Alan David "Bud" Yorkin was an American film and television producer, director, screenwriter, and actor.
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11 Facts About Bud Yorkin
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Bud Yorkin earned a degree in engineering from Carnegie Tech, now Carnegie Mellon University, in Pittsburgh.
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In 1954, Yorkin became the producer of NBC's The Tony Martin Show, a 15-minute variety program which preceded the nightly news on Monday evenings.
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Bud Yorkin directed and produced the 1958 TV special An Evening with Fred Astaire, which won nine Emmy Awards.
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Bud Yorkin later produced many of the hit sitcoms of the 1970s, such as All in the Family, Maude, Good Times, and Sanford and Son.
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In 1963, Yorkin directed Come Blow Your Horn starring Frank Sinatra and Lee J Cobb.
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Bud Yorkin went on to direct and produce the film Start the Revolution Without Me starring Gene Wilder and Donald Sutherland in 1970 which has become a cult classic.
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Bud Yorkin directed the film Twice in a Lifetime in 1985, starring Gene Hackman.
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Bud Yorkin died of natural causes on August 18,2015, at the age of 89.
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Bud Yorkin was married to actress Cynthia Sikes, and was the father of television writer and producer Nicole Yorkin.
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