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Herbert Brodkin Biography (1912-1990?)

Born November 9, 1912, in New York, NY; died c. 1990 in New York, NY.

Nationality

American

Occupation

producer

Birth Details

November 9, 1912

New York, New York, United States

Famous Works

• Credits; Television Producer; Series
• (With William Brown, Gordon Duff, Norman Felton, Felix Jackson, FletcherMarkle, Worthington Miner, Paul Nickell, Franklin Schaffner, and Charles H. Schultz) Studio One (also broadcast as Studio One Summer Theatre), CBS, 1948-57, broadcast as Studio One in Hollywood, 1958.
• (With Carlo De'Angelo, Walter Tibbals, and Leonard White) Charlie Wild, Private Detective, CBS, 1950-51, ABC, 1951-52, DuMont Network, 1952.
• ABC Album, ABC, 1953.
• The Motorola Television Hour, CBS, 1953-54.
• The Elgin Hour, NBC, 1954-55.
• (With Philip Barry, Samuel Chotzinoff, Vincent M. Fennelly, Gene Roddenberry, and Alex Segal) The Alcoa Hour (also known as Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre), 1955-57.
• (With Herbert Hirschman) Espionage, NBC, 1963-64.
• (With Denne Petitclerc) Shane, ABC, 1966.
• Credits; Television Producer; Pilots
• Colonel Humphrey J. Flack, ABC, 1953.
• Jamie, ABC, 1953.
• Jet Fighter, ABC, 1953.
• Justice, ABC, 1953.
• Mr. Glencannon Takes All, ABC, 1953.
• Sketchbook, ABC, 1953.
• "The Defender" (pilot for The Defenders; also see below), Studio One, CBS, 1957.
• Light's Out, NBC, 1972.
• Also produced pilot One-Eyed Jacks Are Wild for ABC in 1966 (neverbroadcast).
• Credits; Television Producer; Movies
• "Dear Friends," CBS Playhouse, CBS, c. 1967.
• "The People Next Door," CBS Playhouse, CBS, 1968.
• (With Buzz Berger) "Missiles of October," ABC Theatre, ABC, 1974.
• Also producer of Pueblo, 1973.
• Credits; Television Executive Producer; Series
• (And creator) Brenner, CBS, 1959, 1961, 1962, and 1964.
• The Defenders, CBS, 1961-65.
• The Nurses, CBS, 1962-64, broadcast as The Doctors and the Nurses, 1964-65.
• For the People, CBS, 1965.
• Coronet Blue, CBS, 1967.
• Credits; Television Executive Producer; Pilots
• The Happeners, syndicated, 1967.
• Rx for the Defense, ABC, 1973.
• Land of Hope, CBS, 1976.
• The Four of Us, ABC, 1977.
• The Firm, NBC, 1983.
• Credits; Television Executive Producer; Mini-series
• Holocaust, NBC, 1978.
• Credits; Television Executive Producer; Movies
• Crawlspace, CBS, 1972.
• F. Scott Fitzgerald and "The Last of the Belles," ABC, 1974.
• F. Scott Fitzgerald in Hollywood, ABC, 1976.
• The Deadliest Season, CBS, 1977.
• The Last Tenant, ABC, 1978.
• Siege, CBS, 1978.
• Hollow Image, ABC, 1979.
• Doctor Franken, NBC, 1980.
• Death Penalty, NBC, 1980.
• F. D. R.--The Last Year, NBC, 1980.
• The Henderson Monster, CBS, 1980.
• King Crab, ABC, 1980.
• Skokie, CBS, 1981.
• Benny's Place, ABC, 1982.
• My Body, My Child, ABC, 1982.
• Ghost Dancing, ABC, 1983.
• Sakharov, HBO, 1984.
• (With Robert "Buzz" Berger) Doubletake, CBS, 1985.
• Johnny Bull, ABC, 1986.
• Murrow, HBO, 1986.
• Welcome Home, Bobby, CBS, 1986.
• Mandela, HBO, 1987.
• Night of Courage, ABC, 1987.
• Internal Affairs, CBS, 1988.
• "Stones for Ibarra," Hallmark Hall of Fame, CBS, 1988.
• Murder Times Seven, CBS, 1990.
• Murder in Black and White, CBS, 1990.
• Credits; Film Producer
• (With Michael Powell) Sebastian, Paramount, 1968.
• The People Next Door, Avco Embassy, 1970.
• Credits; Stage Producer
• Something about a Soldier, Ambassador Theatre, New York City, 1962.

Further Reference

Periodicals

• Channels: The Business of Communications, November, 1989, p. 66.
• Time, November 12, 1990, p. 86.