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Alan Rafkin (1928–2001)

Director | Producer | Actor

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Born in New York and worked as a nightclub comic and TV actor. In his early TV days, also worked behind the scenes on Captain Kangaroo. Directed episodes for more than 80 different TV series over four decades, stretching from the The Dick Van Dyke Show to cable-ACE award-winning stint as director on It's Garry Shandling's Show.. See more trivia »

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in New York City, New York, USA

Died:

(age 73) in Los Angeles, California, USA
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1997-2000 Veronica's Closet (TV series)
– Veronica's Tattooed Man (2000)
– Veronica's Long Walk Home (1999)
– Veronica's New Boss (1999)
– Veronica's Wedding Bell Blues (1999)
– Veronica's from Venus/Josh's Parents Are from Mars (1999)
See all 9 episodes »
 
1998-1999 Suddenly Susan (TV series)
– First Date (1999)
– The Gay Parade (1999)
– A Day in the Life (1999)
– Trash-Test Dummies (1998)
– Seems Like Old Times (1998)
See all 9 episodes »
 
1999 Jesse (TV series)
– L'Eggo My Diego (1999)
 
1998 The Closer (TV series)
– My Best Friend's Funeral (1998)
 
1997 Chicago Sons (TV series)
 
1989-1996 Coach (TV series)
– Luther Get Your Gun (1996)
– Fantasy Camp (1996)
– Save the Wave (1996)
– Bo Knows (1995)
– The Kicker (1995)
See all 87 episodes »
 
1995-1996 Hope & Gloria (TV series)
– Baby Love (1996)
– Note to Self (1996)
– One Sorry Mother (1996)
– Tainted Love (1996)
– A New York Story (1996)
See all 10 episodes »
 
1995 The Jeff Foxworthy Show (TV series)
 
1994-1995 Murphy Brown (TV series)
– Make Room for Daddy (1995)
– The Good Nephew (1995)
– McGovern: Unclothed (1995)
– It's Miller Time (1995)
– A Rat's Tale (1995)
See all 11 episodes »
 
1994 Good Advice (TV series)
– Two Times Twenty (1994)
 
1990 A Family for Joe (TV series)
– Having a Baby (1990)
– Night School (1990)
– Law and Order (1990)
– Life of the Party (1990)
– An Earful (1990)
See all 6 episodes »
 
1990 The Ghost Writer (TV movie)
 
1989 Chicken Soup (TV series)
– Almost Father Jackie (1989)
– Bea Moves Out (1989)
– Take My Kids, Please (1989)
– Double Date (1989)
– The Reservation (1989)
See all 11 episodes »
 
1988-1989 The Boys (TV series)
– Some Don't Like It Hot (1989)
– Gene's Problem (1988)
– The Apartment
 
1986-1989 It's Garry Shandling's Show. (TV series)
– Going, Going, Gone (1989)
– Grant Goes to the Dogs (1989)
– Kramer vs. Grant (1989)
– Garry Acts Like a Moron (1989)
– Ruth's Place (1989)
See all 48 episodes »
 
1988 First Impressions (TV series)
– Frank's Date (1988)
 
1987 She's the Sheriff (TV series)
– Call Me Madam (1987)
– Monkey Business (1987)
– Lover Boy (1987)
– Unsafe at Any Speed (1987)
– All in a Day's Work (1987)
See all 6 episodes »
 
1987 CBS Summer Playhouse (TV series)
– Puppetman (1987)
 
1985-1986 Charlie & Co. (TV series)
– Rent and Rave (1986)
– Don't Take My Son... Please (1986)
– When You Least Expect It (1986)
– Rachel and the Stranger (1986)
– Here's Rachel (1986)
See all 18 episodes »
 
1984-1985 Glitter (TV series)
– The Tribute (1985)
– On Your Toes (1984)
 
1985 Sam (TV movie)
 
1984-1985 Charles in Charge (TV series)
– Meet Grandpa (1985)
– Mr. Brilliant (1985)
– The Wrong Guy (1985)
– Charles' Spring Break (1985)
– Charles 'R' Us (1985)
See all 19 episodes »
 
