Stan Burns (September 4, 1923 - November 5,[1] 2002) was an American screenwriter.
[2] Burns wrote for television programs including The Steve Allen Show,[3] The Tonight Show, Get Smart,[4] The Carol Burnett Show, F Troop, Gilligan's Island and The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour.
[2][5] Burns won and was nominated for five Primetime Emmy Awards between 1959 and 1973, winning in 1972 for work on The Carol Burnett Show.
[6] He died in November 2002 of heart failure at the Motion Picture & Television Fund cottages in Woodland Hills, California, at the age of 79.
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