Taffner was born on November 29, 1930, in New York. He began working as a mail delivery agent for the William Morris Agency in 1952. Between 1955 and 1959, he served as an agent. He later worked at Paramount's New York office until, in 1963, he left the company to form DLT Entertainment (formerly D.L. Taffner Ltd.), a production company that began offering American series to international broadcasters.
In 1975, Taffner acquired from Thames Television the rights to the adaptation of the British series Man About the House (1973-1976), which was produced in the U.S as the title of Three's Company. Starring John Ritter, Suzanne Somers and Joyce DeWitt, the sitcom became a hit, produced between 1976 and 1984. The series spawned two spin-offs: The Ropers and Three's a Crowd. This second was actually the continuation of the original production, which at the time had already been canceled.
Trying to rescue the success of Three's Company, Taffner bought the adaptation rights to the British series Keep It in the Family (1980-1983) and produced Too Close for Comfort.
In 1987, D.L. Taffner, Ltd. acquired the exclusive rights to the Thames Television game show Whose Baby? and would remake the show for an American audience.[3] That year, D.L. Taffner partnered with Muir Sutherland and his Celtic Films company to link for programming, based on The Saint.[4] That year, Don Taffner had hired former Camelot Entertainment Sales employee Rick Levy to join the studio, in which he had served as president of sales and marketing.[5]
After a few failed attempts, Taffner co-produced the British sitcom As Time Goes By in partnership with Theatre of Comedy Entertainment, and starring Judi Dench. The television series had 9 seasons, produced between 1992 and 2002, returning with specials in 2005.
Referencesedit
^"DONALD L. TAFFNER, Obituary". The New York Times. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
^"TV producer Don Taffner dies". Variety. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
donald, taffner, november, 1930, september, 2011, american, television, producer, taffner, wife, business, partner, eleanor, bolta, were, responsible, bringing, such, television, shows, three, company, close, comfort, benny, hill, show, born, 1930, november, 1. Donald L Taffner November 29 1930 September 6 2011 was an American television producer 1 Taffner and his wife business partner Eleanor Bolta were responsible for bringing to the U S such television shows as Three s Company Too Close for Comfort and The Benny Hill Show 2 Donald L TaffnerBornDonald L Taffner 1930 11 29 November 29 1930Brooklyn New York U S DiedSeptember 6 2011 2011 09 06 aged 80 Manhattan New York U S Alma materSt John s UniversityOccupationProducerSpouseEleanor BoltaChildrenDonald Taffner Jr Karen ButlerBiography editTaffner was born on November 29 1930 in New York He began working as a mail delivery agent for the William Morris Agency in 1952 Between 1955 and 1959 he served as an agent He later worked at Paramount s New York office until in 1963 he left the company to form DLT Entertainment formerly D L Taffner Ltd a production company that began offering American series to international broadcasters In 1975 Taffner acquired from Thames Television the rights to the adaptation of the British series Man About the House 1973 1976 which was produced in the U S as the title of Three s Company Starring John Ritter Suzanne Somers and Joyce DeWitt the sitcom became a hit produced between 1976 and 1984 The series spawned two spin offs The Ropers and Three s a Crowd This second was actually the continuation of the original production which at the time had already been canceled Trying to rescue the success of Three s Company Taffner bought the adaptation rights to the British series Keep It in the Family 1980 1983 and produced Too Close for Comfort In 1987 D L Taffner Ltd acquired the exclusive rights to the Thames Television game show Whose Baby and would remake the show for an American audience 3 That year D L Taffner partnered with Muir Sutherland and his Celtic Films company to link for programming based on The Saint 4 That year Don Taffner had hired former Camelot Entertainment Sales employee Rick Levy to join the studio in which he had served as president of sales and marketing 5 After a few failed attempts Taffner co produced the British sitcom As Time Goes By in partnership with Theatre of Comedy Entertainment and starring Judi Dench The television series had 9 seasons produced between 1992 and 2002 returning with specials in 2005 References edit DONALD L TAFFNER Obituary The New York Times Retrieved 3 July 2017 TV producer Don Taffner dies Variety Retrieved 3 July 2017 Syndication Marketplace PDF Broadcasting 1987 11 09 Retrieved 2021 11 01 Watkins Roger 1987 04 15 Taffner amp Celtic Churning Out And Developing For British TV Variety p 128 Rick Levy Surfaces At D L Taffner Ltd As Top Salesman Variety 1987 08 12 p 61 External links editDonald L Taffner at IMDb nbsp nbsp This article about a television producer from the United States is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Donald L Taffner amp oldid 1106678243, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
