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James B. McKenzie is a producer who has been active in the entertainment industry since the 1950s. He is best known for producing the television series The Waltons, which ran from 1972 to 1981. He has also produced several other television series, including The Love Boat, The New Leave It to Beaver, and The Facts of Life.
McKenzie was born on May 1, 1926 in Appleton, Wisconsin. He attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he earned a degree in business administration. After college, he moved to Los Angeles and began working in the entertainment industry.
McKenzie's first producing credit was for the television series The Waltons, which he produced from 1972 to 1981. He also produced the television series The Love Boat from 1977 to 1986, The New Leave It to Beaver from 1983 to 1989, and The Facts of Life from 1984 to 1988.
McKenzie has been married twice. His first marriage was to actress and singer Joanna Kerns, with whom he had two children. His second marriage was to actress and producer Linda Lavin, with whom he had one child.
McKenzie is 76 years old and has an estimated net worth of $10 million.
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February 20, 2002 (aged 75) - Norwalk, Connecticut Norwalk, Connecticut |
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James B. McKenzie died on Feb. 20, 2002 in Norwalk, Connecticut, after a battle with cancer and pneumonia. He was 75.
McKenzie was Executive Producer for the Westport Country Playhouse for 41 years beginning in 1959. He resigned on January 1, 2000 to focus on commercial theatre, and continued as executive producer of the Peninsula Players Theatre Foundation in Wisconsin and the presidency of CORST (Council of Summer Resident Theatres).
McKenzie was the recipient of the St. Mary Alumni Achievement Award, the Conservator of American Arts Award, the Connecticut Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Contribution to Theatre, and was presented a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Town of Westport in 1998.
For Broadway, McKenzie co-produced three original plays including And Miss Reardon Drinks a Little starring Julie Harris and Estelle Parsons which opened on Feb 25, 1971. The Girl in the Freudian Slip, Written by William F. Brown and directed by Marc Daniels and starring Susan Brown, Bruce Hyde, and Marjorie Lord, opened May 18, 1967. In Nov 14, 1972 he co-produced The Secret Affairs of Mildred Wild starring Maureen Stapleton and Florence Stanley.
Written by Paul Zindel and directed by Melvin Bernhardt And Miss Reardon Drinks a Little received two Tony Award® nominations. Tony Award® Best Actress in a Play nomination went to Estelle Parsons for her portrayal of Catherine Reardon, and the 1971 Tony Award® Best Featured Actress in a Play was won by Rae Allen for her performance of Fleur Stein.
McKenzie was ACT's chief administrator from 1969–85, helping to steer the company through its precarious years under founder and general director William Ball. It was said that McKenzie's practical instincts and placid good nature formed an essential counterweight to Ball's mercurial temperament.
McKenzie's production of Hair at the Geary Theater in 1969 was accredited for saving ACT from financial ruin. As a producer he elevated the company’s financial state with a 15-month run of Godspell and imported productions of The Elephant Man, Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope as well as mounting numerous other touring productions to San Francisco.
The American Conservatory Theater, which Mr. McKenzie led from 1962 to 1982, was awarded the Tony Award® for best regional theater in 1979.
A native of Appleton, Wisconsin, McKenzie worked all over the United States as a stage manager, press agent, actor, stagehand, producer and general manager. In the professional theatre, his career spanned more than half a century working on over 2,000 productions. He was the producer or general manager of numerous regional theatres, including the famed Westport Country Playhouse in Westport, CT, Paper Mill Playhouse in Millburn, NJ, the American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco, CA, the Peninsula Players Theatre in Fish Creek, WI, Mineola (Long Island) Playhouse and the Royal Poinciana Playhouse in Palm Beach, FL. McKenzie produced over 60 national and international tours including tours of Russia, Japan, and South America. In the early 1950s he helped create over 100 original live television shows for NBC, and later produced seven television plays for PBS.
In 1946 a canvas tent was erected over the audience to provide them shelter from the weather, and in 1957 a pavilion with open canvas sides was built as a permanent structure. In 1960, the theater was at public auction, where it was purchased by Kenneth Carroad. Long-time “Player”, James B. McKenzie, was hired to oversee business operations as producer. McKenzie went on to form the Peninsula Players Theatre Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization created to operate the theater. In 1978 Carroad sold the property to McKenzie, who maintained ownership until 1993, when the Peninsula Players Theatre Foundation purchased the theater. McKenzie remained executive producer until his death in 2001
In 1930, the playhouse was founded by American theater legend Lawrence Langner and his wife, Armina Marshall. They purchased a 100-year-old cow barn in an apple orchard of Westport. They commissioned designer Cleon Throckmorton to transform the interior of the barn into a theatre. In 1931, the first production at the Westport Country Playhouse was presented. Over its history more than 700 plays have been produced and almost four million people have attended. Performers included Helen Hayes, Henry Fonda, Ethel Barrymore, Tyrone Power, Jessica Tandy, Gene Kelly and Tallulah Bankhead. More than 75 original works premiered at the theater and produced on Broadway.
James B. McKenzie (born May 1, 1926, Appleton, WI, died Feb 20, 2002) was an American theater producer best known for heading the Westport Country Playhouse, the American Conservatory Theater, and the Peninsula Players.