1983-1984 We Got It Made (TV series)
– The Other Tucker (1984)
– Mickey's Poster (1984)
– Mickey's Misconception (1984)
– Sexiest Bachelor (1983)
– Mickey's T-Shirt (1983)
See all 16 episodes »
 
1978-1983 One Day at a Time (TV series)
– Honeymoon II (1983)
– Second Time Around (1983)
– Sisters (1983)
– Sonny Boy (1983)
– Buyer's Remorse (1983)
See all 123 episodes »
 
1977-1983 The Love Boat (TV series)
– Isaac's Aegean Affair/The Captain and the Kid/Poor Rich Man/The Dean and the Flunkee: Part 1 (1983)
– Isaac's Aegean Affair/The Captain and the Kid/Poor Rich Man/The Dean and the Flunkee: Part 2 (1983)
– Not Now, I'm Dying/Eleanor's Return/Too Young to Love (1979)
– Gopher's Greatest Hits/The Vacation/One Rose a Day (1979)
– Going My Way/Dance with Me/Doc, Be Patient (1979) (segment "Going My Way")
See all 11 episodes »
 
1981 Harry's Battles (TV movie)
 
1981 Living in Paradise (TV movie)
 
1979 Hanging In (TV series)
– Lou's Little Problem (1979)
– Old Girlfriend (1979)
– New Man on Campus (1979)
 
1977-1978 Laverne & Shirley (TV series)
– Breaking Up and Making Up: Edna & Frank (1978)
– The Debutante Ball (1978)
– The Obstacle Course (1978)
– The Driving Test (1978)
– Bus Stop (1978)
See all 22 episodes »
 
1977 A Year at the Top (TV series)
 
1976-1977 The Nancy Walker Show (TV series)
– The Partners (1977)
– The Reunion (1977)
– Terry's Depression (1976)
– Rival Agents (1976)
– Dear Dr. Dora (1976)
See all 8 episodes »
 
1977 Blansky's Beauties (TV series)
– Nancy Breaks a Leg (1977)
– Dear Nancy (1977)
– Nancy Meets Francie (1977)
 
1977 Handle with Care (TV movie)
 
1977 Alice (TV series)
– A Night to Remember (1977)
– The Pain of No Return (1977)
– The Hex (1977)
– The Accident (1977)
– Mel's in Love (1977)
 
1976-1977 M*A*S*H (TV series)
– The General's Practitioner (1977)
– Lt. Radar O'Reilly (1976)
 
1974-1976 Sanford and Son (TV series)
– Aunt Esther Has a Baby (1976)
– Carol (1976)
– Fred's Extra Job (1976)
– The Winning Ticket (1976)
– I Dream of Choo Choo Rabinowitz (1976)
See all 17 episodes »
 
1976 Viva Valdez (TV series)
– The Apprentice (1976)
– Weekend (1976)
– Brothers' Rivalry (1976)
– Mama Sees a Thief (1976)
– Papa's Legacy (1976)
See all 12 episodes »
 
1976 What's Happening!! (TV series)
– My Three Tons (1976)
 
1972-1975 The Bob Newhart Show (TV series)
– The Ceiling Hits Bob (1975)
– My Business Is Shrinking (1975)
– A Pound of Flesh (1975)
– Home Is Where the Hurt Is (1974)
– Serve for Daylight (1974)
See all 23 episodes »
 
1975 That's My Mama (TV series)
– Clifton and the Kid (1975)
 
1975 Let's Switch! (TV movie)
 
1974 Paul Sand in Friends and Lovers (TV series)
– The Groupie (1974)
– All's Well That Ends (1974)
– Dreyfuss and Dreyfuss, Associates (1974)
– Fiddler in the House (1974)
 
1970-1974 Mary Tyler Moore (TV series)
– What Are Friends For? (1974)
– Support Your Local Mother (1970)
– Keep Your Guard Up (1970)
– Divorce Isn't Everything (1970)
 
1974 Rhoda (TV series)
– The Honeymoon (1974)
– I'll Be Loving You, Sometimes (1974)
 
1973-1974 Lotsa Luck (TV series)
– Get Off My Back (1974)
– Bummy's Girl (1974)
– Stan's Assistant (1974)
– You Oughta Be in Pictures (1974)
– A Little Order of Law and Order (1974)
See all 19 episodes »
 
