Charlie Hauck was an American comedy writer, producer and screenwriter.
13 Facts About Charlie Hauck
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Charlie Hauck is best known as producer of the classic Norman Lear-created sitcom Maude and as the creator of the American family sitcom television series The Hogan Family.
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Charlie Hauck is one the co-creators of the short-lived sitcom television series The Associates, which he created with James L Brooks, Stan Daniels, Ed.
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Charlie Hauck then moved to Pittsburgh and was hired as a reporter and bureau chief for BusinessWeek magazine.
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Charlie Hauck started his television writing career in 1974, after moving to Los Angeles where he wrote for comedian Flip Wilson.
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In 1975, Charlie Hauck started working on the television series Maude, as a producer and writer.
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In 1980s and 1990s, Charlie Hauck created, produced and wrote for the sitcom television series The Two of Us, which starred British comedic actor Peter Cook and American actress Mimi Kennedy and was based on the British London Weekend Television sitcom Two's Company.
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Charlie Hauck created the new NBC family sitcom television series The Hogan Family in 1986, which was first titled Valerie from 1986 to 1987, and starred Valerie Harper as Valerie Hogan.
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In Season 2, Charlie Hauck changed the title to Valerie's Family, and then to The Hogan Family in Season 3, when Valerie Harper was fired from the series and was replaced by actress, Sandy Duncan as "Sandy Hogan".
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Charlie Hauck wrote and worked as executive producer for the television sitcom Home Improvement in Season 6, but left the series in Season 7.
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Charlie Hauck wrote and was an consulting producer for the television sitcom Frasier, in Season 7, for which in 2000 he was again nominated for a Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Comedy Series.
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Charlie Hauck was the host of the Humanitas Prize Awards from 2007 to 2010.
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On November 14,2020, at the age of 79, Charlie Hauck died in Los Angeles of complications from pancreatic cancer.