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Harvey Korman
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American actor and comedian (1927–2008)
Film & TV
Chicago, Illinois, USA
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Harvey Herschel Korman (February 15, 1927 – May 29, 2008) was an American comedic actor who performed in television and movie productions beginning in 1960. His big break was being a featured performer on The Danny Kaye Show, but he is best remembered for his performances on the sketch comedy series The Carol Burnett Show and in several films by Mel Brooks,…
Known for
- Blaze of Glory: Mel Brooks' Wild, Wild West — Self (archive footage)2014
- Making History: Mel Brooks on Creating the World — Self (archive footage)2009
- The Munsters: Family Portrait — Lennie Bates2008
- Together Again: Tim Conway and Harvey Korman2007
- The Carol Burnett Show: Let's Bump Up the Lights — Himself2004
- AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories — Self2002
- Carol Burnett: Show Stoppers — Himself2001
- The Ruby Princess Runs Away — Hapgood the Dragon (voice)2001
- Back in the Saddle — Self2001
- The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas — Colonel Slaghoople2000
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Key facts
- Born
- Harvey Herschel Korman , ( 1927-02-15 ) February 15, 1927, Chicago , Illinois, U.S.
- Died
- May 29, 2008 (2008-05-29) (aged 81), UCLA Medical Center , Los Angeles , California, U.S.
- Resting place
- Woodlawn Memorial Cemetery in Santa Monica, California
- Occupations
- Actor comedian
- Years active
- 1950–2008
- Spouses
- Donna Ehlert ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1960 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1977 ) Deborah Fritz ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1982 )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Chicago
- Place of death
- Los Angeles
- Occupation
- television director
- Educated at
- HB Studio
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Conflict
- World War II
- Military branch
- United States Navy
- Image
- HARVEY KORMAN 2001.jpg
- Height
- 191
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- place of burial
- Woodlawn Memorial Cemetery
- date of birth
- 1927-02-15
- date of death
- 2008-05-29
- Commons category
- Harvey Korman
- cause of death
- abdominal aortic aneurysm
- start of work period
- 1950-00-00
- manner of death
- natural causes
- end of work period
- 2008-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Harvey Herschel Korman (February 15, 1927 – May 29, 2008) was an American actor and comedian who performed in television and film productions. He is best remembered as a main cast member alongside Carol Burnett, Tim Conway and Vicki Lawrence on the CBS sketch comedy series The Carol Burnett Show (1967–1977) for which he won four Primetime Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe Award.
His early roles were on The Danny Kaye Show and The Lucy Show. Korman briefly starred in his own sitcom The Harvey Korman Show (1978) and continued to work with his The Carol Burnett Show cast mates in projects such as The Tim Conway Show (1980), and Mama's Family (1983–1984). He starred in several comedy films by Mel Brooks including Blazing Saddles (1974), High Anxiety (1977), History of the World, Part 1 (1981) and Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995). His other notable films include Herbie Goes Bananas (1980), Trail of the Pink Panther (1982), and Curse of the Pink Panther (1983).
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