William Otto Harbach Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
William Otto (Bill) Harbach (Born October 12, 1919) is an American television producer, director and author. In his television career, spanning the years 1951 through 1979, he won multiple awards, including four Emmy Awards and a Peabody Award Following his years in television, Harbach continued to produce and direct special events, including eight ASCAP celebrations for renowned composers, lyricists and librettists. He is the son of American lyricist, librettist and ASCAP co-founder Otto Abels Harbach.
Signed by MGM Pictures as a contract player in 1945, until MGM canceled the program in 1948. Returning to New York, having met Kay Thompson at MGM, he became her "aide de camp", managing her nightclub act with the "Williams Brothers". Joining NBC-TV as a film cutter, editing commercial film ads for insertion into programming commercial breaks, Bill remained as an editor for three years. Harbach was promoted as a stage manager, and into directing. When Tonight! (1953) with Steve Allen was initiated, Harbach was working on the show. Allen didn't get along with his first producer and made Harbach his show producer. Kay Thompson was able to get one of her Williams Brothers, Andy Williams, signed as a permanent weekly musical performer on Allen's show.
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Christmas at the Hollywood Palace
2004
TV Special executive producer - as Bill Harbach
Bob Hope's Pink Panther Thanksgiving Gala
1982
TV Movie associate producer
The Steve Allen Comedy Hour
TV Series executive producer - 1 episode, 1981 producer - 1 episode, 1980
Gypsy in My Soul
1976
TV Movie executive producer
The Julie Andrews Hour
1973
TV Series producer - 1 episode
The Night Digger
1971
executive producer
Swing Out, Sweet Land
1970
TV Movie executive producer
The Don Knotts Show
1970
TV Series producer
The Don Adams Special: Hooray for Hollywood
1970
TV Movie executive producer
The Hollywood Palace
1964-1970
TV Series producer - 82 episodes
Bing Crosby and Carol Burnett: Together Again for the First Time