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Mel Tolkin, né Shmuel Tolchinsky, was a television comedy writer best known as head writer of the live sketch comedy series Your Show of Shows during the Golden Age of Television. There he presided over a staff that at times included Mel Brooks, Neil Simon, and Danny Simon. The writers' room inspired the film My Favorite Year (1982), produced by Brooks, and the Broadway play Laughter on the 23rd Floor (1993), written by Neil Simon.
Birth Name
Samuel Tolchinsky
Born
Thursday, 03 April 1913
Died
Monday, 26 November 2007
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| In the Beginning: The Caesar Years | Self | 2012 |
| Sid Caesar Collection: Buried Treasures - The Legend of Sid Caesar | Self | 2003 |
| Hail Sid Caesar! The Golden Age of Comedy | Self | 2001 |
| The Sid Caesar Collection: The Magic of Live TV | Self | 2000 |
| The Sid Caesar Collection: Creating the Comedy | Himself / Self | 2000 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| In the Beginning: The Caesar Years | Self | 2012 |
| Sid Caesar Collection: Buried Treasures - The Legend of Sid Caesar | Self | 2003 |
| Hail Sid Caesar! The Golden Age of Comedy | Self | 2001 |
| The Sid Caesar Collection: The Magic of Live TV | Self | 2000 |
| The Sid Caesar Collection: Creating the Comedy | Himself / Self | 2000 |
Producer Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| Sanford | 1980 |
| Joe's World | 1979 |
| The Last of the Secret Agents? | 1966 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 1982 | Emmy | Outstanding Comedy Series | Nominated |
| 1978 | Emmy | Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series | Nominated |
| 1967 | Emmy | Outstanding Writing Achievement in Variety | Won |
| 1964 | Emmy | Outstanding Writing Achievement in Comedy or Variety | Nominated |
| 1958 | Emmy | Best Comedy Writing | Nominated |
| 1957 | Emmy | Best Comedy Writing - Variety or Situation Comedy | Nominated |
| 1956 | Emmy | Best Comedy Writing | Nominated |
