Harry Ackerman
From 1958 through 1974, under the command of Ackerman as Vice President of Production, Screen Gems delivered the classic sitcoms: Father Knows Best, Dennis the Menace, The Donna Reed Show, Hazel, Gidget, Bewitched, I Dream of Jeannie, The Flying Nun, The Monkees, and The Partridge Family.
Harry Ackerman won two Emmy Awards for his work, and was the first producer ever honored by the Pacific Pioneer Broadcasters at their 1974 luncheon.
For his work on television, Ackerman has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6661 Hollywood Blvd.
The Harry Ackerman Collection of personal papers was donated to the Dartmouth College Library in 1994 as a gift from Ackerman's widow, actress Elinor Donahue. Harry Ackerman, a Class of 1935 graduate, was one of the most prolific producers in the history of television, having created or co-created and produced a total of 21 television series, seven of which were on the air simultaneously.
Harry Ackerman Facts
Occupation | Producer |
Birthday | November 17, 1912 |
Sign | Scorpio |
Birthplace | Albany, New York, USA |
Date of death | February 3, 1991 (Burbank, California, USA, age 78) |
Selected Filmography
Trouble From Mars | ||
Poor Mr. Wilson | ||
Dead and Gone | ||
Capone | ||
The Farmer's Daughter | ||
The Flying Nun: Under a Spell | ||
The Good The Rad And The Gnarly | ||
The Flying Nun: Maiden Voyage | ||
The Flying Nun: Birds of a Feather | ||
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