Al Simon
Al Simon (November 11, 1911 – May 18, 2000) was an American producer and production manager. Early life
Al Simon earned a degree in English literature at Columbia University in 1932, then earned a law degree from New York University. He wrote articles for Collier's and Cosmopolitan. He was publicity director of WHN radio in New York City, then served in the US Army in World War II. Career
Simon entered television in 1946, working on the This is Your Life television series and  The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show. He served as an executive producer in Mister Ed and  also producing television programs such as The Jack Benny Program, I Love Lucy, The Bob Cummings Show, I Married Joan,  and My Sister Eileen. In 1960 Simon became president of Filmways that made such shows as The Beverly Hillbillies,Petticoat Junction and Green Acres. Simon died in May 2000 of Alzheimer's disease at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Beverly Hills, California, at the age of 88. References

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1911 births
2000 deaths
People from New York (state)
Screenwriters from New York (state)
American male screenwriters
American television writers
American male television writers
American television producers
20th-century American male writers
Columbia University alumni
New York University alumni
Unit production managers