Kenneth Englund; Veteran Film and TV Writer

Kenneth Englund, 78, film and television writer and former president of the Writers Guild of America West. Englund started as a magazine writer, then wrote vaudeville routines, radio comedy shows and Broadway musicals before moving to Hollywood in 1937 to work for Paramount. His films included “Artists and Models Abroad,” “No, No, Nanette,” “Springtime in the Rockies,” “Sweet Rosie O’Grady” and “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty.” For television, Englund scripted Dr. Joyce Brothers’ series and episodes of “The Jackie Gleason Show,” “The Loretta Young Show,” “My Three Sons,” “Bewitched” and “That Girl.” His books included “Tour D’Amour” and “Larks in a Casserole.” On Tuesday in Woodland Hills.