- Veteran Hollywood studio publicist when he began his 28-year association with Jack Benny in 1947, first as the popular radio comedian's publicity and advertising director.
- In 1955, Fein left Benny to take a job at CBS in New York as vice president in charge of advertising and promotion.
- Become president of his newly formed J & M Productions, which produced Benny's TV show and series such as "Checkmate," "The Gisele MacKenzie Show" and "Ichabod and Me.".
- Fein executive-produced Benny's weekly series, accepting an Emmy Award in 1961 when it won for outstanding program achievement in the field of humor, until it ended in 1965.
- Fein graduated from Alexander Meiklejohn's Experimental College at the University of Wisconsin and later earned a law degree at Brooklyn Law School while working in the publicity and advertising department for Warner Bros. in New York City.
- Deciding that show business was more exciting than law, he joined the Warner Bros. publicity department in Burbank in 1936. Similar jobs followed at Columbia Pictures, Samuel Goldwyn and MGM before he went to work with Benny.
- Fein captured an Emmy for serving as a producer on a Burns 1977 TV special and authored several books, including the 1977 best-seller Jack Benny: An Intimate Biography.
- Fein was put to rest on Aug. 12 at Hillside Memorial Park and Mortuary in Los Angeles.
- Father of Tisha Fein.
- Credited in giving Lana Turner the popular nickname "The Sweater Girl.".
- Fein was included in the In Memorium segment of the Primetime Emmys broadcast September 23, 2012.
- After writing several short stories, Fein was hired to work in the publicity and advertising department for Warner Brothers in New York City.
- After graduating from Erasmus Hall High School, he went on to attend the University of Baltimore before transferring to the Alexander Meiklejohn Experimental College at the University of Wisconsin. It was during the summer months, while Fein was attending children's camps, that he became interested in dramatics and writing.
- An exceptional student, Irving skipped three grade levels before graduating grade school at just twelve years old.
- During his career as a publicist he worked for Warner Brothers, Columbia Pictures and Metro Goldwyn Mayer.
- Fein was first married to Florence Kohn, with whom he had two children, Tisha Fein (a television producer), and Michael Fein (a doctor).
- In film, Irving Fein produced or co-produced several of George Burns' films.
- He turned down an offer to work in the legal department at Warner Brothers, and instead moved to their California office where he began in the mailroom. He soon joined their publicity department, making thirty-five dollars a week. Less than a year after moving to California, Irving received an offer to join the publicity department at Columbia Pictures. He accepted, and his salary jumped to one hundred fifty dollars a week.
- In 1947, Fein began his twenty-eight-year association with Jack Benny when he was hired as Benny's publicity and advertising director. From 1936 to 1940, Benny's radio show had been number one, but soon dropped to number four, with Bob Hope, Edgar Bergen, and the Lux Radio Theatre gaining in popularity. Six months after Fein joined Benny, his show was back at number one. Over the next nine years, Fein became Benny's manager and producer, as well as handling all of the PR work involved. During the many years of their long association, Fein kept Jack Benny a number-one star on TV, in personal appearances, and in the concert world performing with the most notable symphony orchestras in the U.S. and Europe.
- In 1956, William S. Paley wooed Irving away from Jack Benny, naming him a vice president at CBS and moving him and his family to New York City. However, Jack Benny did not want any other manager but Fein, and in less than a year Irving came back to Hollywood as President of "J&M Productions", Jack Benny's company [created in 1955 to guarantee additional income by producing his own series and several others; MCA acquired the company in 1962]. Along with all of the Jack Benny shows, J&M produced the popular television series Checkmate, as well as The Gisele MacKenzie Show (1957-58), The Marge and Gower Champion Show (1957), Holiday Lodge, starring Wayne and Shuster in their first American TV series (1961) and Ichabod and Me (1961-62). Fein also served as executive producer of Jack's weekly series until it ended in 1965, and his yearly NBC specials until Benny's death in 1974.
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