He was best known for his work on Amos and Andy, Meet Mr. McNutley, Leave It To Beaver, Ichabod and Me, Bringing Up Buddy, and The Munsters, along with his co-writer Joe Connelly who is buried in Culver City's Holy Cross Cemetery.
Allardice is best known for his collaborations with writing partner Tom Adair on a number of highly successful American 1960s TV sitcoms including The Munsters, F Troop, My Three Sons, Gomer Pyle, USMC and Hogan's Heroes.
The Dandy version was a very "safe" version of Hammer Horror clichés, similar to Number 13 in The Beano or the US TV series The Munsters.
Grant played the same character, Marianne Marie Beetle, in the short-lived show Wonderfalls and Pushing Daisies, both created by Bryan Fuller, and portrays the similarly named "Marie" in Mockingbird Lane, Fuller's re-imagining of The Munsters.
They contributed two tracks to the influential Marty Thau Presents 2x5 compilation and their debut album, the self-titled Comateens, (1980) featured the band's bizarrely original compositions alongside covers of "Summer in the City" (The Lovin' Spoonful), "TVC 15" (David Bowie), and the theme song from TV's The Munsters.
Herman Munster, 5th Earl of Shroudshire, is a fictional character in the CBS sitcom The Munsters, originally played by Fred Gwynne.
Throughout his career, he occasionally acted in television shows, making guest appearances on Batman(episode 3), Leave It to Beaver and The Munsters.
Stone was married to former actress Beverley Owen, who was best remembered as the original 'Marilyn' on The Munsters first 13-episode 1964 season.
Among the many characters she dubbed for, the most recognizable are "Dorothy Gale" in The Wizard of Oz, "Eddie Munster" in The Munsters, and "Wednesday Addams" and "Pugsley Addams" in The Addams Family.
Other TV appearances include Gunsmoke, Daniel Boone, The Twilight Zone, The Munsters, The Odd Couple, Kojak, Quincy, M.E. and Law & Order.
Free shows on Sundays included such entertainers as Amos 'n' Andy, Bobby Vinton, and characters from TV's Gunsmoke and the Munsters.
Grandpa Fred, a character in Gremlins 2: The New Batch, portrayed by Robert Prosky, a parody of the Grandpa character in The Munsters.