SANTA FE, N.M., Dec. 2 (UPI) -- Comedy and screenwriter Edmund L. Hartmann died at his home in Santa Fe, N.M. He was 92.
Hartmann died Friday, Zap2it.com reported Tuesday.
He wrote many of the jokes used by comedians such as Bob Hope, Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, the Three Stooges, Lucille Ball and Abbot and Costello.
During his 60-year career he worked in films and television and he once said that comedy writing is either something a person can do or they can't, but that it cannot be taught.
He wrote the screenplays for 1950s movies including: "Fancy Pants," "The Lemon Drop Kid" -- both starring Bob Hope -- and "The Caddy" for Martin and Lewis.
On television he wrote for "My Three Sons," "Family Affair" and "The Eve Arden Show."
He won the Writers Guild of America's Morgan Cox award in 1985 and the Golden Chili lifetime achievement award in 1999 from the Santa Fe Film Critics Circle, Zap2it said.
