Dan McGrath

Dan McGrath

Crew Information Gender: Male ♂ Job: Writer Consulting producer Story editor Birth date: July 20, 1964 Death date: November 14, 2025 (aged 61) Status: Deceased Number of episodes: 70 Seasons active: Season 4 - 6, 8 - 9 First episode: "Treehouse of Horror III" Most recent episode: "Lisa the Simpson" First album: Songs in the Key of Springfield Latest album: Go Simpsonic with The Simpsons

Daniel Anthony McGrath (July 20, 1964 - November 14, 2025) was an American television writer, educator and stage director. He served as a writer, story editor, executive story consultant and consulting producer for The Simpsons. He also worked for King of the Hill.

Awards

Award Year Episode Result Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program 1997 "Homer's Phobia" Won

Credits

Written by

• THOH – "Treehouse of Horror IV" (The Devil and Homer Simpson; as Disfigured Dan McGrath)

• Episode – "Boy-Scoutz 'n the Hood"

• Episode – "Bart of Darkness"

• THOH – "Treehouse of Horror V" (Time and Punishment; as Dearly Departed Dan McGrath)

Story editor

THOH – "Treehouse of Horror III" (as Disagreeable Dan McGrath) Episode – "Marge Gets a Job" Episode – "New Kid on the Block" Episode – "Mr. Plow" Episode – "Lisa's First Word" Episode – "Homer's Triple Bypass" Episode – "Marge vs. the Monorail" Episode – "Selma's Choice" Episode – "Brother from the Same Planet" Episode – "I Love Lisa" Episode – "Duffless" Episode – "Last Exit to Springfield" Episode – "So It's Come to This: A Simpsons Clip Show" Episode – "The Front" Episode – "Whacking Day" Episode – "Marge in Chains" Episode – "Krusty Gets Kancelled" Episode – "Homer's Barbershop Quartet" Episode – "Cape Feare" Episode – "Homer Goes to College" Episode – "Rosebud" THOH – "Treehouse of Horror IV" (as Decapitated Dan McGrath) Episode – "Marge on the Lam" Episode – "Bart's Inner Child" Episode – "Boy-Scoutz 'n the Hood" Episode – "The Last Temptation of Homer" Episode – "$pringfield (Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling)" Episode – "Homer the Vigilante" Episode – "Bart Gets Famous" Episode – "Homer and Apu" Episode – "Lisa vs. Malibu Stacy" Episode – "Deep Space Homer" Episode – "Homer Loves Flanders" Episode – "Bart Gets an Elephant" Episode – "Burns' Heir" Episode – "Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadasssss Song" Episode – "The Boy Who Knew Too Much" Episode – "Lady Bouvier's Lover" Episode – "Secrets of a Successful Marriage" Episode – "Bart of Darkness" Episode – "Lisa's Rival"

Executive story consultant

• Episode – "Another Simpsons Clip Show"
• Episode – "Itchy & Scratchy Land"
• Episode – "Sideshow Bob Roberts"
• THOH – "Treehouse of Horror V" (as Dearly Departed Dan McGrath)
• Episode – "Bart's Girlfriend"
• Episode – "Lisa on Ice"
• Episode – "Homer Badman"
• Episode – "Grampa vs. Sexual Inadequacy"
• Episode – "Fear of Flying"

Consulting producer

Episode – "Bart After Dark" Episode – "Lisa's Date with Density" Episode – "Hurricane Neddy" Episode – "The Twisted World of Marge Simpson" Episode – "Mountain of Madness" Episode – "The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show" Episode – "Homer's Phobia" Episode – "Brother from Another Series" Episode – "My Sister, My Sitter" Episode – "Homer vs. the Eighteenth Amendment" Episode – "Grade School Confidential" Episode – "The Canine Mutiny" Episode – "The Old Man and the Lisa" Episode – "In Marge We Trust" Episode – "Homer's Enemy" Episode – "The Simpsons Spin-Off Showcase" Episode – "The Secret War of Lisa Simpson" Episode – "The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson" Episode – "The Principal and the Pauper" Episode – "Lisa the Simpson"

