Terry Ryan; Comedy Writer for TV, Radio Won Two Emmys

Terry Ryan, 78, Emmy-winning radio and television comedy writer, died Saturday in New York City of congestive heart failure.

Initially a writer for the Fred Allen radio show in the late 1940s, Ryan moved easily into television, working on “The Phil Silvers Show.” During his tenure on that series, from 1954 to 1959, he earned two Emmys. He was nominated for a third in 1962 for his comedic writing on the series “Car 54, Where Are You?”

Ryan also wrote for the TV series “Love, American Style,” “The Betty Hutton Show,” “The Ann Sothern Show” and “The Sid Caesar Show.”