Awards & Winners

Morton Lachman

Date of Birth 20-March-1918
Place of Birth Seattle
(King County, United States of America, Washington, Area code 206, Salish Sea Marine Sanctuary)
Nationality United States of America
Also know as Mort Lachman
Profession Screenwriter, Television Producer
Morton Lachman was a comedy writer and producer who worked for Bob Hope for more than twenty years and subsequently produced sitcoms for television, including All in the Family and Kate & Allie. He was also the co-creator and executive producer of Gimme A Break!, which ran from 1981 to 1987 on NBC. He won two Emmy awards — one in 1978 for his work on All in the Family, and one in 1974 for his direction of an episode of The ABC Afternoon Playbreak. He died three days before his 91st birthday from a diabetes-related heart attack.

Awards by Morton Lachman

Check all the awards nominated and won by Morton Lachman.

1986


Nominations 1986 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series Kate & Allie

1985


Nominations 1985 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series Kate & Allie

1984


Nominations 1984 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series Kate & Allie

1979


Nominations 1979 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series All in the Family
Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy All in the Family

1978


Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series
Honored for : All in the Family
Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy
Honored for : All in the Family

Nominations 1978 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy All in the Family
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series All in the Family

1977


Nominations 1977 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series All in the Family

1975


Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Special Class Directing
Honored for : The ABC Afternoon Playbreak
(The Girl Who Couldn't Lose)

Nominations 1975 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Special Class Directing The ABC Afternoon Playbreak
The Girl Who Couldn't Lose

1969


Nominations 1969 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Writers Guild of America Award for Best Written Comedy Yours, Mine and Ours