Real name: Lawrence Wolcott Markes

A comedian, singer and screenwriter (September 24, 1921 – May 19, 1999). He provided jokes, sketches, songs and screenplays during a career that lasted more than 50 years. Markes was born in Brooklyn, New York, and decided at an early age to become a writer. He started setting lyrics to the melody of another young songwriter, Dick Charles (2).

After moving to Los Angeles, California in the 1960s, he turned to screenwriting. Markes died in Los Angeles in May 1999, at the age of 77.