Edmund Beloin


Edmund Beloin was an American writer of radio, film, and television.

Career

Beloin was a medical student at New York University when he changed career paths and became a writer in 1931.
He and Bill Morrow were signed to The Jack Benny Program for the 1936-1937 season and remained for seven years. He created the character of Mr. Billingsley, Benny's zany, oft-hungover boarder who frequently made nonsequiturs. Beloin liked the character so much that he played the role.
He left radio for films around June 1943. He had tried to join the Army but was rejected on medical grounds.

Works

He worked with Henry Garson for much of his career.
He wrote the films All in a Night's Work, G.I. Blues, Visit to a Small Planet, Don't Give Up the Ship, Paris Holiday, The Sad Sack, My Favorite Spy, The Great Lover, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, and Road to Rio. He and Henry Garson were nominated for a Writers Guild of America Award for best written musical for G.I. Blues.
Beloin wrote for the television shows My Three Sons, Family Affair, The Lucy Show, and Mayberry R.F.D.
Beloin and Garson wrote the Broadway play In Any Language which was performed in fall 1952. It received negative reviews and closed after 45 performances. The television adaptation on Broadway Television Theatre, however, met warmer reception. It also aired as an episode of The Chrysler Theatre.

Death

Beloin died of heart failure in Pompano Beach, Florida on May 26, 1992. He was survived by a wife, Lynn, and a son, John.

Filmography

Film

Television