Acknowledgement

• Episode – "Another Simpsons Clip Show"

For The Simpsons

• Album – Songs in the Key of Springfield
• Album – Go Simpsonic with The Simpsons

See also

• Episodes written by Dan McGrath

External links

• Dan McGrath at the Internet Movie Database
• Dan McGrath at Wikipedia

Writers

Current writers J. Stewart Burns • Joel H. Cohen • Jessica Conrad • John Frink • Broti Gupta • Al Jean • Brian Kelley • Ryan Koh • Rob LaZebnik • Tim Long • Cesar Mazariegos • Christine Nangle • Carolyn Omine • Michael Price • Matt Selman • Loni Steele Sosthand • Dan Vebber • Jeff Westbrook Former writers Megan Amram • Richard Appel • Elisabeth Kiernan Averick • Bob Bendetson • James L. Brooks • Bill Canterbury • Donick Cary • Dan Castellaneta • Daniel Chun • David X. Cohen • Jonathan Collier • Jennifer Crittenden • Kevin Curran • Nick Dahan • Greg Daniels • Larry Doyle • Michael Ferris • Brent Forrester • Peter Gaffney • Tom Gammill • Valentina L. Garza • Stephanie Gillis • Mitch Glazer • Allen Glazier • Ned Goldreyer • Dana Gould • Dan Greaney • Matt Groening • Reid Harrison • Ron Hauge • Pete Holmes • David Isaacs • Juliet Kaufman • Ken Keeler • Billy Kimball • Jay Kogen • Andrew Kreisberg • Bob Kushell • Deb Lacusta • Johnny LaZebnik • Ken Levine • Jeff Martin • Tom Martin • Ian Maxtone-Graham • Dan McGrath • George Meyer • David Mirkin • Frank Mula • Michael Nobori • Conan O'Brien • Steve O'Donnell • Bill Oakley • Bill Odenkirk • Don Payne • Max Pross • Rachel Pulido • Mike Reiss • Nell Scovell • Brian Scully • Mike Scully • David Silverman • Sam Simon • David M. Stern • Joshua Sternin • John Swartzwelder • Julie Thacker Scully • Miranda Thompson • Steve Tompkins • Jennifer Ventimilia • Jon Vitti • Matt Warburton • Josh Weinstein • Marc Wilmore • Wallace Wolodarsky • William Wright One-time writers Judd Apatow • Gary Apple • Bob Bain • Jack Barth • Jane Becker • Dick Blasucci • Neal Boushell • Neil Campbell • Michael Carrington • Nancy Cartwright • David Chambers • Julie Chambers • Thomas Chastain • Jeremy Chilnick • Chris Cluess • Robert Cohen • Max Cohn • David Cryan • Spike Feresten • Bill Freiberger • Daniel Furlong • Ricky Gervais • Howard Gewirtz • Evan Goldberg • Brendan Hay • Eric Horsted • Justin Hurwitz • Ben Joseph • Eric Kaplan • Mick Kelly • Dave King • Adam I. Lapidus • Josh Lieb • David Mandel • Matt Marshall • Jenna Martin • Samantha Martin • Brian McConnachie • Jane C. O'Brien • Sam O'Neal • Kai Omine • Jack Parmeter • Steve Pepoon • Edgar Allan Poe • Brian Pollack • Mimi Pond • Zach Posner • Julia Prescott • Mert Rich • Simon Rich • David Richardson • Jace Richdale • Renee Ridgeley • Brian K. Roberts • Seth Rogen • David Sacks • Robin Sayers • Harry Shearer • Dennis Snee • Robin Stein • David H. Steinberg • Peter Tilden • Patric Verrone • Steve Viksten • Vince Waldron • Danielle Weisberg • Steve Young • Ron Zimmerman Staff writers Richard Appel • Bill Canterbury • Daniel Chun • David X. Cohen • Jennifer Crittenden • Nick Dahan • Valentina L. Garza • Dan Greaney • Teresa Hsiao • Jon Kern • Cesar Mazariegos • Matt Selman • Matt Warburton Book writers Peter Alexander • Jamie Angell • Ted Brock • Eileen Campion • Max Franke • Jim Jensen • Barbara McAdams • Bill Morrison • Mili Smythe • Mary Trainor • Doug Whaley Other writers Neil Alsip • Jamie Angell • Bob Bain • Eric Brewster • Jeremy Chilnick • Jorge R. Gutierrez • Patrick Meighan • Jack Parmeter • Jeffrey Poliquin • Tom Root • Morgan Spurlock • Michael R. Viner

