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Mel Tolkin
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Overview
Date of Birth:
3 April
1913
,
Odessa, Russia [now Ukraine]
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Date of Death:
26 November
2007
, Century City, California, USA
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Trivia:
Father of screenwriters
Michael Tolkin
and
Stephen Tolkin
.
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Awards:
Nominated for 6 Primetime Emmys. Another 1 win & 1 nomination
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Filmography
Jump to filmography as:
Writer
,
Miscellaneous Crew
,
Producer
,
Music Department
,
Self
,
Archive Footage
Writer:
1980s
1970s
1960s
1950s
1940s
"Love, Sidney"
(1 episode, 1982)
-
Is There Life After Show Business?
(1982)
TV episode
(written by)
"Joe's World"
(3 episodes, 1979-1980)
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To Catch a Cheater
(1980)
TV episode
(creator) (written by)
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The Strike
(1980)
TV episode
(story)
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The Initiation
(1979)
TV episode
(written by)
"Sanford"
(1 episode, 1980)
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Dinner at George's
(1980)
TV episode
(written by)
"Archie Bunker's Place"
(2 episodes, 1980)
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A Small Mafia Favor
(1980)
TV episode
(teleplay)
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Veronica's Ex
(1980)
TV episode
(written by)
"All in the Family"
(34 episodes, 1975-1979)
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The Return of Stephanie's Father
(1979)
TV episode
(written by)
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The Family Next Door
(1979)
TV episode
(written by)
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Stephanie and the Crime Wave
(1979)
TV episode
(written by)
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A Night at the PTA
(1979)
TV episode
(written by)
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The Bunkers Go West
(1978)
TV episode
(written by)
(
29 more
)
10 from Your Show of Shows
(1973) (writer)
Roberta
(1969) (TV) (adaptation)
"The Good Guys"
(1 episode, 1969)
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Big Tom Gets Married
(1969)
TV episode
(writer)
"Run Buddy Run"
(1 episode, 1966)
-
Steam Bath & Chicken Little
(1966)
TV episode
(writer)
The Last of the Secret Agents?
(1966) (screenplay) (story)
"Summer Playhouse"
(1 episode, 1964)
-
The Jimmy Durante Show
(1964)
TV episode
(writer)
"The Danny Kaye Show"
(1963)
TV series
(unknown episodes)
"I'm Dickens, He's Fenster"
(25 episodes, 1962-1963)
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King Archibald, the First
(1963)
TV episode
(story editor)
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Big Opening at the Hospital
(1963)
TV episode
(written by)
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Number One Son
(1963)
TV episode
(story editor)
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Kick Me Kate
(1963)
TV episode
(story editor)
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Table Tennis, Anyone?
(1963)
TV episode
(story editor)
(
20 more
)
"Margie"
(1 episode, 1962)
-
Flaming Youth
(1962)
TV episode
(writer)
"Bachelor Father"
(1 episode, 1960)
-
How to Catch a Man
(1960)
TV episode
(written by)
Accent on Love
(1959) (TV) (writer)
"Sid Caesar Invites You"
(1958/II)
TV series
(unknown episodes)
"Caesar's Hour"
(4 episodes, 1954-1957)
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Episode dated 2 March 1957
(1957)
TV episode
(head writer)
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Episode dated 20 October 1956
(1956)
TV episode
(head writer)
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Episode dated 11 April 1955
(1955)
TV episode
(head writer)
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Episode #1.3
(1954)
TV episode
(head writer)
"Producers' Showcase"
(1 episode, 1954)
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Dateline
(1954)
TV episode
(writer)
"Your Show of Shows"
(139 episodes, 1950-1954)
... aka Sid Caesar's Show of Shows (UK: rerun title)
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Episode dated 5 June 1954
(1954)
TV episode
(writer)
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Episode dated 29 May 1954
(1954)
TV episode
(writer)
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Episode dated 22 May 1954
(1954)
TV episode
(writer)
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Episode dated 8 May 1954
(1954)
TV episode
(writer)
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Episode dated 1 May 1954
(1954)
TV episode
(writer)
(
134 more
)
"The Admiral Broadway Revue"
(1 episode, 1949)
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County Fair
(1949)
TV episode
(written by)
Miscellaneous Crew:
1980s
1970s
1960s
"Archie Bunker's Place"
(executive story editor) (1 episode, 1980)
-
The Return of Sammy
(1980)
TV episode
(executive story editor)
"All in the Family"
(story editor) (28 episodes, 1977-1978) (executive story editor) (24 episodes, 1976-1977) (program consultant) (23 episodes, 1975-1976)
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California, Here We Are: Part 1
(1978)
TV episode
(story editor)
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California, Here We Are: Part 2
(1978)
TV episode
(story editor)
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Return of the Waitress
(1978)
TV episode
(story editor)
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Edith Versus the Bank
(1978)
TV episode
(story editor)
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Archie's Other Wife
(1978)
TV episode
(story editor)
(
70 more
)
"The Good Guys"
(story editor) (1 episode, 1969)
-
Big Tom Gets Married
(1969)
TV episode
(story editor)
"I'm Dickens, He's Fenster"
(story editor) (2 episodes, 1962)
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Harry, the Father Image
(1962)
TV episode
(story editor)
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A Small Matter of Being Fired
(1962)
TV episode
(story editor)
Producer:
1980s
1960s
"Love, Sidney"
(1981)
TV series
(producer) (unknown episodes)
"Sanford"
(producer) (2 episodes, 1980)
-
The Benefit
(1980)
TV episode
(producer)
-
Cal's Diet: Part 2
(1980)
TV episode
(producer)
The Last of the Secret Agents?
(1966) (associate producer)
Music Department:
"Your Show of Shows"
(1950)
TV series
(composer: theme "Stars Over Broadway") (unknown episodes)
... aka Sid Caesar's Show of Shows (UK: rerun title)
Self:
2000s
1990s
Sid Caesar Collection: Buried Treasures - Shining Stars
(2003) (V) .... Himself
Sid Caesar Collection: Buried Treasures - The Impact of Sid Caesar
(2003) (V) .... Himself
Sid Caesar Collection: Buried Treasures - The Legend of Sid Caesar
(2003) (V) .... Himself
The Sid Caesar Collection: The Fan Favorites - Love & Laughter
(2001) (V) .... Himself
The Sid Caesar Collection: The Fan Favorites - The Professor and Other Clowns
(2001) (V) .... Himself
Hail Sid Caesar! The Golden Age of Comedy
(2001) .... Himself
The Sid Caesar Collection: The Fan Favorites - The Dream Team of Comedy
(2001) (V) .... Himself
The Sid Caesar Collection: Creating the Comedy
(2000) (V) .... Himself
The Sid Caesar Collection: Inside the Writer's Room
(2000) (V) .... Himself
The Sid Caesar Collection: The Magic of Live TV
(2000) (V) .... Himself
Caesar's Writers
(1996) (TV) .... Himself
Archive Footage:
The 60th Primetime Emmy Awards
(2008) (TV) .... Himself - In Memoriam
Additional Details
Other Works:
1967: He wrote the screenplay for a ten-minute demonstration film that reworked the previous year's
The Perils of Pauline
(1967) pilot into a contemporary era setting. The demo again starred
Pamela Austin
as Pauline.
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Genres:
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