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name: "Bud Yorkin"
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tmdb_id: 69946
wikidata_id: "Q361443"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "22 February 1926"
died: "18 August 2015"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T23:58:45.246655+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Bud Yorkin

## Identity

Bud Yorkin

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/bud-yorkin
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** bud-yorkin
- **IMDb ID:** nm0005570
- **TMDB ID:** 69946
- **Wikidata ID:** Q361443
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bud_Yorkin, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q361443, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005570/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/69946

Producer. Born 22 February 1926 in Washington, Pennsylvania, USA. Died 18 August 2015.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 22 February 1926, Washington, Pennsylvania, USA
- **Died:** 18 August 2015
- **Also known as:** Alan David Yorkin, Alan Yorkin
- **Primetime Emmy Awards:** 1 Emmy (1 won)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bud_Yorkin, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q361443, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005570/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/69946

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Blade Runner 2049*](https://film.one/film/blade-runner-2049.md) (83)

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## Biography

Bud Yorkin was an American film and television producer, director, writer and actor. Born Alan David Yorkin on 22 February 1926 in Washington, Pennsylvania, he earned a degree in engineering from Carnegie Tech before entering television.

In 1963 he formed Tandem Productions with Norman Lear. The company produced the films *Come Blow Your Horn* (1963) and *Start the Revolution Without Me* (1970), and later the television series *All in the Family*, *Maude*, *Good Times* and *Sanford and Son*. Yorkin directed the films *Divorce American Style* (1967), *Inspector Clouseau* (1968) and *Arthur 2: On the Rocks* (1988). He co-executive produced the 1982 film *Blade Runner*.

Yorkin died on 18 August 2015 in Bel Air, Los Angeles. He was posthumously credited as a producer on *Blade Runner 2049* (2017).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Blade Runner 2049* (2017), Fi1m 83, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/blade-runner-2049.md)

## Complete filmography (29)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times"* (2019), Original Series Creator
- *Blade Runner 2049* (2017), Producer — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/blade-runner-2049.md)
- *Intersection* (1994), Producer
- *For the Boys* (1991), as Phil
- *Love Hurts* (1990), Director, Producer
- *Arthur 2: On the Rocks* (1988), Director
- *Twice in a Lifetime* (1985), Director, Producer
- *Deal of the Century* (1983), Producer
- *Blade Runner* (1982), Presenter — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/blade-runner.md)
- *I Love Liberty* (1982), Executive Producer
- *One in a Million* (1980), series, Producer
- *13 Queens Blvd.* (1979), series, Producer
- *Sanford Arms* (1977), series, Director, Producer
- *Carter Country* (1977), series, Director, Producer
- *What's Happening!!* (1976), series, Director, Executive Producer
- *Grady* (1975), series, Director
- *The Thief Who Came to Dinner* (1973), Director, Producer
- *Maude* (1972), series, Director
- *Sanford and Son* (1972), series, Director, Executive Producer, Creator
- *Cold Turkey* (1971), Executive Producer
- *Start the Revolution Without Me* (1970), Director, Producer
- *Inspector Clouseau* (1968), Director
- *Divorce American Style* (1967), Director
- *Never Too Late* (1965), Director
- *Vacation Playhouse* (1963), series, Director
- *Come Blow Your Horn* (1963), Director, Producer
- *Another Evening with Fred Astaire* (1959), Director, Producer
- *An Evening with Fred Astaire* (1958), Producer, Director
- *General Electric Theater* (1953), series, Director

## Awards

### Primetime Emmy Awards — 1 won

- 1960: Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series (won), for *The Jack Benny Program*

### Other awards — 1 won

- Lucy Award 1999: Lucy Award (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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