Longtime Academy Awards Telecasts Contributor Was 92 – The Hollywood Reporter

John Hamlin, that added to 45 Academy Awards telecasts at NBC and ABC as an exec or expert and generated lots of various other television specials throughout his lengthy profession, has actually passed away. He was 92.

Hamlin passed away Monday at a family members home in Pacific Palisades after he was hospitalized for serious dehydration from tummy influenza, his household revealed.

Hamlin dealt with everybody from Bob Hope and Elvis Presley to Michael Jackson and claimed the emphasize of his profession was satisfying Charlie Chaplin at the 1972 Academy Awards when the tale arised from expatriation to obtain an honorary Oscar.

He likewise had the reality concerning the streaker Robert Opel, that blinked throughout the phase at the Dorothy Chandler Structure at the 1974 Academy Awards, claiming the entire point was intended which co-host David Niven’s unplanned reaction concerning the nude guy’s “shortcomings” was prewritten.

When anybody was brand-new to working with the Oscars, they usually were informed to speak to Hamlin for guidance. He really did not have a mobile phone, computer system or e-mail, however he did have “decades worth of insight and experience,” his household kept in mind.

“There is no network executive ever in the history of television that I feel was as good and as passionate as he was,” longtime buddy and associate Jeff Margolis, that routed the Oscars and various other programs that Hamlin serviced, claimed in a declaration given by the household.“He loved television.”

Included Gary Pudney, a previous ABC elderly vp unique tasks and elderly exec accountable of specials and ability:“He was extremely unique as a television executive because he was also a full-fledged producer. He knew more about producing than the producers did.”

John Frederick Hamlin Jr. was birthed in Manhattan on March 23, 1931. His papa was head of state of the Douglas Elliman realty firm.

In among his initial work, Hamlin was half of a pair that provided dance lessons on a cruise liner in Nassau, Bahamas, after that routed performances for manufacturer Jerome H. Cargill throughout the united state beginning when he was 22.

Hamlin transferred to The golden state in the mid-1960s to benefit the television division at the popular ad agency Benton & & Bowles, which aided establish The Andy Griffith Program and various other collection.

Later on, he managed specials and range programs at NBC and after that ABC, increasing to elderly vp range and occasion specials and working as a specialist right into his 80s.

“A lot of the success I had at ABC was due to him,” claimed Pudney.“He was unbelievable with his dedication to the project, and his work ethic was extreme. I don’t think he ever got the credit he deserved.”

Along with the Oscars, Hamlin likewise added to the Emmys; the American Songs Awards; specials held by Hope and Presley; programs recognizing Sammy Davis Jr., Frank Sinatra, Elizabeth Taylor, Muhammad Ali and united state head of states; the Silver Jubilee Royal Range Gala for Queen Elizabeth II; and David Bowie, 9/11, Live Help and Motown songs specials.

Hamlin informed tales concerning playing catch with Ron Howard in between takes at The Andy Griffith Program, conference Goldie Hawn prior to she starred on Rowan & & Martin’s Laugh-In, taking his initial journey to Las Las vega with James Caan and driving with Florida with Jack Palance.

“One of the things I admired about him was he was a wonderful dancer,” Pudney claimed.“One day at … a big [business] party, I noticed his dancing and said the only other person I saw dance that well on a ballroom floor was Fred Astaire. I said, ‘You are the best dancer, teach me,’ so he took me in his arms and waltzed me around the room to a lot of applause.”

Survivors include his 2 children, a child, 6 grandchildren and 4 great-grandchildren. Contributions in his memory can be made to the Injured Warrior Task and/or Paralyzed Veterans of America.

12:10 p.m. An earlier variation of this obituary had the incorrect John Hamlin visualized.