Burt Nodella

'''Burton "Burt" Nodella''' (May 26, 1924 {{spaced ndash}} February 23, 2016), also known as '''Cary Nodella''', was an American television producer, most notably for the cult classic ''[[Get Smart]]''.

==World War II== The [[Brooklyn]] native served in the United States Army in World War II under General [[George S. Patton Jr.]], survived conflicts at [[Omaha Beach]] and the [[Battle of the Bulge]], and helped liberate the [[Bergen-Belsen concentration camp]].<ref name=lat>{{cite news| title=Burt Nodella 1924 - 2016| url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/latimes/obituary.aspx?n=burt-nodella&pid=177925314| newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]| via=Legacy| date=March 3, 2016| access-date=December 25, 2020}}</ref>

==Career== Nodella produced 47 episodes during seasons three and four of the 1960s comedy series ''[[Get Smart]]'', wrote a couple of installments and appeared as a KAOS doctor in another. He won two Emmy Awards in 1968 and 1969 for producing the series. He also contributed to ''[[The Tim Conway Show (1970 TV series)|The Tim Conway Show]]'' (1970) and [[CBS Summer Playhouse]], as well as various television movies.

==Personal life== In 1946, Nodella attended [[University of California, Los Angeles]] where he met Joanne Davis. They married in 1947 and had two children.<ref name=lat/> From 1968 to 1979, Nodella dated model and actress [[Barbara Feldon]], who played "Agent 99" on ''[[Get Smart]]''.<ref name=thr/> He spent his remaining years living on his boat in [[Marina del Rey, California|Marina del Rey]].<ref name=thr>{{cite news| title=Burt Nodella, Emmy-Winning Producer on19 'Get Smart,' Dies at 91| url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/burt-nodella-dead-get-smart-872976| first=Mike| last=Barnes| date=March 5, 2016| newspaper=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]| access-date=December 25, 2020}}</ref>

==Death== Burt Nodella died on February 23, 2016, aged 91, and was survived by his two children, Matthew Nodella and Carrie Kane.<ref name=thr/>

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==External links== *{{IMDb name|id=0633816}}

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