Harvey Herschel Korman (February 15, 1927May 29, 2008) was an American actor and comedian who performed in television and film productions. His big break was being a featured performer on

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' ''

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'', but he is best remembered for his performances on the

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series ''

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'', for which he won four

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s, as well as his partnership with

Tim Conway Thomas Daniel "Tim" Conway (December 15, 1933 – May 14, 2019) was an American actor, comedian, writer, and director. From 1966 to 2012 he appeared in more than 100 TV shows, TV series and films. Among his more notable roles, he portrayed the ...

. Korman also appeared in several comedy films by

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Early life

Korman was of Russian

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descent and born in

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, the son of Ellen (

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Blecher) and Cyril Raymond Korman, a salesman. He served in the

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during

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. After being discharged, he studied at the

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at the

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(now at

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) and at

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. He was a member of the

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summer theater program during the 1950, 1957, and 1958 seasons.

Career

Early years

Korman's first television role was as a head waiter in ''The Donna Reed Show'' episode, "Decisions, Decisions, Decisions". He appeared as a comically exasperated public relations man in a January 1961 episode of the

drama '' Route 66''. He was seen on numerous television programs afterwards including the role of Blake in the 1964 episode "Who Chopped Down the Cherry Tree?" on the

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'' The Eleventh Hour'' and a bartender in the 1962 ''

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'' episode, "The Case of the Unsuitable Uncle." He frequently appeared as a supporting player on ''

'' from 1963 through 1967. He was cast three times, including the role of Dr. Allison in "Who Needs Glasses?" (1962), on

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's ''

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''. He also guest-starred on '' Dennis the Menace'' and on the NBC contemporary western series ''

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''. From 1964 to 1966, he appeared three times in consecutive years on the CBS comedy ''

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'' starring

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and Yvonne De Carlo. During the 1965–1966 season, Korman appeared regularly on ABC's ''

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'' as the voice of

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in its final season on network television.

''The Carol Burnett Show''

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The 1967 debut of ''

'' gave Korman his greatest recognition. During his ten-year run on the show, he received six

nominations and won four–in 1969, 1971, 1972, and 1974. The exact name of the category changed slightly during the period, but the award was for ''Outstanding Achievement by a supporting performer in music or variety show''. He was also nominated for four Golden Globes for the series, winning that award in 1975. In 1977, he left ''

'' to headline his own sitcom on ABC, ''

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'', which only lasted five episodes.

Other work

While appearing on ''The Carol Burnett Show'', Korman gained further fame by appearing as the villainous Hedley Lamarr in the 1974

film '' Blazing Saddles''. He also starred in Brooks' ''

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'' (1977) as Dr. Charles Montague. In 1978 he appeared in the CBS ''

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'' providing levity in three of the special's variety segments: a cantina skit with

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in which he plays a barfly who drinks through a hole in the top of his head, another as Chef Gormaanda, a four-armed parody of Julia Child, and one as a malfunctioning Amorphian android in an instruction video. In 1980, he played Captain Blythe in the

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comedy, ''

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''. The following year, he portrayed Count de Monet in Brooks' '' History of the World, Part 1''. In later years he did voice work for the live-action film ''The Flintstones'' as well as for the animated '' The Secret of NIMH 2: Timmy to the Rescue''. He also starred in the short-lived Mel Brooks TV series ''

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'', and in his final Mel Brooks film, as the zany Dr. Seward, in '' Dracula: Dead and Loving It''. In 1986, he starred in the failed

comedy series '' Leo & Liz in Beverly Hills'' with

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. In 1982 he reunited with

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and

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in the TV movie ''

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'' reprising his role of Ed Higgins from “ The Family” sketches from ''

''. He continued the portrayal on the spin-off series, '' Mama’s Family'' in addition to introducing each episode of the series during its initial two-season NBC network run, portraying fictional television host Alistair Quince as well as directing 31 episodes of the series. He also reunited with fellow ''Carol Burnett Show'' alumnus

, making a guest appearance on Conways 1980–1981 comedy-variety series '' The Tim Conway Show''. The two later toured the U.S., reprising skits from the show and performing new material. A DVD of new comedy sketches by Korman and Conway, ''Together Again'', was released in 2006. Korman and Conway had been jointly inducted into the

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in 2002.

