Born in Independence, MO, Henning attended same the high school that President Harry S. Truman graduated from in 1901. Truman once advised him to study to become a lawyer, and he graduated from the Kansas City School of Law in 1932. Father of actress Linda Henning (b. 1944), on whom he partially based the character of Elly May Clampett in "The Beverly Hillbillies" (1962). (Linda was the only actress who starred in "Petticoat Junction" for all of its seven seasons, 1964-1970.) Started out in radio in Kansas City, 1933-37; wrote for "Fibber McGee and Molly" (1937-1939), "The Joe E. Brown Show" (1939), "The Rudy Vallee Show" (1940-1941) and "The George Burns-Gracie Allen Show" (1942-1950). Moved with that show to television and wrote for "The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show" (1950-1958); he continued in the medium with "The Dennis Day Show" (1952), "The Ray Bolger Show" (1953), "The Real McCoys" (1957), "The Andy Griffith Show" (1961), "The Beverly Hillbillies" (also producer, 1962-1971) and "Petticoat Junction" (1963, also producer 1964-1970). He also produced "The Bob Cummings Show" ("Love That Bob" in re-runs, 1955-1959). In addition to LOVER COME BACK (1961), he has two other screenplays to his credit: BEDTIME STORY (1964) and DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS (w. Dale Launer & Stanley Shapiro, 1988). An excellent study of Henning and his work may be found in Paul Cullum's article at The Museum of Broadcast Communications.  Nominated for Writing (Best Story and Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen) 1961: LOVER COME BACK (w. Stanley Shapiro) 1 nomination