Harvey Orkin(1918-1975)

In addition to being a writer for television, Harvey Orkin was a theatrical agent, first at William Morris and Frank Cooper and finally at Creative Management Associates (which later became ICM.) His clients included Richard Burton and Peter Sellers. While serving as the London liaison for CMA, he appeared on the BBC television program, Not So Much a Programme, More a Way of Life (1964), which won him great popularity in Britain. He also appeared sometimes on the follow-up show, "BBC-3". Orkin was also the author of a novel, Scuffler. The movie, Tribute (1980), with Jack Lemmon, is based loosely on his life and more particularly, his death.