Personal life

Korman was married to Donna Ehlert from 1960 to 1977 and they had two children, Maria and Christopher Korman. He married Deborah Korman (née Fritz) in 1982 and was married to her until he died in 2008. They had two daughters together, Kate and Laura Korman.

Death

Korman died at age 81 on May 29, 2008, at

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, as the result of complications from a ruptured

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he had suffered four months earlier. He is interred at

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's Woodlawn Cemetery.

Filmography

Film

*''Carving Magic'' (1959) as Al (industrial short) *''

Living Venus ''Living Venus'' is a 1961 exploitation film loosely based on the life of ''Playboy'' magazine founder Hugh Hefner. Marking the directorial debut of Herschell Gordon Lewis, the film stars frequent Lewis collaborators William Kerwin as unscrupulou ...

'' (1961) as Ken Carter *''

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'' (1962) as Gypsy's press agent *''

Lord Love a Duck ''Lord Love a Duck'' is a 1966 American teen black comedy film produced, directed and co-written by George Axelrod and starring Roddy McDowall and Tuesday Weld. The film was a satire of popular culture at the time, its targets ranging from progres ...

'' (1966) as Weldon Emmett *''

The Man Called Flintstone ''The Man Called Flintstone'' is a 1966 American animated musical comedy film produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions and distributed by Columbia Pictures. The second film by Hanna-Barbera following ''Hey There, It's Yogi Bear!'' (1964), it was dir ...

'' (1966) as Chief Boulder (voice) *''

Don't Just Stand There! ''Don't Just Stand There!'' is a 1968 American comedy film directed by Ron Winston and written by Charles Williams. It is based on the 1966 novel ''The Wrong Venus'' by Charles Williams. The film stars Robert Wagner, Mary Tyler Moore, Glynis Joh ...

'' (1968) as Merriman Dudley *''

The April Fools ''The April Fools'' is a 1969 American romantic comedy film directed by Stuart Rosenberg and starring Jack Lemmon and Catherine Deneuve. Plot Wall Street broker Howard Brubaker is married to Phyllis, who does not love him. Catherine is the stunn ...

'' (1969) as Matt Benson *'' Blazing Saddles'' (1974) as Hedley Lamarr *''

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'' (1974) as The King of France *''

The Pink Panther Strikes Again ''The Pink Panther Strikes Again'' is a 1976 comedy film. The fifth film in ''The Pink Panther'' series, its plot picks up three years after '' The Return of the Pink Panther'', with former Chief Inspector Charles Dreyfus (Herbert Lom) about t ...

'' (1976) as Prof. Auguste Balls (scenes deleted) *''

'' (1977) as Dr. Charles Montague *''Bud and Lou'' (1978) as

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*'' Americathon'' (1979) as Monty Rushmore *''

'' (1980) as Captain Blythe *''

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'' (1980) as U.N. Ambassador Spender *''

History of the World, Part I ''History of the World, Part I'' is a 1981 American comedy film written, produced, and directed by Mel Brooks. Brooks also stars in the film, playing five roles: Moses, Comicus the stand-up philosopher, Tomás de Torquemada, King Louis XVI, an ...

'' (1981) as Count de Monet *''

Curse of the Pink Panther ''Curse of the Pink Panther'' is a 1983 comedy film and a continuation of ''The Pink Panther'' series of films created by Blake Edwards in the early 1960s. The film was one of two produced concurrently following the death of the series' star Pet ...

'' (1983) as Prof. Auguste Balls *''

Gone Are the Dayes ''Gone Are the Dayes'' is a 1984 American made-for-television crime comedy film produced by Walt Disney Productions directed by Gabrielle Beaumont and starring Harvey Korman, Susan Anspach and Robert Hogan. It originally aired May 6, 1984 on t ...

