George Balzer was born on September 1, 1915 in Erie, Pennsylvania, USA. He was a writer and actor, known for The Jack Benny Program (1950), The Red Skelton Hour (1951) and Are You with It? (1948). He was married to Ada Marie Anderson. He died on September 28, 2006 in Van Nuys, California, USA.
September 1, 1915, Erie, Pennsylvania, United States
Died
September 28, 2006
Place Of Birth
Erie, Pennsylvania, USA
Profession
Writer, Actor
Awards
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series
Nominations
Primetime Emmy Award for Best Comedy Writing - Variety or Situation Comedy
Star Sign
Virgo
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Fact
1
Profiled in "The Laugh Crafters: Comedy Writing in Radio and TV's Golden Age" by Jordan Young (BearManor Media).
2
Part of a team of comedy writers who won the Emmy for The Jack Benny Program (1950), which premiered on television in 1950 and became The Jack Benny Hour (1965) in the mid-1960s. He started writing for Benny in 1943, when the show was on radio and moved to television with Benny during the 25 years he spent under contract with the famous comedian.
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Archie Bunker's Place
1979
TV Series written by - 1 episode
Here's Lucy
1968-1972
TV Series written by - 5 episodes
The Red Skelton Hour
1969-1970
TV Series writer - 17 episodes
Jack Benny's Birthday Special
1969
TV Special written by
Mr. Terrific
1966
TV Series 1 episode
O.K. Crackerby!
1965
TV Series written by - 1 episode
The Jack Benny Hour
1965
TV Special written by
The Jack Benny Program
TV Series 1 episode, 1961 written by - 188 episodes, 1951 - 1965 writer - 61 episodes, 1950 - 1965 written for television by - 5 episodes, 1953 - 1955
The Jack Benny Hour
1959/I
TV Special
Shower of Stars
TV Series 2 episodes, 1958 written by - 2 episodes, 1955 - 1958
The Marge and Gower Champion Show
1957
TV Series writer - 1 episode
The Easter Seal Teleparade of Stars
1955
TV Special written by
General Foods 25th Anniversary Show: A Salute to Rodgers and Hammerstein
1954
TV Movie
Stars in the Eye
1952
TV Special written by
Are You with It?
1948
play
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Jack Benny Program
1958
TV Series
Technician
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Jack Benny: Comedy in Bloom
1992
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Won Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
1960
Primetime Emmy
Primetime Emmy Awards
Outstanding Writing Achievement in Comedy
The Jack Benny Program (1950)
1959
Primetime Emmy
Primetime Emmy Awards
Best Writing of a Single Program of a Comedy Series
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