Gerald Clifford Gardner (July 22, 1929 – October 11, 2020)[1] was an American author, scriptwriter, screenwriter, comics writer, story editor and producer who was active in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s.
[2][3] He wrote 22 episodes of The Monkees and 11 of Get Smart, including "The Amazing Harry Hoo", "Washington 4, Indians 3", and "Diplomat's Daughter" (featuring The Craw).
Gardner and Caruso co-wrote the Walt Disney motion picture The World's Greatest Athlete starring Jan-Michael Vincent and John Amos.
In 1963 he also wrote gags for the daily satirical comic strip Miss Caroline: The Little Girl in the Big White House by Frank B. Johnson (cartoonist), about the supposed daughter of the U.S. President.
Gardner died October 11, 2020, of lung cancer at the Motion Picture Home in Woodland Hills, California, aged 91.