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Ira Skutch(1921-2010)

  • Director
  • Producer
  • Writer
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Ira Skutch was born on 12 September 1921 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a director and producer, known for Tattletales (1974), Match Game (1973) and Around the Town (1948). He died on 16 March 2010 in Silver Lake, California, USA.
BornSeptember 12, 1921
DiedMarch 16, 2010(88)
BornSeptember 12, 1921
DiedMarch 16, 2010(88)
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  • Awards
    • 3 nominations total

Known for

Tattletales (1974)
Tattletales
7.1
TV Series
  • Producer
Joyce Bulifant, Richard Dawson, Patti Deutsch, Fannie Flagg, Elaine Joyce, Dick Martin, Johnny Olson, Gene Rayburn, Charles Nelson Reilly, Nipsey Russell, Brett Somers, Marcia Wallace, and Betty White in Match Game (1973)
Match Game
8.3
TV Series
  • Director
Around the Town
TV Series
  • Director
Missing Links (1963)
Missing Links
5.7
TV Series
  • Director

Credits

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Director



  • Child's Play (1982)
    Child's Play
    7.0
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1982–2015
  • Bill Cullen in Blockbusters (1980)
    Blockbusters
    7.2
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1980–1982
  • Mindreaders (1979)
    Mindreaders
    6.0
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1979–1980
  • Concentration (1973)
    Concentration
    7.6
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1973–1978
  • Joyce Bulifant, Richard Dawson, Patti Deutsch, Fannie Flagg, Elaine Joyce, Dick Martin, Johnny Olson, Gene Rayburn, Charles Nelson Reilly, Nipsey Russell, Brett Somers, Marcia Wallace, and Betty White in Match Game (1973)
    Match Game
    8.3
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1975–1977
  • Password (1961)
    Password
    7.4
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1971
  • Beat the Clock
    6.6
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1970–1975
  • He Said, She Said
    5.7
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1970
  • Gene Rayburn in The Match Game (1962)
    The Match Game
    7.4
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1963–1969
  • Dream Girl of '67 (1966)
    Dream Girl of '67
    6.2
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1967
  • Missing Links (1963)
    Missing Links
    5.7
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1963–1964
  • Bennett Cerf, John Daly, Arlene Francis, and Dorothy Kilgallen in What's My Line? (1950)
    What's My Line?
    8.5
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1962–1964
  • I've Got a Secret (1952)
    I've Got a Secret
    7.9
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1959
  • Hugh Downs in Concentration (1958)
    Concentration
    7.8
    TV Series
    • Director (1973-1979)
    • 1958–1973
  • Two for the Money (1952)
    Two for the Money
    7.1
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1957

Producer



  • Bill Cullen in Blockbusters (1980)
    Blockbusters
    7.2
    TV Series
    • executive producer
    • 1980–1982
  • Tattletales (1982)
    Tattletales
    7.7
    TV Series
    • executive producer
    • 1982–1984
  • Richard Dawson, Fannie Flagg, Johnny Olson, Gene Rayburn, Charles Nelson Reilly, Brett Somers, and Betty White in Match Game PM (1975)
    Match Game PM
    7.9
    TV Series
    • producer
    • 1975–1981
  • Joyce Bulifant, Richard Dawson, Patti Deutsch, Fannie Flagg, Elaine Joyce, Dick Martin, Johnny Olson, Gene Rayburn, Charles Nelson Reilly, Nipsey Russell, Brett Somers, Marcia Wallace, and Betty White in Match Game (1973)
    Match Game
    8.3
    TV Series
    • associate producer
    • producer
    • executive producer
    • 1973–1980
  • Mindreaders (1979)
    Mindreaders
    6.0
    TV Series
    • executive producer
    • 1979–1980
  • The Better Sex
    6.1
    TV Series
    • executive producer
    • 1977
  • Tattletales (1974)
    Tattletales
    7.1
    TV Series
    • executive producer
    • producer
    • producer: creator
    • 1974–1976
  • I've Got a Secret (1972)
    I've Got a Secret
    7.2
    TV Series
    • producer
    • 1972–1973
  • Getting Away from It All (1972)
    Getting Away from It All
    5.7
    TV Movie
    • producer
    • 1972
  • He Said, She Said
    5.7
    TV Series
    • producer
    • 1969–1970
  • Snap Judgment (1967)
    Snap Judgment
    5.7
    TV Series
    • producer
    • 1967
  • Missing Links (1963)
    Missing Links
    5.7
    TV Series
    • producer
    • 1963–1964
  • Play Your Hunch
    6.8
    TV Series
    • producer
    • 1958–1963
  • Play Your Hunch
    TV Series
    • producer
    • 1962
  • Two for the Money (1952)
    Two for the Money
    7.1
    TV Series
    • executive producer (1957)
    • 1952–1957

Writer



  • Katie Boyle and Al Dupres in Quandaries (1988)
    Quandaries
    TV Series
    • devised by
    • 1988
  • Tattletales (1974)
    Tattletales
    7.1
    TV Series
    • executive producer
    • creator
    • also creator ...
    • 1974–1976

Personal details

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  • Alternative names
    • also creator
  • Born
    • September 12, 1921
    • New York City, New York, USA
  • Died
    • March 16, 2010
    • Silver Lake, California, USA(lymphoma)
  • Other works
    Book: "Five Directors: The Golden Years of Radio" (1998).
  • Publicity listings
    • 1 Print Biography

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  • Trivia
    Is survived by his son, daughter Lindsey Skutch, a brother, four grandchildren and one great grandchild.

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