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Herbert Brodkin (November 9, 1912 – October 29, 1990) [citation needed] was an American producer and director of film and television. Brodkin was best known as the producer of the television shows Playhouse 90 , The Defenders , [1] the miniseries Holocaust and the short-lived series Coronet Blue .
Oct 31, 1990 · Herbert Brodkin, a television producer celebrated for his dramas on social issues on such series as "Playhouse 90" and "The Defenders," died on Monday at Mount Sinai Hospital. He was 77 years old ...
Nov 28, 2017 · Herbert Brodkin had showdowns. His business partner of 28 years, producer Robert “Buzz” Berger, remembered one: “It took two years to get Skokie [the film about neo-Nazis confronting World War II deathcamp survivors in Illinois] produced. CBS would not agree on any casting, and they wanted to cut it from three to two hours.
Herbert Brodkin. Producer: Holocaust. Herbert Brodkin was born on 9 November 1912 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a producer and set decorator, known for Holocaust (1978), The Alcoa Hour (1955) and Goodyear Playhouse (1951).
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Nov 2, 1990 · Herbert Brodkin, a television producer celebrated for his dramas on social issues on such series as ”Playhouse 90” and ”The Defenders,” died Monday in Mt. Sinai Hospital. He was 77.He died ...
Herbert Brodkin was an American producer and director of film and television. Brodkin began his career in television in 1950 as a set designer at CBS. Brodkin achieved recognition a few years later and became a producer for many anthology programs of the 1950s including The Elgin Hour, The Alcoa Hour, Goodyear Television Playhouse, and Studio ...
Nazism, atomic war, racism, euthanasia, and blacklisting. Viewers didn’t see television shows on topics deemed provocative until producer Brodkin took the plunge on “Playhouse 90” and “The Defenders.” Among the Emmy Award winner’s many socially relevant TV specials were “Holocaust” in 1978 and “Mandela” in 1987.
