Charlie Hauck, Emmy-nominated writer-producer of “Maude” and “Frasier,” died of complications from pancreatic cancer on Saturday at the age of 79. Warner Bros. TV confirmed his death at his home in Los Angeles to Variety.
The longtime writer worked on the CBS series “Maude” for three seasons, both as a producer and writer of nearly 20 episodes. In 1979, Hauck co-created the ABC series “The Associates,” which earned him an Emmy nomination for outstanding writing in a comedy series.
Hauck reunited with “Maude” producer Elliot Shoenman in the ’90s, as an executive producer and writer on ABC comedy series “Home Improvement,” starring Tim Allen. In 2000, he moved on to join the staff of NBC’s “Frasier,” for which he received his second Emmy nomination as one of the producers of an outstanding comedy series.
“I think it is fair to look at something and say, ‘I could do that,'” Hauck said of...
The longtime writer worked on the CBS series “Maude” for three seasons, both as a producer and writer of nearly 20 episodes. In 1979, Hauck co-created the ABC series “The Associates,” which earned him an Emmy nomination for outstanding writing in a comedy series.
Hauck reunited with “Maude” producer Elliot Shoenman in the ’90s, as an executive producer and writer on ABC comedy series “Home Improvement,” starring Tim Allen. In 2000, he moved on to join the staff of NBC’s “Frasier,” for which he received his second Emmy nomination as one of the producers of an outstanding comedy series.
“I think it is fair to look at something and say, ‘I could do that,'” Hauck said of...
- 11/20/2020
- by Janet W. Lee
- Variety Film + TV
Charlie Hauck, a writer-producer who penned scripts for some of TV’s most iconic sitcoms – Maude, Frasier, Home Improvement, One Day At A Time and, under a pseudonym as a favor to Larry Gelbert, one episode of M*A*S*H – died at his Los Angeles home on Saturday, Nov. 14, of complications from pancreatic cancer. He was 79.
His death was confirmed by his daughter Flannery Cogan Hauck.
“Nobody made me laugh harder, or more often, than Charlie Hauck,” said Maude creator Norman Lear. “He defined ‘funny’ and was a glorious man and friend.”
Hauck, whose career spanned more than 35 years, created the 1986 Valerie Harper comedy Valerie and co-created The Associates, the 1979 ABC sitcom that introduced a young Canadian actor named Martin Short to U.S. audiences.
Hauck’s knack for recognizing young comic talent also contributed heavily to another longstanding Hollywood career: Remembering a friend from his pre-Los Angeles days at Pittsburgh’s Wqed-tv,...
His death was confirmed by his daughter Flannery Cogan Hauck.
“Nobody made me laugh harder, or more often, than Charlie Hauck,” said Maude creator Norman Lear. “He defined ‘funny’ and was a glorious man and friend.”
Hauck, whose career spanned more than 35 years, created the 1986 Valerie Harper comedy Valerie and co-created The Associates, the 1979 ABC sitcom that introduced a young Canadian actor named Martin Short to U.S. audiences.
Hauck’s knack for recognizing young comic talent also contributed heavily to another longstanding Hollywood career: Remembering a friend from his pre-Los Angeles days at Pittsburgh’s Wqed-tv,...
- 11/20/2020
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
In our book, "Show Me The Funny!," top comedy writers from the golden age of TV to "Everybody Loves Raymond" to "There’s Something About Mary" take the same premise and each develop it into their own unique stories. And the bonus for readers is some unique Hollywood stories that emerged from these interviews. In the 1970s on comedies like "M*A*S*H," "All in the Family" and "Maude," Larry Gelbart and Norman Lear took on a variety of social issues, but by the 1990’s, the networks were playing it safe. Elliot Schoenman, show-runner on...
- 2/28/2012
- by Peter Desberg and Jeffrey Davis
- The Wrap
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