1974 Another April (TV movie)
 
1974 The Girl with Something Extra (TV series)
– A Zircon in the Rough (1974)
 
1973-1974 The New Dick Van Dyke Show (TV series)
– House Guests (1974)
– He Who Steals My Friends (1973)
– Turning Pro (1973)
– Those Who Care (1973)
 
1973 Daddy's Girl (TV movie)
 
1969-1973 Love, American Style (TV series)
– Love and the Anniversary/Love and the Playwright/Love and the Trampled Passion (1973) (segment "Love and the Anniversary")
– Love and the Singing Suitor/Love and the Unmarriage/Love and the Wee He (1973) (segment "Love and the Unmarriage" / segment "Love and the Wee He")
– Love and the Duel/Love and the Note/Love and the Young Unmarrieds (1971) (segment "Love and the Duel")
– Love and Las Vegas/Love and the Good Samaritan/Love and the Marriage Counselor (1970) (segment "Love and the Good Samaritan")
– Love and the Safely Married Man/Love and the Uncoupled Couple/Love and the Many Married Couple (1970) (segment "Love and the Many Married Couple")
See all 9 episodes »
 
1973 Here We Go Again (TV series)
 
1972 The New Temperatures Rising Show (TV series)
– The Accident Con (1972)
 
1972 The Super (TV series)
– The Super's Apprentice (1972)
 
1972 Me and the Chimp (TV series)
 
1971 God Bless Mr. Ferguson (TV movie)
 
1971 The Odd Couple (TV series)
– Oscar's New Life (1971)
– A Taste of Money (1971)
– Engrave Trouble (1971)
 
1971 How to Frame a Figg
 
1971 The Partridge Family (TV series)
– Road Song (1971)
– Why Did the Music Stop? (1971)
 
1971 That Girl (TV series)
– Those Friars (1971)
 
1971 Arnie (TV series)
– Second Honeymoon (1971)
 
1969-1970 The Governor & J.J. (TV series)
– Twice in a Lifetime (1970)
– A Day in the Life (1970)
– Check the Check (1970)
– Fawcett Is Running (1970)
– Run Ballerina, Run (1970)
See all 17 episodes »
 
1969-1970 Get Smart (TV series)
– Do I Hear a Vaults? (1970)
– Hello, Columbus - Goodbye, America (1970)
– Witness for the Execution (1970)
– Moonlighting Becomes You (1970)
– Physician Impossible (1969)
See all 6 episodes »
 
1969-1970 My World and Welcome to It (TV series)
– The Human Being and the Dinosaur (1970)
– The War Between Men and Women (1969)
 
1969 The Doris Day Show (TV series)
– Togetherness (1969)
 
1969 The Good Guys (TV series)
– A Chimp Named Sam (1969)
 
1969 Room 222 (TV series)
– Naked Came We Into the World (1969)
 
1969 The Courtship of Eddie's Father (TV series)
– Mrs. Livingston, I Presume (1969)
 
1969 The Flim-Flam Man (TV movie)
 
1969 Angel in My Pocket
 
1968 The Shakiest Gun in the West
 
1968 Nobody's Perfect
 
1964-1967 The Andy Griffith Show (TV series)
– Andy's Investment (1967)
– A Singer in Town (1966)
– The Battle of Mayberry (1966)
– Goober's Replacement (1966)
– The Foster Lady (1966)
See all 27 episodes »
 
1967 Mr. Terrific (TV series)
– The Sultan Has Five Wives (1967)
 
1967 Ride to Hangman's Tree
 
1967 Laredo (TV series)
– Split the Difference (1967)
 
1966 Pistols 'n' Petticoats (TV series)
– The Ross Guttley Story (1966)
 
1966 The Jean Arthur Show (TV series)
– Lament of a Horseplayer (1966)
 
1966 The Ghost and Mr. Chicken
 
1964-1965 Bewitched (TV series)
– A Vision of Sugar Plums (1965)
– A Vision of Sugar Plums (1964)
 
1965 The Donna Reed Show (TV series)
– The Gladiators (1965)
– Home Wreckonomics (1965)
– Joe College (1965)
 
1965 I Dream of Jeannie (TV series)
– G.I. Jeannie (1965)
– Jeannie and the Marriage Caper (1965)
– Guess What Happened on the Way to the Moon? (1965)
 
