Leonard B. Stern

Biography

Career Overview

Leonard B. Stern has 30 screen credits in a career dating back to 1950. Their work spans 2 cinematic universes — most prominently Get Smart Collection with 2 titles. Signature works include Target, The Nude Bomb, Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For

Writing

Gender

male

Known Credits

30

Birth Date

1923-12-23 00:00:00

Birth Place

New York City, New York, USA

Known For

• 

  Target
• 

  The Nude Bomb
• 

  Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion
• 

  Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town
• 

  Missing Pieces
• 

  Get Smart, Again!

Associated Universes

Universe traveler — spans 2 universes

• Get Smart Collection (2 titles)
• Ma and Pa Kettle Collection (2 titles)

Frequent Collaborators

• Don Adams (2 collaborations)
• Robert Karvelas (2 collaborations)
• Leon Belasco (2 collaborations)
• Bernie Kopell (2 collaborations)
• John de Lancie (2 collaborations)
• Gene Hackman (1 collaborations)
• Matt Dillon (1 collaborations)
• Gayle Hunnicutt (1 collaborations)
• Josef Sommer (1 collaborations)
• Guy Boyd (1 collaborations)

Credits

• actors (3 credits)

  • Rock Hudson: Dark and Handsome Stranger

    Himself

    actor

    actors
    2010
  • Get Smart

    Cesna Pilot

    actor

    actors
    2008
  • Today

    - Home Styles, Makeovers, (2008) ... Self actor actors
    1952

• writing (16 credits)

  • Missing Pieces

    writer

    writing
    1992
  • Get Smart, Again!

    screenplay

    writing
    1989
  • Target

    story

    writing
    1985
  • The Nude Bomb

    writer

    writing
    1980
  • Just You and Me, Kid

    screenplay

    writing
    1979
  • The Female Instinct

    story

    writing
    1972
  • Once Upon a Dead Man

    screenplay

    writing
    1971
  • Get Smart: A Man Called Smart

    writer

    writing
    1967
  • Get Smart

    - Schwartz's Island (1968) ... writer writing

    - Temporarily Out of CONTROL (1968) ... writer writing

    - The Farkas Fracas (1968) ... writer writing

    - With Love and Twitches (1968) ... writer writing

    - The Return of the Ancient Mariner (1968) ... writer writing
    1965
  • Three for the Show

    writer

    writing
    1955
  • The Jazz Singer

    screenplay

    writing
    1953
  • Lost in Alaska

    writer

    writing
    1952
  • Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair

    story

    writing
    1952
  • The Milkman

    screenplay

    writing
    1950
  • Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion

    screenplay

    writing
    1950
  • Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town

    screenplay

    writing
    1950

• directing (4 credits)

  • Missing Pieces

    director

    directing
    1992
  • Just You and Me, Kid

    director

    directing
    1979
  • The Female Instinct

    director

    directing
    1972
  • Once Upon a Dead Man

    director

    directing
    1971

• production (6 credits)

  • Rosetti and Ryan: Men Who Love Women

    executive producer

    production
    1977
  • Lanigan's Rabbi

    executive producer

    production
    1976
  • Brock's Last Case

    executive producer

    production
    1973
  • The Female Instinct

    executive producer

    production
    1972
  • Once Upon a Dead Man

    executive producer

    production
    1971
  • Get Smart

    producer

    production

    - I Am Curiously Yellow (1970) ... producer production

    - Do I Hear a Vaults? (1970) ... producer production

    - Hello, Columbus - Goodbye, America (1970) ... producer production

    - What's It All About, Algie? (1970) ... producer production

    - Smartacus (1970) ... producer production
    1965

• crew (1 credits)

  • Okinawa

    additional dialogue

    crew
    1952