George Balzer
{{Short description|American screenwriter and television producer}}
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| caption = April 14, 1962
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| birth_place = Erie, Pennsylvania, U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|2006|09|28|1915|09|01}}
| death_place = Van Nuys, California
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| occupation = Radio/TV Writer
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George Balzer (September 1, 1915 - September 28, 2006) was an American screenwriter and television producer.
Biography
Balzer was born to a Roman Catholic family[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/george-balzer-6230256.html The Independent: "George Balzer - Veteran comedy writer"] 4 November 2006 in Erie, Pennsylvania, and spent most of his career writing for Jack Benny. He died In September 2006 at age 91, in Van Nuys, California.{{Cite web |title=Two-Time Emmy Winner George Balzer Dies |url=https://www.televisionacademy.com/features/news/two-time-emmy-winner-george-balzer-dies |access-date=2025-01-27 |website=Television Academy |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Archives |first=L. A. Times |date=2006-10-03 |title=George Balzer, 91; Wrote for Jack Benny's Radio and TV Shows |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-oct-03-me-passings3.2-story.html |access-date=2025-01-27 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}
References
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- Young, Jordan R. (1999) The Laugh Crafters: Comedy Writing in Radio & TV's Golden Age. Beverly Hills: Past Times Publishing {{ISBN|0-940410-37-0}}
External links
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- {{emmytvlegends name|george-balzer}}
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Category:20th-century American male writers
Category:American comedy writers
Category:American male screenwriters
Category:American radio writers
Category:American television producers
Category:Primetime Emmy Award winners
Category:American male television writers
Category:American television writers
Category:Writers from Erie, Pennsylvania
Category:20th-century American screenwriters
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