Frank Tarloff (February 4, 1916 - June 25, 1999) wrote nine episodes of The Andy Griffith Show under the pseudonym of David Adler. He worked under a false name as a result of being blacklisted after his testimony for the House Un-American Activities Committee. He also wrote episodes of the TV series "I Married Joan", "The Real McCoys", "The Donna Reed Show", "The Dick Van Dyke Show" and "The Jeffersons". His film screenplays include Father Goose (for which he won the Academy Award for Best Screenplay) and A Guide for the Married Man.
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Biography from TMDB.
- February 4, 1916
- June 25, 1999 (aged 83)
- Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
- Writer, also producer
- 10 on MovieCove · 12 credits in all
What are Frank Tarloff's films like?
Across their 8 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 3 · Earnest 4
Light 5 · Serious 1 · Dark 1
Grounded 5 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 0
Gentle 5 · Charged 2 · Intense 0
A split, not a type: Steady 3 · Shifting 4 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 1 · Some laughs 3 · Funny 3
Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 4 · Relentless 0
Casual 5 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 6 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 0
Resolved 6 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy6
- Bittersweet1
- Ambiguous1
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Frank Tarloff's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 4 of their 10 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Frank Tarloff's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
12 credits, 10 with a MovieCove page.
Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films
Maude(1972)
Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all shows
Shirley's World (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)
Make Room for Granddaddy(1970)
Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films
The Double Man(1967)
Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films
Father Goose(1964)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
The Andy Griffith Show(1960)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows
Behave Yourself! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)
Campus Rhythm(1943)
Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films
Career shape
A full career of 10 titles from 1951 to 1978.
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
How do Frank Tarloff's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 39th percentile, the median of all 7; across their 7 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 47th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up2
- 50th to 74th3
- 25th to 49th1
- Below 25th4
Shape of the crowd
4 of their 10 titles are Mixed.
- Universally Loved2
- Crowd Pleaser3
- Broadly Agreed1
- Mixed4
Reviewers score the dialogue 51/100 and the plot and story 41/100 in their films, across 7 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a writer.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Frank Tarloff work with?
People who share at least 2 of Frank Tarloff's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Hy Averback shares the most, 2.
Directors
- Hy AverbackShared titles: A Guide for the Married Woman (1978), Make Room for Granddaddy (1970)See all 2 shared titles with Hy Averback
Writers
- Peter StoneShared titles: The Secret War of Harry Frigg (1968), Father Goose (1964)See all 2 shared titles with Peter Stone
Producers
- Hal E. ChesterShared titles: The Secret War of Harry Frigg (1968), The Double Man (1967)See all 2 shared titles with Hal E. Chester