Harvey Korman
Harvey Korman was born in Chicago, Illinois, United States on February 15th, 1927 and is the Movie Actor. At the age of 81, Harvey Korman biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, movies, TV shows, and networth are available.
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Harvey Herschel Korman (February 15, 1927 – May 29, 2008) was an American actor and comedian who appeared in television and film productions.
On CBS' The Danny Kaye Show, he had a huge break.
But he is best known for his appearances on the sketch comedy series The Carol Burnett Show, for which he received four Emmy Awards as well as his friendship with Tim Conway.
Korman appeared in several Mel Brooks comedies as well.
Early life
Korman, a young man of Russian Jewish descent, was born in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Ellen (née Blecher) and Cyril Raymond Korman, a salesman. During World War II, he served in the US Navy during WWII. He attended the Goodman School of Drama at the Art Institute of Chicago (now at DePaul University) and at HB Studio after being disbanded. He appeared in the Peninsula Players summer theater program from 1950, 1957, and 1958.
Personal life
Korman and Donna Ehlert were married from 1960 to 1977, and they had two children together, Maria and Christopher Korman. In 1982, he married Deborah Korman (née Fritz) and was married to her until she died in 2008. Kate and Laura Korman had two children together, and they had two daughters together.
Career
In "Decisions, Makings, Decisions," Korman's first television appearance was as a head waiter in the Donna Reed Show episode "Decisions, Decisions, Decisions." In a January 1961 episode of CBS drama Route 66, he appeared as a comically outraged public relations man. Since that, he appeared on numerous television shows, including Blake in the 1964 film "Who Chopped Down the Cherry Tree?" "The Case of the Unsuitable Uncle" on NBC medical drama The Eleventh Hour and a bartender in the 1962 Perry Mason episode "The Case of the Unsuitable Uncle" is a NBC medical drama. He appeared on The Danny Kaye Show from 1963 to 1967 as a supporting actor. He appeared in three films, including Dr. Allison in "Who Needs Glasses." (1962) on ABC's The Donna Reed Show (1962). Dennis the Menace and the NBC contemporary western series Empire were both starring him.
Fred Gwynne and Yvonne De Carlo starred in three years on CBS' The Munsters from 1964 to 1966. Korman appeared on ABC's The Flintstones as the voice of The Great Gazoo in its final season on network television during the 1965-1966 season.
Korman's first appearance at The Carol Burnett Exhibition in 1967 brought him his greatest praise. He received six Emmy Award nominations and four on the show in 1969, 1971, 1972, and 1974. The exact name of the category changed a little during the period, but the award was given for Outstanding Achievement by a supporting performer in either music or variety show. He was also nominated for four Golden Globes for the series, winning the award in 1975. He left The Carol Burnett Show to headline his own sitcom on ABC, the Harvey Korman Show, which only lasted five episodes.
Korman earned more fame by playing Hedley Lamarr in the 1974 Mel Brooks film Blazing Saddles, despite appearing on The Carol Burnett Show. Dr. Charles Montague appeared in Brooks' High Anxiety (1977) as Dr. Charles Montague. In 1978, he appeared in three of the special's variety segments, one as Chef Gormaanda, a four-armed parody of Julia Child, and another as a malfunctioning Amorphian robot in an instruction video. In 1980, he appeared in the Disney film Herbie Goes Bananas. In Brooks' History of the World, Part 1, he portrayed Count de Monet. Timmy to the Rescue did voice work on The Flintstones and also on the animated The Secret of NIMH 2: Timmy to the Rescue in later years. He appeared in Mel Brooks' short-lived television series The Nutt House and in his last Mel Brooks film Dr. Seward's zany Dr. Seward in Dracula: Dead and Loving It. He appeared in Leo & Liz, a failed CBS comedy series in Beverly Hills, with Valerie Perrine in 1986.
In 1982, he reunited with Carol Burnett and Vicki Lawrence in the TV film Eunice, reprising his role of Ed Higgins from "The Family" sketches from The Carol Burnett Show. In addition to launching every episode of the series during its first two-season NBC network run, he continued his role on Mama's Family, depicting fictional television host Alistair Quince as well as directing 31 episodes of the series.
Tim Conway, a fellow show alumnus, appeared on Conway's 1980-1981 comedy-variety film The Tim Conway Show. The two returned to the United States later that year, reprising skits from the show and performing new material. In 2006, Korman and Conway's Together Again, a DVD of new comedy sketches, was released. In 2002, Korman and Conway were inducted into the Television Hall of Fame as a pair.