death_date death_place birth_place nationality name birth_date image article_title birth_name occupation
9 august 1929 los angeles athens , pennsylvania american h. c. witwer 11 march 1890 hc witwer newspaper.jpg h. c. witwer
 harry charles witwer short story author screenwriter cartoonist
h. c. witwer

harry charles witwer -lrb- march 11 , 1890 -- august 9 , 1929 -rrb- , more commonly known as h. c. witwer , was an american short-story author .
some 60 comedy film shorts were based on his works , most from the mid-1920s to 1930 , the year after witwer 's death .
