Awards & Winners

Larry Tucker

Date of Birth 23-June-1934
Place of Birth Philadelphia
(Pennsylvania, United States of America, Area code 215, Area code 267, Area codes 215 and 267)
Nationality United States of America
Profession Film Producer, Screenwriter, Actor, Television Producer
Larry Tucker was an American film and television writer, producer, and occasional actor, who wrote the comedy Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice with Paul Mazursky. Tucker and Mazursky were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for their work on Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice. Tucker was from Philadelphia and began his career with humorist Mort Sahl at San Francisco's Hungry i club. After the Hungry i Tucker became a television writer, working on The Danny Kaye Show. Tucker acted in the films Advise and Consent and Angels Hard as They Come. Tucker and Mazursky were also responsible for the development and production of The Monkees eponymous television series and the 1968 romantic comedy I Love You, Alice B. Toklas!, which starred Peter Sellers. In the early 1980s Tucker was executive producer and one of the writers of the sitcom Jennifer Slept Here, Mr. Merlin, Teachers Only and Stir Crazy. Tucker died of complications from multiple sclerosis and cancer in 2001.

Awards by Larry Tucker

Check all the awards nominated and won by Larry Tucker.

1971


Nominations 1971 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
BAFTA Award for Best Screenplay Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice

1970


Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Comedy
Honored for : Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice

Nominations 1970 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Comedy Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice

1969


National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Screenplay
Honored for : Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice

Nominations 1969 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay I Love You, Alice B. Toklas
Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Screenplay Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
Writers Guild of America Award for Best Written Comedy I Love You, Alice B. Toklas

1966


Nominations 1966 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing Achievement In Variety The Danny Kaye Show

1964


Nominations 1964 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Golden Globe Award for Best New Star of the Year – Actor Shock Corridor
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing - Comedy Series The Danny Kaye Show