A former attorney and professional singer, James V. Kern started out as a screenwriter and eventually turned to directing. His directorial output consisted of mostly routine "B" pictures, but he found his niche in television, where he directed hundreds of series episodes; he was one of the house directors on "I Love Lucy" (1951) and "My Three Sons" (1960).
Director, singer, director and songwriter ("Easy Street"), educated at the Fordham Law School. He sang with the George Olsen Trio, and appeared with the Olsen orchestra in "Good News." He wrote for The Yacht Club Boys between 1928 and 1939, then he became first a film screenwriter and then a director. Joining ASCAP in 1955, his other popular-song compositions include "Lover, Lover," "Little Red Fox," and "Shut the Door."
