Film Director, Screenwriter, Animator. Born Francis Fredrick von Taschlein (his father was German), he quit school at 13, drifting from job to job before entering films in 1930 as a cartoonist on the "Aesop's Film Fables" series. In 1932, Tashlin joined the Warner Bros. cartoons studio as an animator. He used his free time to start his own comic strip "Van Boring" in 1934, which ran in a string of newspapers for four years. In the mid-1940s, he abandoned animation for a career as a screenwriter for films starring Bob Hope ("The Paleface", 1948), Red Skelton ("The Fuller Brush Man", 1949) and The Marx Brothers ("Love Happy", 1949). Turning director in the early 1950s, Tashlin naturally worked in comedy. Beginning with "Son of Paleface" in 1952, he had a string of commercial successes, among them: "Artists and Models" (1955), "Hollywood or Bust" (1956, both with Martin and Lewis), "The Girl Can't Help It" (1956), "Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?" (1957, both with Jayne Mansfield) and four of Jerry Lewis early solo films ("The Geisha Boy", 1958, etc.). Many of these films have attained cult status. His films of the 1960s include "The Man from the Diner's Club" (1963, with Danny Kaye), "The Alphabet Murders" (1965), "The Glass Bottom Boat" (1966, with Doris Day) and "The Private Navy of Sgt. O'Farrell" (1968, with Bob Hope). He died at Mt. Sinai Hospital after being stricken with a coronary three days before in his Beverly Hills home.
Film Director, Screenwriter, Animator. Born Francis Fredrick von Taschlein (his father was German), he quit school at 13, drifting from job to job before entering films in 1930 as a cartoonist on the "Aesop's Film Fables" series. In 1932, Tashlin joined the Warner Bros. cartoons studio as an animator. He used his free time to start his own comic strip "Van Boring" in 1934, which ran in a string of newspapers for four years. In the mid-1940s, he abandoned animation for a career as a screenwriter for films starring Bob Hope ("The Paleface", 1948), Red Skelton ("The Fuller Brush Man", 1949) and The Marx Brothers ("Love Happy", 1949). Turning director in the early 1950s, Tashlin naturally worked in comedy. Beginning with "Son of Paleface" in 1952, he had a string of commercial successes, among them: "Artists and Models" (1955), "Hollywood or Bust" (1956, both with Martin and Lewis), "The Girl Can't Help It" (1956), "Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?" (1957, both with Jayne Mansfield) and four of Jerry Lewis early solo films ("The Geisha Boy", 1958, etc.). Many of these films have attained cult status. His films of the 1960s include "The Man from the Diner's Club" (1963, with Danny Kaye), "The Alphabet Murders" (1965), "The Glass Bottom Boat" (1966, with Doris Day) and "The Private Navy of Sgt. O'Farrell" (1968, with Bob Hope). He died at Mt. Sinai Hospital after being stricken with a coronary three days before in his Beverly Hills home.
Bio by: Fritz Tauber
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