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Harvey Korman(1927-2008)

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  • Producer
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Harvey Korman
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Harvey Korman was a lanky, popular TV comedy veteran with a flair for broad comic characterizations, who shone for a decade as leading man and second banana par excellence on The Carol Burnett Show (1967).

Harvey Herschel Korman was born in Chicago, Illinois, to Ellen (Blecher) and Cyril Raymond Korman, a salesman. His parents, both immigrants, were from Russian Jewish families. A persistent television presence since the early 1960s, Korman's first break was a stint as a featured performer on The Danny Kaye Show (1963), a lively musical variety series in which Korman began working in the format which he would soon master--providing sturdy support to a multi-talented star in a wide variety of comedy sketches. Boasting large, expressive features and a wonderfully mutable voice, Korman could play a wide assortment of characters. Perhaps his first classic characterization was provided for The Flintstones (1960) wherein he was the distinctively snooty voice of The Great Gazoo, a little helmeted space man from the future consigned to the Earth's past in punishment for his crimes.

Korman garnered four Emmys for his work with Carol Burnett over the years. Ironically Korman would never again find such a successful showcase for his talents though he certainly tried, appearing in several busted pilots and short-lived sitcoms. Almost exclusively a comic actor, he stretched a bit to play straight man Bud Abbott opposite Buddy Hackett's Lou Costello in the disappointing TV biopic Bud and Lou (1978). He directed and/or produced sitcom episodes and TV comedy specials. An occasional actor in films, Korman made his feature debut with a supporting role in The Last of the Secret Agents? (1966). Several film roles followed until he gained his widest exposure with a major supporting role in Mel Brooks' classic Western spoof Blazing Saddles (1974). He fared well in Brooks' High Anxiety (1977) and History of the World: Part I (1981). He acted in two 1994 features: the blockbuster live-action version of The Flintstones (1994) (providing the voice of the Dictabird) and the poorly received but lavishly produced Radioland Murders (1994).
BornFebruary 15, 1927
DiedMay 29, 2008(81)
BornFebruary 15, 1927
DiedMay 29, 2008(81)
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  • Won 4 Primetime Emmys

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Jack Dodson and Harvey Korman in Snavely (1978)
Harvey Korman and Betty White in Snavely (1978)
Harvey Korman, Frank LaLoggia, and Deborah Zon in Snavely (1978)
Carol Burnett and Harvey Korman in The Carol Burnett Show (1967)
Carol Burnett, Harvey Korman, and Vicki Lawrence in The Carol Burnett Show (1967)
Carol Burnett and Harvey Korman in The Carol Burnett Show (1967)
Mel Brooks, Cleavon Little, and Harvey Korman in Blazing Saddles (1974)
Tuesday Weld and Harvey Korman in Lord Love a Duck (1966)
Harvey Korman in Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995)
Mel Brooks, Steven Weber, and Harvey Korman in Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995)
Mel Brooks, Steven Weber, and Harvey Korman in Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995)
Lysette Anthony, Steven Weber, Amy Yasbeck, and Harvey Korman in Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995)

Known for

Blazing Saddles (1974)
Blazing Saddles
7.7
  • Hedley Lamarr
  • 1974
History of the World: Part I (1981)
History of the World: Part I
6.8
  • Count de Monet
  • 1981
The Carol Burnett Show (1967)
The Carol Burnett Show
8.7
TV Series
  • Various Characters
  • Various characters
Mel Brooks, Leslie Nielsen, Lysette Anthony, Peter MacNicol, Steven Weber, and Amy Yasbeck in Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995)
Dracula: Dead and Loving It
5.8
  • Dr. Seward
  • 1995