'' (1984) as Charlie Mitchell *'' Alice in Wonderland'' (1985) as White King *'' The Longshot'' (1986) as Lou *'' Munchies'' (1987) as Cecil Watterman, Simon Watterman *''

'' (1994) as Dictabird (voice) *''

Radioland Murders ''Radioland Murders'' is a 1994 American comedy thriller film directed by Mel Smith and executive produced by George Lucas. ''Radioland Murders'' is set in the 1939 atmosphere of old-time radio and pays homage to the screwball comedy films of the ...

'' (1994) as Jules Cogley *'' Dracula: Dead and Loving It'' (1995) as Dr. Jack Seward *''

Jingle All the Way ''Jingle All the Way'' is a 1996 American Christmas family comedy film directed by Brian Levant. It stars Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sinbad as two rival fathers, mattress salesman Howard Langston (Schwarzenegger) and postal worker Myron Larab ...

'' (1996) as President *'' Diagnosis: Murder'' (1997) as Harvey Huckaby *'' The Secret of NIMH 2: Timmy to the Rescue'' (1998) Floyd (voice) *''

Baby Huey's Great Easter Adventure ''Baby Huey's Great Easter Adventure'' is a 1999 live-action direct-to-video film directed by Stephen Furst, based on the Harvey Entertainment Company animated character Baby Huey. It was released by Columbia TriStar Home Video on VHS on March 2, ...

'' (1999) (Direct-to-video) as Prof. von Klupp *''

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'' (2000) as Col. Slaghoople *''Together Again: Conway & Korman'' (2006) (

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) in various skits

Television

*'' Dennis the Menace'' (October 29, 1961), as realtor in "Haunted House" *''

'' (1960), as Head Waiter in "Decisions, Decisions, Decisions" *'' Hennesey'' (1961) as Dr. Don Spright in "The Gossip Go-Round" *''

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'' (1961) as Artie in "Appleby's Office Party" *'' Route 66'' (1961, 1963) as Len Statler in "The Quick and the Dead" and as Mr. Mills in "Suppose I Said I Was the Queen of Spain?" *''

'' (1962) as the bartender in "The Case of the Unsuitable Uncle" *''

I'm Dickens, He's Fenster ''I'm Dickens, He's Fenster'' is an American sitcom starring John Astin and Marty Ingels that ran on ABC from September 28, 1962 to May 10, 1963. The series was created and produced by Leonard Stern and filmed at Desilu. Synopsis The series s ...

'' (1962) as Mr. Rembar in "The Acting Game" *''

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'' (1962) as Gibson Holly in "The Jagged Edge" *''

'' (1962) as Bunce in "Pressure Lock" *'' Dennis the Menace'' (1961) as Bowers in "Haunted House", (1963) as Mr. Griffin in "My Four Boys" *''

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'' (1963) as a reporter in "Of Rusted Cannons and Fallen Sparrows" *'' Saints and Sinners'' (1963) as Jerry Grant in "The Year Joan Crawford Won the Oscar" *'' Glynis'' (1963), with

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, as Ken Bradford in "Three Men in a Tub" *''

'' (1964), as Journalist Lennie Bates in "Family Portrait" *''

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'' (1964–1965), three episodes *'' Hazel'' (1964) as Max Denton in "Maid for a Day" *''

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'' (1965) as Joe Hanley in "Daddy Come Home" *''The John Forsythe Show'' (1965) in "Duty and the Beast" *''

'' (1965) as the Psychiatrist in "Yes Galen, There Is a Herman" *''The Munsters'' (1966) as Professor Fagenspahen in "Prehistoric Munster" *''

'' (1965–1966) as

(voice) *'' Alice in Wonderland or What's a Nice Kid Like You Doing in a Place Like This?'' (1966) as the

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(voice) *''

F Troop ''F Troop'' is a satirical American television sitcom Western about U.S. soldiers and Native Americans in the Wild West during the 1860s that originally aired for two seasons on ABC. It debuted in the United States on September 14, 1965, and ...

