Mort Lachman(1918-2009)
- Producer
- Writer
- Script and Continuity Department
Born in Seattle, Washington (not, as many believed, in New York City),
comedy writer Mort Lachman graduated from the University of Washington
with a degree in journalism in the 1930s. After serving in the US Army
during World War II, he got a job as a gag writer for comedian
Eddie Cantor. In 1947 he went to work for
comic Bob Hope as a gag writer for his
radio show. He stayed with Hope, on and off, for more than 20 years, as
a gag writer and producer of Hope's TV specials. He also wrote and
directed episodes for several sitcoms, including
Sanford and Son (1972),
The Red Skelton Hour (1951)
and That's My Mama (1974), and
wrote, produced and directed episodes of
All in the Family (1971),
for which he won an Emmy Award in 1971. He died in Los Angeles,
California, of a heart attack on March 18, 2009.
