Kevin Curran

Television comedy writer Kevin Curran won six Emmys from 20 nominations in a career which encompassed "Late Night with David Letterman" (NBC, 1982-1993), "Married with Children" (Fox, 1987-1997) and "The Simpsons" (Fox, 1989-). Born in Hartford, CT in 1957, Curran honed his writing skills while serving as editor of the Harvard Lampoon at Harvard University, and after graduating to the National Lampoon he landed a writer job on "Late Night with David Letterman" (NBC, 1982-1993). Curran wrote the first of the host's famous Top Ten Lists and picked up three Emmys during his five-year stint on the show before moving into sitcom territory on "Married with Children" (Fox, 1987-1997). Alongside his duties as a writer and supervising producer, Curran also gained his first and only acting credit as the wisecracking voice behind the Bundy family dog Buck. Curran then added show creator to his list of talents with family sitcom "The Good Life" (NBC, 1994) and baseball comedy "Hardball" (Fox, 1994), both of which were canceled after just one season. In 1997 Curran joined the behind-the-scenes team on hit sitcom "Unhappily Ever After" (The WB, 1995-99), serving as consultant, executive producer and writer for the final two years of the show's run. Curran also adopted these same roles following his appointment to the staff of "The Simpsons" (Fox, 1989-) in 2001, going on to receive a further three Emmy Awards during a 15-year stint in which he worked on over 300 episodes. After a lengthy battle with cancer, Curran died from the illness at his home in Los Angeles in 2016 aged 59.