Consulting producers

Current consulting producers Dan Greaney • Al Jean • Carolyn Omine • David Silverman Former consulting producers Megan Amram • Richard Appel • Dan Castellaneta • David X. Cohen • Kevin Curran • Tom Gammill • Brian Kelley • Tim Long • Ian Maxtone-Graham • Dan McGrath • David Mirkin • Frank Mula • Christine Nangle • Bill Oakley • Don Payne • Max Pross • Mike Reiss • Jace Richdale • Mike Scully • David M. Stern • Josh Weinstein Other consulting producers Chris Sheridan • Scott Sherman

Story editors

Episode story editors Richard Appel • Donick Cary • Daniel Chun • David X. Cohen • Joel H. Cohen • Jessica Conrad • Jennifer Crittenden • Richard Doctorow • Larry Doyle • Brent Forrester • Valentina L. Garza • Ned Goldreyer • Dan Greaney • Reid Harrison • Ron Hauge • Jon Kern • Andrew Kreisberg • Bob Kushell • Tim Long • Jeff Martin • Cesar Mazariegos • Dan McGrath • Jane C. O'Brien • Bill Oakley • Matt Selman • Damilare Sonoiki • Loni Steele Sosthand • Joshua Sternin • John Swartzwelder • Jennifer Ventimilia • Jon Vitti • Matt Warburton • Josh Weinstein Other story editors Anthony Blasucci • Mike Desilets • Dave Ihlenfeld • Ted Jessup • Artie Johann • Shawn Ries • David Wright

