Sam Denoff Biography

Fast Facts

• Was nominated for a Writers Guild of America Award for Episodic Comedy for "The Dick Van Dyke Show" in 1965
• Attended Adelphi College, but left early to pursue his songwriting career
• Began his television writing career with Bill Persky on "The Steve Allen Show" in the early 1960s
• Originally wanted to be a songwriter and began his career by writing jingles for WNEW's William B․ Williams with Bill Persky
• Often collaborated with writer Bill Persky on projects including "The Dick Van Dyke Show" and "That Girl," the latter of which they created together
• Best known as a writer and producer on "The Dick Van Dyke Show" and as the creator and executive producer of "That Girl․"
• Among other television songwriting credits, he wrote the lyrics for the "That Girl" theme song
• Wrote some of the most memorable episodes of "The Dick Van Dyke Show" with Bill Persky, including "That's My Boy??," "Bupkis," and "Coast-to-Coast Big Mouth․"
• Wrote the song "Let's Keep the Dodgers in Brooklyn" with Bill Persky and Roy Ross in 1957