John Tackaberry (1912-10-09 – 1969-06-24) was a
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writer for the
The Jack Benny Show.
He was born in
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and grew up in Oonadata, a small railroad stop in the Simpson Desert in the Australian State of South Australia. His father, a graduate of Tulane University Medical School in New Orleans, Louisiana, was, by birth, an East Texan and his mother, Myrtle Amelia Stace Tackaberry was born and raised in Palmerston North, New Zealand.
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John Tackaberry (1912-10-09 – 1969-06-24) was a
radioRadio is the transmission of signals by modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible light. Electromagnetic radiation travels by means of oscillating electromagnetic fields that pass through the air and the vacuum of space...
writer for the
The Jack Benny Show.
He was born in
AdelaideAdelaide is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of South Australia, and is the fifth-largest city in Australia, with a population of more than 1.1 million. It is a coastal city situated on the eastern shores of Gulf St. Vincent, on the Adelaide Plains, north of the Fleurieu...
,
AustraliaAustralia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the continental mainland , the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans...
and grew up in Oonadata, a small railroad stop in the Simpson Desert in the Australian State of South Australia. His father, a graduate of Tulane University Medical School in New Orleans, Louisiana, was, by birth, an East Texan and his mother, Myrtle Amelia Stace Tackaberry was born and raised in Palmerston North, New Zealand. His father was the doctor for the Ghan Railroad which, at the time, ran from Adelaide to Alice Springs, Australia. In 1920 he moved with his parents to Houston, Texas USA, his father's birth state. He grew to manhood in Houston and was briefly a student at the University of Texas Law School. However, due to the financial considerations of The Great Depression, he dropped out of school and went to work in the Texas oil fields. About 1943 he was in Los Angeles writing briefly for Horace Heidt, Jack Carson and eventually landed a plum job with the Jack Benny radio show which, at the time, was the number one show on the air. He wrote for Benny from about 1944 until approx 1958. In 1946 he wrote the lyrics for a song called Pickle In The Middle With The Mustard On Top. This song was written as part of a comedy routine on the Benny show. However, it became number one in the country for two weeks.
John Tackaberry died at St. Joseph's Hospital in Burbank, California and is buried at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Glendale, California.
He was married twice. The first time for seventeen years to Ellen Terry Newman Tackaberry (deceased 1997) and the second time to Elizabeth Tackaberry (diceased 2004). He is the father of two children, Stace Tackaberry and Terry Louise Tackaberry Norton (deceased 2008).
He is also credited on the TV series
Shower of Stars (1954) and
Ford Star Jubilee (1955).