'' (1966) as Col. Heindreich von Zeppel in "Bye, Bye, Balloon" *''

'' (1967–1977) series regular *'' The Wild Wild West'' (1968) as Baron Hinterstoisser in "The Night of the Big Blackmail" *''

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'' (1971) guest appearance *''

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'' (1974) as himself *''

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'' (1976) as himself *''The Carpenters at Christmas'' (1977) as Harvey, the coffee guy *''

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'' (1978) as himself *''

'' (1978) eponymous lead *''

'' (1978) as Chef Gormaanda, Krelman, and Toy Video Instructor *'' The Tim Conway Show'' (1980, 1981) guest star and regular *''

'' (1982) *'' The Invisible Woman'' (1983) as Carlisle Edwards *''

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'' (1983) *''

Mama's Family ''Mama's Family'' is an American sitcom television series starring Vicki Lawrence as Mama (Thelma Harper). The series is a spin-off of a recurring series of comedy sketches called " The Family" featured on ''The Carol Burnett Show'' (1967–78 ...

'' (1983–1984) (spin-off of “ The Family” sketches, from ''The Carol Burnett Show'') as Alistair Quince/Host and Ed Higgins/Eunice's husband *'' Leo & Liz in Beverly Hills'' (1986) as Leo Green *''

Nutt House ''The Nutt House'' is an American sitcom television series that aired for five episodes on NBC from September 20 to October 25, 1989. Overview ''The Nutt House'' was the creation of executive producers Mel Brooks and Alan Spencer and was a broad ...

'' (1989) as Reginald Tarkington *''

The Golden Palace ''The Golden Palace'' is an American sitcom television series produced as a sequel to ''The Golden Girls,'' a continuation without Bea Arthur (though she did guest star in a double episode) that originally aired on CBS from September 1992 to M ...

'' (1992) as Bill in "Marriage on the Rocks with a Twist." *''

Garfield and Friends ''Garfield and Friends'' is an American animated television series based on the comic strip ''Garfield'' by Jim Davis. The show aired on CBS as part of its Saturday morning children's lineup from September 17, 1988 to December 10, 1994. The sho ...

'' (1994) as Professor Lamar (voice) *''

What a Cartoon! ''What a Cartoon!'' (later known as ''The What a Cartoon! Show'' and ''The Cartoon Cartoon Show'') is an American animated anthology series created by Fred Seibert for Cartoon Network. The shorts were produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions; by ...

'' (1995) as O. Ratz (voice) in "Rat in a Hot Tin Can" * ''Dumb and Dumber: The Animated Series'' (1995) as Man #2, Manager, and Officer Doohickey (voice) *''

Hey Arnold! ''Hey Arnold!'' is an American animated comedy television series created by Craig Bartlett. It originally aired on Nickelodeon from October 7, 1996, to June 8, 2004. The show centers on fourth grader Arnold Shortman, who lives with his grandpar ...

'' (1996) as Don Reynolds (voice) *''Diagnosis: Murder "Comedy Is Murder"'' (1997) Guest star *''

The Wild Thornberrys ''The Wild Thornberrys'' is an American animated television series created by Arlene Klasky, Gábor Csupó, Steve Pepoon, David Silverman, and Stephen Sustarsic for Nickelodeon. The series portrays an American family of wildlife documentary ...

'' (1999) as Earl (voice) *''

The Brothers Flub ''The Brothers Flub'' is an animated television series produced by Sunbow Entertainment and co-produced by jigsaw puzzle manufacturer Ravensburger. It aired in the United States on the television network Nickelodeon. The show's title characters are ...

'' (1999) (voice) *'' Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child'' (2000) as The Lion (voice) in "Aesop's Fables" *''

Buzz Lightyear of Star Command ''Buzz Lightyear of Star Command'' is an American animated science fiction action-adventure comedy television series produced by Walt Disney Television Animation and co-produced by Pixar Animation Studios. It serves as a spin-off of the ''Toy Sto ...

'' (2000) as Gularis (voice)

Video games

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'' (1994) as the Dictabird (voice) *'' The Flintstones: Bedrock Bowling'' (2000) as The Great Gazoo (voice)

References

External links

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