Stu Silver, the screenplay writer for the 1987 comedy Throw Momma From The Train, died July 18 in Rochester, NY from complications of prostate cancer. He was 76, his son said.
Born in Los Angeles in 1947, he moved with his adopted family to Rochester at a young age. He later went to New York City to pursue an acting career in theater, with his most notable credit “Dance With Me” on Broadway.
While acting, he was also writing, and that led to a gig with the sitcom “Soap” starting in 1978 and running through 1981.
“Throw Momma From The Train” was inspired by Alfred Hitchcock’s “Strangers on a Train,” in which two people try to solve each other’s problems by murdering a target for each other.
The film was Danny DeVito’s directorial debut, It was a box office success, and was nominated for several acting awards.
Silver’s other credits in acting...
Born in Los Angeles in 1947, he moved with his adopted family to Rochester at a young age. He later went to New York City to pursue an acting career in theater, with his most notable credit “Dance With Me” on Broadway.
While acting, he was also writing, and that led to a gig with the sitcom “Soap” starting in 1978 and running through 1981.
“Throw Momma From The Train” was inspired by Alfred Hitchcock’s “Strangers on a Train,” in which two people try to solve each other’s problems by murdering a target for each other.
The film was Danny DeVito’s directorial debut, It was a box office success, and was nominated for several acting awards.
Silver’s other credits in acting...
- 7/27/2023
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Stu Silver, the writer and producer who created the 1980s sitcoms Webster and It’s a Living and penned the screenplay for the 1987 Billy Crystal-Danny DeVito dark comedy Throw Momma From the Train, has died. He was 76.
Silver died July 18 at Highland Hospital in Rochester, New York, of complications from prostate cancer, his son, Dan Silver, announced.
Silver also was a writer on the ABC sitcom Soap, also featuring Crystal, during its last three seasons (1978-81), and he worked on other comedies including the spinoff Benson, Bosom Buddies, Star of the Family, The New Odd Couple, Brothers and Good Grief.
He shared an Emmy nomination for outstanding comedy series for his work on Soap in 1981.
Silver, who was adopted, created Webster, which starred Emmanuel Lewis as the adopted son of characters played by real-life husband and wife Alex Karras and Susan Clark. The Chicago-set series ran for six seasons...
Silver died July 18 at Highland Hospital in Rochester, New York, of complications from prostate cancer, his son, Dan Silver, announced.
Silver also was a writer on the ABC sitcom Soap, also featuring Crystal, during its last three seasons (1978-81), and he worked on other comedies including the spinoff Benson, Bosom Buddies, Star of the Family, The New Odd Couple, Brothers and Good Grief.
He shared an Emmy nomination for outstanding comedy series for his work on Soap in 1981.
Silver, who was adopted, created Webster, which starred Emmanuel Lewis as the adopted son of characters played by real-life husband and wife Alex Karras and Susan Clark. The Chicago-set series ran for six seasons...
- 7/26/2023
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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