Bud Yorkin
Personal Info
Know For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1926-02-22 (89 years old)
Deathday
2015-08-18
Place of Birth
Washington, Pennsylvania, USA
Also known As
Alan David Yorkin
Alan Yorkin
Bud Yorkin
Biography
Bud Yorkin (born February 22, 1926) is an American film and television producer, director, writer and actor. He directed and produced the 1958 TV special An Evening With Fred Astaire, which won nine Emmy Awards. Yorkin was born Alan David Yorkin in Washington, Pennsylvania. He earned a degree in engineering from Carnegie Tech, now Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. In 1956, he became the producer and director of Tennessee Ernie Ford's NBC comedy/variety program, The Ford Show. In 1963, Yorkin joined Norman Lear to form Tandem Productions, which, at first, produced several films in the 1960s to 1971 with such major studios like United...
Acting
Production
1968
as Director
1988
as Director
1963
as Director
1970
as Director
1973
as Director
1967
as Director
1985
as Director
1965
as Director
1990
as Director
1958
as Producer
1963
as Producer
1973
as Producer
1970
as Producer
2017
as Producer
1971
as Executive Producer
1990
as Producer
1959
as Director
1982
as Executive Producer
1994
as Producer
1958
as Director
2019
as Original Series Creator
1984
as Director
1985
as Producer
1982
as Presenter
1983
as Producer
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