokes to Cantor. Kanter stated, "So I became a ghostwriter to a ghostwriter."

Awards by Hal Kanter

Check all the awards nominated and won by Hal Kanter.

2004


Nominations 2004 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
WGA Award for Best Comedy/Variety - Music, Awards, Tributes - Specials - Television The 75th Annual Academy Awards

1992


Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing - Variety Series
Honored for : The Academy Awards
(The 64th Annual Academy Awards)

Nominations 1992 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing - Variety Series The Academy Awards
The 64th Annual Academy Awards

1991


Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing - Variety Series
Honored for : The Academy Awards
(The 63rd Annual Academy Awards)

Nominations 1991 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing - Variety Series The Academy Awards
The 63rd Annual Academy Awards

1976


Nominations 1976 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series All in the Family
Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy All in the Family

1969


Nominations 1969 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series Julia

1962


Nominations 1962 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Writers Guild of America Award for Best Written Musical Blue Hawaii

1961


Nominations 1961 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Writers Guild of America Award for Best Written Musical Let's Make Love

1956


Nominations 1956 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Best Producer - Live Series The George Gobel Show
Primetime Emmy Award for Best Writing In Comedy The George Gobel Show

1955


Primetime Emmy Award for Best Written Comedy Material
Honored for : The George Gobel Show

Nominations 1955 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Best Written Comedy Material The George Gobel Show