George Burditt was an Emmy-nominated comedy writer-producer who wrote dozens of episodes of the hit sitcom "Three's Company" and served as its executive producer from 1981-84. He earned four Emmy nominations as a writer during the 1970s - two each for variety shows "The Sonny And Cher Comedy Hour" and "Van Dyke And Company" - and also penned episodes of "All In The Family", "Sanford and Son", "The Jeffersons, The Ropers, "Doc", "Three's Company" and its spinoff "Three's A Crowd". His producing credits include the sitcoms "Silver Spoons", 227 "Three's Company" and "Three's A Crowd". Born and raised in Boston, Burditt served in the Marines in the Pacific during World War II. He worked for American Greetings in Cleveland before moving to LA to become a TV writer. His son, Jack Burditt is an Emmy-winning writer-producer on such comedies as "30 Rock" and Frasier and creator of Last Man Standing. Jack died at age 89 in 2013 at his home in Burbank, CA. Along with son Jack, George Burditt's survivors include his wife Joyce Rebeta-Burditt, a TV writer and creator of long-running drama "Diagnosis Murder"; two other children, daughters Emily and Becky; eight grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.
Known For
Credits
Crew Credits
Three's a Crowd (1984)
Show crew as Developer
- Episode 1x01: Family Affair (Sep 25, 1984)
Show crew as Executive Producer
- Episode 1x01: Family Affair (Sep 25, 1984)
Episode crew as Writer
(3 episodes)
- Episode 1x22: A Star is Born (Apr 9, 1985)
- Episode 1x02: The Happy Couple (Oct 9, 1984)
- Episode 1x01: Family Affair (Sep 25, 1984)
Three's Company (1977)
Show crew as Executive Producer
(3 episodes)
- Episode 8x01: Jack Be Quick (Sep 27, 1983)
- Episode 7x01: A Night Not to Remember (Sep 28, 1982)
- Episode 6x01: Jack Bares All (1) (Oct 6, 1981)
Show crew as Executive Story Consultant
(4 episodes)
- Episode 3x01: Double Date (Sep 12, 1978)
- Episode 2x01: Ground Rules (Sep 13, 1977)
- Episode 1x02: And Mother Makes Four (Mar 24, 1977)
- Episode 1x01: A Man About the House (Mar 15, 1977)
Show crew as Producer
- Episode 5x01: Upstairs, Downstairs, Upstairs (Oct 28, 1980)
Episode crew as Teleplay
(8 episodes)
- Episode 7x09: The Brunch (Dec 7, 1982)
- Episode 3x19: The Bake-Off (Feb 27, 1979)
- Episode 3x11: The Kleptomaniac (Nov 28, 1978)
- Episode 3x07: Chrissy and the Guru (Oct 24, 1978)
- Episode 2x23: Chrissy, Come Home (Feb 28, 1978)
- Episode 2x20: Jack's Navy Pal (Feb 7, 1978)
- Episode 2x12: Jack's Uncle (Dec 6, 1977)
- Episode 2x04: Strange Bedfellows (Oct 4, 1977)
Episode crew as Writer
(24 episodes)
- Episode 8x22: Friends and Lovers (2) (Sep 18, 1984)
- Episode 8x21: Friends and Lovers (1) (Sep 18, 1984)
- Episode 8x20: Cupid Works Overtime (Mar 15, 1984)
- Episode 8x11: The Charming Stranger (Dec 20, 1983)
- Episode 7x02: Jack Goes to the Dentist (Oct 12, 1982)
- Episode 7x01: A Night Not to Remember (Sep 28, 1982)
- Episode 6x06: Lies My Roommate Told Me (Nov 10, 1981)
- Episode 5x18: Night of the Ropers (Mar 17, 1981)
- Episode 5x08: Jack to the Rescue (Jan 6, 1981)
- Episode 5x07: Chrissy's Cousin (Dec 16, 1980)
- Episode 5x03: A Hundred Dollars a What? (Nov 18, 1980)
- Episode 5x02: And Justice for Jack (Nov 11, 1980)
- Episode 3x21: Jack Moves Out (May 8, 1979)
- Episode 3x14: The Older Woman (Jan 16, 1979)
- Episode 3x06: My Sister's Keeper (Oct 17, 1978)
- Episode 2x19: Jack in the Flower Shop (Jan 31, 1978)
- Episode 2x15: The Gift (Jan 3, 1978)
- Episode 2x13: Helen's Job (Dec 13, 1977)
- Episode 2x08: Cyrano de Tripper (Nov 8, 1977)
- Episode 1x06: It's Only Money (Apr 21, 1977)
- Episode 1x04: No Children, No Pets (Apr 7, 1977)
- Episode 1x03: Roper's Niece (Mar 31, 1977)
- Episode S06 Special: The Best of Three's Company: Part 1 (May 18, 1982)
- Episode S06 Special: The Best of Three's Company: Part 2 (May 18, 1982)
Episode crew as Story
(4 episodes)
- Episode 8x18: Forget Me Not (Feb 28, 1984)
- Episode 7x09: The Brunch (Dec 7, 1982)
- Episode 2x20: Jack's Navy Pal (Feb 7, 1978)
- Episode 2x03: Janet's Promotion (Sep 27, 1977)
Sanford and Son (1972)
Episode crew as Teleplay
- Episode 3x23: The Way to Lamont's Heart (Mar 15, 1974)
Episode crew as Story
- Episode 3x23: The Way to Lamont's Heart (Mar 15, 1974)