Herbert Brodkin (November 9, 1912 – October 29, 1990) was an American producer and director of film and television.
[1] Brodkin was best known as the producer of the television shows Playhouse 90, The Defenders,[2] the miniseries Holocaust and the short-lived series Coronet Blue.
[8] Brodkin started his career as a scenic designer of the 1947 Broadway drama O'Daniel.
Eventually, Brodkin would be the production manager of the plays Texas, Li'l Darlin, (1949), and Something About a Soldier, (1962).
Beginning in 1956, the series was able to put Brodkin's expertise in the theatrical arts at work.
The series starred E.G. Marshall and Robert Reed as a father-and-son defense attorney team who, under the production of Brodkin, dealt with subjects such as euthanasia and blacklisting, subjects which, at the time, were very touchy for television.
[1] Some of the other television series that Brodkin produced were Brenner, The Nurses, For the People, and Coronet Blue, (all for CBS), Shane (for ABC),[10] and Espionage (for NBC).
The movie's plot was based on the real life NSPA Controversy of Skokie, Illinois, in the late 1970s which involved the National Socialist Party of America.
The company was responsible for series such as Brenner, The Defenders, The Nurses, Espionage, For the People, and Coronet Blue.