Credits

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Actor

  • Rifftrax: The Star Wars Holiday Special (2007)
    Rifftrax: The Star Wars Holiday Special
  • Courtland Mead in Lloyd in Space (2001)
    Lloyd in Space
    • (voice)
  • The Ruby Princess Runs Away (2001)
    The Ruby Princess Runs Away
    • (voice)
  • Patrick Warburton in Buzz Lightyear of Star Command (2000)
    Buzz Lightyear of Star Command
    • (voice)
  • The Flintstones: Bedrock Bowling (2000)
    The Flintstones: Bedrock Bowling
    • (voice)
  • Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (1995)
    Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
    • (voice)
  • Stephen Baldwin, Mark Addy, Kristen Johnston, and Jane Krakowski in The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas (2000)
    The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas
  • Toran Caudell, Spencer Klein, Jamil Walker Smith, and Phillip Van Dyke in Hey Arnold! (1996)
    Hey Arnold!
    • (voice)
  • Lacey Chabert, Flea, Danielle Harris, and Tom Kane in The Wild Thornberrys (1998)
    The Wild Thornberrys
    • (voice)
  • The Brothers Flub (1997)
    The Brothers Flub
    • (voice)
  • Michael Angarano and Rachel Snow in Baby Huey's Great Easter Adventure (1999)
    Baby Huey's Great Easter Adventure
  • Dom DeLuise, Ralph Macchio, Meshach Taylor, and Hynden Walch in The Secret of NIMH 2: Timmy to the Rescue (1998)
    The Secret of NIMH 2: Timmy to the Rescue
    • (voice)
  • Hercules (1998)
    Hercules
    • (voice)
  • George Clooney, Anthony Edwards, Julianna Margulies, Ming-Na Wen, Noah Wyle, Laura Innes, Alex Kingston, Eriq La Salle, Kellie Martin, Paul McCrane, Michael Michele, Erik Palladino, Maura Tierney, and Goran Visnjic in ER (1994)
    ER
  • Christopher Lambert in Gideon (1998)
    Gideon

Director

  • Carol, Carl, Whoopi and Robin
  • The Cracker Brothers
  • Vicki Lawrence in Mama's Family (1983)
    Mama's Family
  • Eunice (1982)
    Eunice
  • The Harvey Korman Show (1977)
    The Harvey Korman Show
  • Dick Van Dyke, Marty Brill, Nancy Dussault, Fannie Flagg, Hope Lange, and Angela Powell in The New Dick Van Dyke Show (1971)
    The New Dick Van Dyke Show
  • Steve Allen, 1968 - Copyright 1968, 2000 MPTV.NET - photo credit: Elmer Holloway
    The Steve Allen Comedy Hour
    • (sketches)

Producer

  • The Carol Burnett Show (1967)
    The Carol Burnett Show: A Reunion
  • Vicki Lawrence in Mama's Family (1983)
    Mama's Family
  • The Harvey Korman Show (1977)
    The Harvey Korman Show

Videos79

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High Anxiety
Trailer 2:42
High Anxiety
The Carol Burnett Show: The Best Of Tim Conway
Trailer 1:23
The Carol Burnett Show: The Best Of Tim Conway
The Carol Burnett Show: Treasures from the Vault
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The Carol Burnett Show: Treasures from the Vault
The Carol Burnett Show: The Lost Episodes
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The Carol Burnett Show: The Lost Episodes
The Carol Burnett Show: The Ultimate Collection
Trailer 1:53
The Carol Burnett Show: The Ultimate Collection
The Carol Burnett Show : The Ultimate Collection
Trailer 1:52
The Carol Burnett Show : The Ultimate Collection
The Secret of Nimh 2
Trailer 0:31
The Secret of Nimh 2
Lord Love A Duck
Trailer 2:29
Lord Love A Duck
The Flintstones: Season 6
Trailer 1:11
The Flintstones: Season 6

Personal details

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    • February 15, 1927
    • Chicago, Illinois, USA
    • May 29, 2008
    • UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, USA(complications from rupture of an abdominal aortic aneurysm)
    • Deborah FritzSeptember 8, 1982 - May 29, 2008 (his death, 2 children)
    • Christopher Korman
  • Other works
    Radio commercial for GM Goodwrench Service (2002).
  • Publicity listings
    • 16 Articles
    • 1 Pictorial
    • 1 Magazine Cover Photo

Did you know

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  • Trivia
    He had an operation in late January 2008 on a non-cancerous brain tumor and pulled through. Less than a day after coming home, he was re-admitted because of a ruptured aneurysm and was given a few hours to live. He survived another four months.
  • Quotes
    [on the success of The Carol Burnett Show (1967)] We were an ensemble, and [Carol Burnett] had the most incredible attitude. I've never worked with a star of that magnitude who was willing to give so much away.
    • Rich smooth voice

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