1965 Ski Party
 
1965 Gomer Pyle: USMC (TV series)
– Gomer Dates a Movie Star (1965)
– Sergeant of the Guard (1965)
– The Jet Set (1965)
– Double Date with the Sarge (1965)
– My Buddy, the War Hero (1965)
 
1965 The Farmer's Daughter (TV series)
– A Plague on Both Their Houses (1965)
 
1964-1965 Valentine's Day (TV series)
– Follow the Broken Pretzel (1965)
– Cherry Blossoms in New York (1964)
– Triple Trouble (1964)
 
1962-1964 The Dick Van Dyke Show (TV series)
– The Death of the Party (1964) (as Al Rafkin)
– Pink Pills and Purple Parents (1964) (as Al Rafkin)
– My Husband Is a Check-Grabber (1963) (as Al Rafkin)
– My Husband Is Not a Drunk (1962) (as Al Rafkin)
 
1963-1964 My Favorite Martian (TV series)
– A Nose for News (1964)
– A Loaf of Bread, a Jug of Wine, and Peaches (1963)
– Man or Amoeba (1963)
– Russians R in Season (1963)
 
1964 The Patty Duke Show (TV series)
– The Tycoons (1964)
– Horoscope (1964)
 
1962 77 Sunset Strip (TV series)
– Violence for Your Furs (1962)
 
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1986 Charlie & Co. (TV series) (producer - 1 episode)
– Rachel and the Stranger (1986) (producer)
 
1978-1980 One Day at a Time (TV series) (executive producer - 51 episodes)
– The Spirit Is Willing (1980) (executive producer)
– Pen Pals (1980) (executive producer)
– Grecian Yearn (1980) (executive producer)
– Connor's Crisis (1980) (executive producer)
– No Laughing Matter (1980) (executive producer)
See all 51 episodes »
 
1978 The Love Boat (TV series) (producer)
 
1977 Alice (TV series) (producer - 1 episode)
– The Odd Couple (1977) (producer)
 
1972 The Super (TV series) (producer - 2 episodes)
– The Automated Super (1972) (producer)
– The Super's Apprentice (1972) (producer)
 
1971-1972 Love, American Style (TV series) (producer - 10 episodes)
– Love and the Bachelor Party/Love and the Latin Lover/Love and the Old-Fashioned Father/Love and the Test of Manhood (1972) (producer)
– Love and the Plane Truth/Love and the Scroungers/Love and the Small Wedding (1972) (producer)
– Love and the Advice Column/Love and the Bathtub/Love and the Fullback/Love and the Guru/Love and the Physical (1972) (producer)
– Love and the Contact Lens/Love and the Doctor's Honeymoon/Love and the Motel Mixup (1971) (producer)
– Love and the Particular Girl/Love and the Fountain of Youth/Love and the House Bachelor/Love and the Waitress (1971) (producer)
See all 10 episodes »
 
1972 Me and the Chimp (TV series) (producer)
 
Show ShowActor (3 titles)
1995 Coach (TV series)
Ancient Man
– The Kicker (1995) … Ancient Man
 
1973 The New Dick Van Dyke Show (TV series)
Lt. Farraday
– He Who Steals My Friends (1973) … Lt. Farraday
 
1973 Wait Till Your Father Gets Home (TV series)
– The Patient (1973) (voice)
 
Show ShowThanks (1 title)
2002 'M*A*S*H': 30th Anniversary Reunion (TV documentary) (in memory of)
 
Show ShowSelf (2 titles)
2000 E! True Hollywood Story (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Andy of Mayberry (2000) … Himself
 
1982 The 34th Annual Emmy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Winner: Best Directing in a Comedy Series
 

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"Cue the Bunny on the Rainbow: Tales from TV's Most Prolific Sitcom Director" (memoir, 1998)

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Alternate Names:

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Born in New York and worked as a nightclub comic and TV actor. In his early TV days, also worked behind the scenes on Captain Kangaroo. Directed episodes for more than 80 different TV series over four decades, stretching from the The Dick Van Dyke Show to cable-ACE award-winning stint as director on It's Garry Shandling's Show.. See more »

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