George Burditt(1923-2013)
- Producer
- Writer
- Additional Crew
George Burditt was an Emmy-nominated comedy writer-producer who wrote
dozens of episodes of the hit sitcom "Three's Company" and served as
its executive producer from 1981-84. He earned four Emmy nominations as
a writer during the 1970s - two each for variety shows "The Sonny And
Cher Comedy Hour" and "Van Dyke And Company" - and also penned episodes
of "All In The Family", "Sanford and Son", "The Jeffersons, The Ropers,
"Doc", "Three's Company" and its spinoff "Three's A Crowd". His
producing credits include the sitcoms "Silver Spoons", 227 "Three's
Company" and "Three's A Crowd". Born and raised in Boston, Burditt
served in the Marines in the Pacific during World War II. He worked for
American Greetings in Cleveland before moving to LA to become a TV
writer. His son, Jack Burditt is an Emmy-winning writer-producer on
such comedies as "30 Rock" and Frasier and creator of Last Man
Standing. Jack died at age 89 in 2013 at his home in Burbank, CA. Along
with son Jack, George Burditt's survivors include his wife Joyce
Rebeta-Burditt, a TV writer and creator of long-running drama
"Diagnosis Murder"; two other children, daughters Emily and Becky;
eight grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.
