Philip Rapp (March 26, 1907 – January 23, 1996) was a film and television director and screenwriter. He wrote for Eddie Cantor and, for a brief period, wrote film scripts for Danny Kaye. Rapp is perhaps best known as the creator of Baby Snooks and The Bickersons. He died on January 23, 1996, in Beverly Hills, California.

Rapp was a writer, director, and producer, and he directed a popular long-running radio series called The Battling Bickersons. He also introduced the Baby Snooks character for Fanny Brice of the Ziegfeld Follies.

Philip Rapp

Topper (1953) is also directed by Rapp.

Philip Rapp

Selected filmography

Director

Star Time (1950–1951) Topper (1 episode, 1954) The Adventures of Hiram Holliday (8 episodes, 1956–1959)

Philip Rapp

Producer

The Adventures of Hiram Holliday (9 episodes, 1956–1959)

Writer

Strike Me Pink (1936) Start Cheering (1938) Wonder Man (1945) Ziegfeld Follies (1946) The Inspector General (1949) Topper (19 episodes, 1954–1955) The Adventures of Hiram Holliday (8 episodes, 1956–1959) Wild and Wonderful (1964) My Favorite Martian (1 episode, 1965)

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1907 births

1996 deaths

American male screenwriters

American television directors

American television producers

Place of birth missing

20th-century American businesspeople

20th-century American male writers

20th-century American screenwriters