"Match Game" Director & Producer Ira Skutch Has Died At 88 - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

Brian Damage · 03-28-2010, 11:31 PM

Ira Skutch, 88, a producer and director whose career started in the early days of television, died March 16 of lymphoma at his daughter Lindsay's home in Silver Lake, she said.

Skutch started his television career in 1942 as an NBC page in New York. He worked as a stage manager for several early shows and then was a producer, director and writer for the "Philco Television Playhouse."

Skutch was born Sept. 12, 1921, in New York City and attended Dartmouth College.

He worked for Mark Goodson and Bill Todman Productions from 1957 to 1983 and produced or directed episodes of such games shows as "I've Got a Secret," "Match Game" and "Concentration." He also wrote or edited several books about television, including "The Days of Live," published in 1998.

http://articles.latimes.com/2010/mar...gs25-2010mar25

Marvo301 · 03-29-2010, 12:05 AM

Ira Skutch

SueAnn_Rose · 03-29-2010, 10:03 AM

So many people have died in the last year and this is very sad to hear.

BillCullen1 · 03-30-2010, 04:26 PM

Ira also directed Bill Cullen's Blockbusters and Dick Martin's Mindreaders. R.I.P. Ira. Say hello to Gene, Brett, Charles, Johnny O. and Mark Goodson when you see them.

BTW, Ira was the Producer of MG. Marc Breslow was the director.

catlover79 · 03-30-2010, 09:27 PM

KurtfromPitts · 03-31-2010, 01:17 PM

R.I.P. Ira, you gave us so much fun, especially with "Match Game".

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Brian Damage I'm Rich Bitch Forum Icon Join Date: Feb 03, 2002 Location: What Ain't No Country I Ever Heard Of...They Speak English in What? Posts: 63,108	"Match Game" Director & Producer Ira Skutch Has Died At 88 Ira Skutch, 88, a producer and director whose career started in the early days of television, died March 16 of lymphoma at his daughter Lindsay's home in Silver Lake, she said. Skutch started his television career in 1942 as an NBC page in New York. He worked as a stage manager for several early shows and then was a producer, director and writer for the "Philco Television Playhouse." Skutch was born Sept. 12, 1921, in New York City and attended Dartmouth College. He worked for Mark Goodson and Bill Todman Productions from 1957 to 1983 and produced or directed episodes of such games shows as "I've Got a Secret," "Match Game" and "Concentration." He also wrote or edited several books about television, including "The Days of Live," published in 1998. http://articles.latimes.com/2010/mar...gs25-2010mar25 Attached Images
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