John Tackaberry (October 9, 1912 – June 24, 1969) was a radio writer for The Jack Benny Show.
His father, Arthur Lee Tackaberry, a graduate of Tulane University School of Medicine in New Orleans, Louisiana, was, by birth, an East Texan and his mother, Myrtle Amelia Tackaberry (née Stace) 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 and sister to Houston, Texas USA, his father's birth state.
However, due to the financial considerations of The Great Depression, he dropped out of school and went to work in the Texas oil fields.