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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...
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). He was married to Patricia M. Brodkin.
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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.
Nov 12, 1990 · Herbert Brodkin, 77, innovative television producer who examined such subjects as Nazism (Holocaust and Skokie), euthanasia, blacklisting and abortion (episodes of The Defenders); in New York...
Sep 1, 2009 · Herbert Brodkin managed to produce some of the most thought-provoking and gripping programs in television history. Among them: Studio One, Motorola Hour, Alcoa Theater, Playhouse 90, The Defenders, Shane, The Nurses, Coronet Blue, Espionage; plus original TV movies and mini-series including The People Next Door, Pueblo, The Missiles ...
Herbert Brodkin was a successful and influential television producer whose work spanned the first four decades of the medium. Concentrating chiefly on dramatic programming, he worked for sponsored anthologies including The Alcoa Hour and The Motorola TV Hour in the 1950s, and then went on to produce popular series such as the courtroom drama ...
