Ernie Frankel: From Chapel Hill to Hollywood

Video by: Colleen Brown


 

Ernie Frankel has been a storyteller since his school days at UNC Chapel Hill. After serving in the Marines during WWII, he moved out west to Los Angeles and began his career as a screenwriter and producer in Hollywood. He made his name in writing legal and crime dramas such as Perry Mason and Mod Squad.

Colleen Brown

Colleen Brown is a senior at the University of North Carolina at Chapel, majoring in broadcast journalism with a minor in creative writing. She is from Raleigh, NC, and has interned with Buchanan Public Relations in Philadelphia. Colleen hopes to work as an in-house broadcaster for a professional sports team.

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  1. My husband was a good friend of his. My husband was the director of Kukla Fran and Ollie. Ernie did wonderful work in television. His recent book is “Gateway to Everywhere”
    Blessings to him on 96!