Spoiler : Actor on radio programs including So This Is Radio for CBS (1939); Columbia Presents Corwin for CBS (1941). Director for radio programs including The Columbia Workshop for CBS (1946-1947).

Spoiler : Director for television shows including episodes of Studio One on CBS (1948-1958); Celebrity Time on ABC and CBS (1949-1952); Kay Kyser's Musical Knowledge on NBC (1949-1954); Robert Montgomery Presents on NBC (1950-1957); The Kreisler Bandstand on ABC (1951); The Freddy Martin Show (The Hazel Bishop Show) on NBC (1951); Tales Of Tomorrow on ABC (1951-1953); Eyewitness on NBC (1953); ABC Album (Plymouth Playhouse) on ABC (1953); General Electric Theater on CBS (1953-1962); U.S. Steel Hour on ABC and CBS (1953-1963); Rawhide on CBS (1959-1963); The Danny Kaye Show (1963) on CBS.

Spoiler : Executive producer of Big Hawaii on NBC-TV (1977); The Mary Tyler Moore Hour on CBS-TV (1979). From 1963 to 1979, Lafferty was head of West Coast programming at CBS-TV, responsible for bringing television series to air including All in the Family, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Waltons, Maude. From 1979, he was a senior vice president of West Coast programs and talent for NBC, claiming his proudest achievement was "An Early Frost," a 1985 Emmy-winning TV movie that he developed and produced.

Spoiler : Born in Davenport, Iowa 10/3/1917; died 8/25/2005 of prostate cancer at his home in Century City, California. Married to radio actress Fran Carden (1943-1999 her death). Earned a certificate in music in 1938 from Yale University, with an emphasis in Gershwin and Bach. Served in the US Army Air Corp during WWII, producing live performances and radio shows for the troops.