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Born	Harvey Herschel Korman ()February 15, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Died	May 29, () (aged&#;81) UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Resting place	Woodlawn Memorial Cemetery in Santa Monica, California
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Harvey Herschel Korman (February 15, &#;&#; May 29, ) was an American actor and comedian who performed in television and film productions.

He is best remembered as a main cast member alongside Carol Burnett, Tim Conway and Vicki Lawrence on the CBSsketch comedy series The Carol Burnett Show (–) for which he won four Primetime Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe Award.

His early roles were on The Danny Kaye Show and The Lucy Show.

Korman briefly starred in his own sitcom The Harvey Korman Show () and continued to work with his The Carol Burnett Show cast mates in projects such as The Tim Conway Show (), and Mama's Family (–). He starred in several comedy films by Mel Brooks including Blazing Saddles (), High Anxiety (), and History of the World, Part 1 ().

His other notable films include Herbie Goes Bananas (), Trail of the Pink Panther (), and Curse of the Pink Panther ().

Korman is known for his voice work, taking on roles such as The Great Gazoo in The Flintstones (–). He is also known for voice roles in Garfield and Friends, Alice in Wonderland, Dumb and Dumber, Hey Arnold!, The Wild Thornberrys, and Buzz Lightyear of Star Command.

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Early life and education

Korman was born in Chicago, of Russian Jewish descent, the son of Ellen (née Blecher) and Cyril Raymond Korman, a salesman.^[1][2][3] He served in the United States Navy during World War II.^[4] After being discharged, he studied at the Goodman School of Drama at the Art Institute of Chicago (now at DePaul University) and at HB Studio.^[5][6] He was a member of the Peninsula Players summer theatre program during the , , and seasons.^[7]

Career

– Early years

Korman's first television role was as a head waiter in "Decisions, Decisions, Decisions", an episode of The Donna Reed Show.

He appeared as a comically exasperated public relations man in a January episode of the CBS drama Route 66. He was seen on numerous television programs afterwards including the role of Blake in the episode "Who Chopped Down the Cherry Tree?" on the NBCmedical dramaThe Eleventh Hour and a bartender in the Perry Mason episode, "The Case of the Unsuitable Uncle".

He frequently appeared as a supporting player in The Danny Kaye Show from through He was cast three times, including the role of Dr. Allison in "Who Needs Glasses?" (), in ABC's The Donna Reed Show. He also guest-starred in Dennis the Menace and in the NBC contemporary western series Empire.^{[citation needed]}

From to , he appeared three times in consecutive years in the CBS comedy The Munsters starring Fred Gwynne and Yvonne De Carlo.

During the – season, Korman appeared regularly on ABC's The Flintstones as the voice of The Great Gazoo in its final season on network television.^{[citation needed]}

– The Carol Burnett Show

The debut of The Carol Burnett Show gave Korman his greatest recognition.

Korman starred alongside Carol Burnett, Vicki Lawrence, and Tim Conway. During his ten-year run on the show, he received six Primetime Emmy Award nominations and won four, in , , , and 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 In , he left The Carol Burnett Show to headline his own sitcom on ABC, The Harvey Korman Show, which lasted only five episodes.^{[citation needed]}

While appearing on The Carol Burnett Show, Korman gained further fame by appearing as the villainous Hedley Lamarr in the Mel Brooks film Blazing Saddles starring Cleavon Little, Gene Wilder, and Madeline Kahn.

Ron Pennington of The Hollywood Reporter praised his performance writing, "The performances are all comedy gems, with Korman especially delightful as Hedley Lamarr, scheming and plotting with all the finesse of a precocious brat".^[8] He also starred in Brooks' High Anxiety () as Dr. Charles Montague.^{[citation needed]}

–

In , he appeared in the CBS Star Wars Holiday Special providing levity in three of the special's variety segments: a cantina skit with Bea Arthur 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 , he played Captain Blythe in the Disney comedy, Herbie Goes Bananas. 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 The Nutt House, and in his final Mel Brooks film, as the zany Dr.

Seward, in Dracula: Dead and Loving It. In , he starred in the failed CBS comedy series Leo & Liz in Beverly Hills with Valerie Perrine.^[9]

In , he reunited with Carol Burnett and Vicki Lawrence in the TV movie Eunice reprising his role of Ed Higgins from “The Family” sketches from The Carol Burnett Show.

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.^{[citation needed]}

He also reunited with fellow Carol Burnett Show alumnus Tim Conway, making a guest appearance on Conway's – comedy-variety series The Tim Conway Show.

The two later toured the U.S., reprising skits from the show and performing new material.^[10] A DVD of new comedy sketches by Korman and Conway, Together Again, was released in ^[11] Korman and Conway had been jointly inducted into the Television Hall of Fame in ^[12]

Personal life

Marriages

Korman was married to Donna Ehlert from to and they had two children, Maria and Christopher Korman.

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He married Deborah Korman (née Fritz) in and was married to her until he died in They had two daughters together, Kate and Laura Korman.^{[citation needed]}

Death

Korman died at age 81 on May 29, , at UCLA Medical Center as the result of complications from a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm he had suffered four months earlier.^[13][6] He is interred at Santa Monica's Woodlawn Cemetery.

Filmography

Film

Television

Theatre

Video games

Awards and nominations

References

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