Harvey Herschel Korman was an American actor and comedian who performed in television and film productions.
13 Facts About Harvey Korman
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Harvey Korman served in the United States Navy during World War II.
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Harvey Korman was a member of the Peninsula Players summer theater program during the 1950,1957, and 1958 seasons.
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Harvey Korman appeared as a comically exasperated public relations man in a January 1961 episode of the CBS drama Route 66.
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Harvey Korman guest-starred on Dennis the Menace and on the NBC contemporary western series Empire.
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Harvey Korman was nominated for four Golden Globes for the series, winning that award in 1975.
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In 1977, he left The Carol Burnett Show to headline his own sitcom on ABC, The Harvey Korman Show, which lasted only five episodes.
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Harvey Korman starred in Brooks' High Anxiety as Dr Charles Montague.
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Harvey Korman starred in the short-lived Mel Brooks TV series The Nutt House, and in his final Mel Brooks film, as the zany Dr Seward, in Dracula: Dead and Loving It.
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Harvey Korman 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.
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Harvey Korman was married to Donna Ehlert from 1960 to 1977 and they had two children, Maria and Christopher Harvey Korman.
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Harvey Korman married Deborah Korman in 1982 and was married to her until he died in 2008.
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Harvey Korman died at age 81 on May 29,2008, at UCLA Medical Center as the result of complications from a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm he had suffered four months earlier.