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Harvey Korman was a lanky, popular TV comedy veteran with a flair for broad comic characterizations, who shone for a decade as leading man and second banana par excellence on The Carol Burnett Show (1967).
Harvey Herschel Korman was born in Chicago, Illinois, to Ellen (Blecher) and Cyril Raymond Korman, a salesman. His parents, both immigrants, were from Russian Jewish families. A persistent television presence since the early 1960s, Korman's first break was a stint as a featured performer on The Danny Kaye Show (1963), a lively musical variety series in which Korman began working in the format which he would soon master--providing sturdy support to a multi-talented star in a wide variety of comedy sketches. Boasting large, expressive features and a wonderfully mutable voice, Korman could play a wide assortment of characters. Perhaps his first classic characterization was provided for The Flintstones (1960) wherein he was the distinctively snooty voice of The Great Gazoo, a little helmeted space man from the future consigned to the Earth's past in punishment for his crimes.
Korman garnered four Emmys for his work with Carol Burnett over the years. Ironically Korman would never again find such a successful showcase for his talents though he certainly tried, appearing in several busted pilots and short-lived sitcoms. Almost exclusively a comic actor, he stretched a bit to play straight man Bud Abbott opposite Buddy Hackett's Lou Costello in the disappointing TV biopic Bud and Lou (1978). He directed and/or produced sitcom episodes and TV comedy specials. An occasional actor in films, Korman made his feature debut with a supporting role in The Last of the Secret Agents? (1966). Several film roles followed until he gained his widest exposure with a major supporting role in Mel Brooks' classic Western spoof Blazing Saddles (1974). He fared well in Brooks' High Anxiety (1977) and History of the World: Part I (1981). He acted in two 1994 features: the blockbuster live-action version of The Flintstones (1994) (providing the voice of the Dictabird) and the poorly received but lavishly produced Radioland Murders (1994).- Lisa Lindgren was born on 28 July 1960 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She was an actress, known for Young Doctors in Love (1982), Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1982) and Simon & Simon (1981). She was married to Jonathan Farrer. She died on 15 July 2005 in UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Mokihana was born on 25 September 1931. She was an actress, known for Hawaiian Eye (1959), The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. (1966) and Follow the Sun (1961). She died on 15 September 1994 in UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Son of Jewish immigrants from Russia and father of David Copperfield, Hyman Kotkin was born on June 9th, 1922, in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He owned and operated in Korby's, a clothing/tailor shop for men and boys on Metuchen's Main Street, but his dream was to become an actor. During World War II has been an aerial engineer for the Army Air Forces. For many years he has been the president of the David Copperfield International Fan Club, which raised funds for Project Magic, the therapy program founded by his son in 1982. He appeared with his wife Rebecca Kotkin among the spectators in two CBS Copperfield TV specials: The Magic of David Copperfield VI: Floating Over the Grand Canyon (1984), and Copperfield: Tornado of Fire (2001). He died at 83 on February 23th, 2006, in UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, USA, for complications from Alzheimer's disease.
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Warren Bush was born on 30 December 1925 in Maryland, USA. He was a producer and writer, known for The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau (1966), Appointment with Destiny (1971) and The National Disaster Survival Test (1977). He was married to Phyllis Kirk. He died on 16 April 1991 in UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, USA.