Deceased crew and guest stars

Cast Christopher Collins • Doris Grau • Phil Hartman • Christian Coffinet • Marcia Wallace • Russi Taylor Crew Michael O'Connor • Michael P. Schoenbrun • Robert Glass • Ray Johnson, Jr. • Thomas Chastain • Jackie Banks • Constantin Mustatea • Tom Coppola • Ed DeMattia • Andy Houts • Phyllis Craig • Sunni Walton • Art Seidel‎ • Lee Mishkin • Kent Holaday • Ted C. Bemiller • Barrington T. Bunce • James O'Brien • Daria Paris • Ron Scalera • Kevyn L. Wallace • Maxine Markota • Don Payne • Richard Lorenzana • Betty Chaplin • Steve Viksten • Don Vanderbeek • Paul Gruwell • Harold M. Schulweis • Chris Moeller • Danny Taverna • Sam Simon • Cliff Voorhees • Richard Manginsay • Ray Colcord • Gary Hoffman • Julia Kalantarova • Kevin Curran • Sooan Kim • Merle Welton • Rochelle Linder • Arthur B. Rubinstein • Jerry Richardson • Lolee Aries • Patrick Williams • Domingo Rivera • Trista H. Navarro • Chris Reccardi • Dennis Snee • Ernesto Elicanal • J. Michael Mendel • Marsha Kramer • Maureen Mlynarczyk • Cullen Blaine • Tuck Tucker • Alan Decker • Brenda Banks • Dale Baer • David Richardson • Marc Wilmore • Rick Bowman • Edwin E. Aguilar • Marko Barrows • Frank Mula • Mike Camarillo • David Schwartz • Ian Wilcox • Trixie Flynn • Terry Harrington • Ron Zimmerman • Laurie Hanson • Jeff Howard • Ralph Eggleston • Jennifer Dolce • Chris Ledesma • Susan Burke • Anne Luiting • Bike Kinzle • Craig Armstrong • Istvan Majoros • John Bush • Sue Bielenberg • Brian McConnachie • Reid Harrison • Shigeko Doyle • Michael Swanigan • William Wright • Karenia Kaminski • Steve Pepoon • Alf Clausen • Todd Jacobsen • Dan McGrath Comic crew Ed Roth • Dan DeCarlo • Al Williamson • Gene Colan • Earl Kress • John Severin • George Gladir • Stan Goldberg • Murphy Anderson • Lemmy • Gary Glasberg • Dan Spiegle • Bernie Wrightson • Carolyn Kelly • Len Wein • Batton Lash • Dan Nakrosis • Oscar González Loyo • Chris Yambar • Ramona Fradon Video game crew Tom D. Heidt • Bill Williams • W. Marshall Rogers Album crew Billie Holiday • Curt Ousley • Arthur Herzog, Jr. • David Cole • Floyd Cramer • Lew McCreary • David Frisina • Harold Dicterow • Terry Harrington • Myra Kestenbaum • Mike Rubin • Jon Clarke • Gene Morford • Michael Botts • John Thomas Johnson • Dorothy Wade • Richard Joseph • Larry Corbett • Don Palmer • Ben Keith • Ronni Chasen • Harris Goldman • Armen Garabedian • Israel Baker • Andrew Gold • Warren Luening • Bernard Kundell • B. B. King • Jimmy Levine • Chuck Berry • Isabelle Daskoff • Dell Hake • Roger Neumann • Gary Stewart • Dr. John • Tommy Morgan • Vincent DeRosa • Michael Lang Guest stars Theodore Roosevelt • Franklin D. Roosevelt • Gene Lockhart • John F. Kennedy • Rex Harrison • Richard Nixon • John Megna • Audrey Meadows • George Fenneman • Linda McCartney • Anthony Newley‎‎ • Jim Varney • Tito Puente • Steve Allen • Joe C. • Werner Klemperer • Joey Ramone • Jack Lemmon • George Harrison • Ron Taylor • Lawrence Tierney • Stephen Jay Gould • John Entwistle • Rod Steiger • Chick Hearn • Johnny Unitas • Gregory Peck • Barry White • Bob Hope • Johnny Cash • George Plimpton • Paul Winfield • Isabel Sanford • Johnny Ramone • Rodney Dangerfield • Johnny Carson • Johnnie Cochran • Henry Corden • Anne Bancroft • Bob Denver • Dennis Weaver • James Brown • Tom Poston • Robert Goulet • George Carlin • Paul Newman • Eartha Kitt • Patrick McGoohan • John Updike • Ed McMahon • Michael Jackson • Gary Coleman • Robert Schimmel • Jack LaLanne • Elizabeth Taylor • Clarence Clemons • Charles Napier • Joe Frazier • Harry Morgan • Tom Ardolino • Dick Tufeld • Dick Clark • Ernest Borgnine • Gore Vidal • Marvin Hamlisch • Neil Armstrong • Larry Hagman • Huell Howser • Pat Summerall • Joyce Brothers • Cory Monteith • Allen Lanier • Tom Clancy • Mickey Rooney • Don Pardo • Joan Rivers • Jan Hooks • Leonard Nimoy • Alex Rocco • Merl Reagle • Daryl Coley • Garry Marshall • Fyvush Finkel • Janet Reno • Adam West • Jack Ong • Martin Landau • June Foray • Jerry Lewis • Hugh Hefner • Tom Petty • Ray Thomas • John Mahoney • Stephen Hawking • R. 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