Jack Douglas (July 17, 1908 – January 31, 1989) was an American comedy writer who wrote for radio (including Red Skelton and Bob Hope) and television (including Skelton, Hope, Jimmy Durante, Bing Crosby, Woody Allen, Ozzie and Harriet, Jack Paar, George Gobel, and Laugh-in), and regularly appeared on television programs with Merv Griffin and Jack Paar. By 1959, his celebrity enabled him to mass-market a book called My Brother Was an Only Child, which became a best-seller. He won an Emmy in 1954 for best-written comedy material. He died of complications from pneumonia in 1989, at age 80.
