Dee Caruso

In the 1970s, Caruso started screenwriting for feature films and the occasional television film.

His main credits in the field were the WorldWar II-themed war comedy "Which Way to the Front?" (1970), the sports comedy "The World's Greatest Athlete" (1973), and the prison comedy "Doin' Time" (1985). Caruso later became a teacher of comedy and screenwriting. He served for a decade as a comedy teacher for the UCLA Extension Writers' Program, and for two decades as a screenwriting professor at the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television.

He co-scripted the episode "The Producer" (1966) for Gilligan's Island.

He served as one of the head writers for Get Smart (1965-1970), co-scripted 22 episodes of "The Monkees" (1966-1968), and served as writer for many other shows.

Dee Caruso was a successful screenwriter for film and television. He often co-worked with fellow screenwriter Gerald Gardner, since their time as the head writers for the comedy series "Get Smart". Caruso started his career as a writer for nightclub comedy acts. He wrote material for the comedians Don Adams, Marty Allen, and Marty Allen. In the 1960s, he became a screenwriter for television comedy series.