Robert Sherman(1926-1997)

Producer
Writer
Additional Crew

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Robert Sherman was born on 6 December 1926 in New York, USA. He was a producer and writer, known for Barnaby Jones (1973), Knight Rider (1982) and Kiss Me Deadly (1955). He died on 5 September 1997 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

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Known for

Buddy Ebsen in Barnaby Jones (1973)

6.9

TV Series

Producer

David Hasselhoff in Knight Rider (1982)

6.9

TV Series

Writer

Ralph Meeker in Kiss Me Deadly (1955)

7.5

Additional Crew

1955

Richard Dean Anderson in MacGyver (1985)

7.6

TV Series

Writer

Credits

Producer

Barnaby Jones
6.9
TV Series
- producer
- associate producer
- 1975–1980
The Better Sex
6.3
TV Series
- producer
- 1977

Writer

MacGyver
7.6
TV Series
- written by
- story editor
- 1989–1991
Murder, a Self Portrait
7.2
TV Movie
- written by
- 1989
Trouble in Paradise
4.9
TV Movie
- story
- teleplay
- 1989
Double Dare
6.3
TV Series
- written by
- 1985
Knight Rider
6.9
TV Series
- written by
- 1984
Fantasy Island
6.6
TV Series
- written by
- story
- teleplay
- 1983–1984
T.J. Hooker
6.1
TV Series
- written by
- 1983
Dallas
7.1
TV Series
- written by
- 1983
Barnaby Jones
6.9
TV Series
- story
- teleplay
- written by ...
- 1973–1980
Cannon
6.8
TV Series
- writer
- written by
- 1974–1975
Kung Fu
7.6
TV Series
- teleplay
- 1975
The Streets of San Francisco
7.3
TV Series
- written by
- story
- 1973–1974
The Manhunter
7.0
TV Series
- written by
- 1974
Mod Squad
7.0
TV Series
- written by
- 1973
Too Late the Hero
6.6
- story
- 1970

Additional Crew

T.J. Hooker
6.1
TV Series
- executive story consultant
- 1985–1986
Knight Rider
6.9
TV Series
- executive story consultant
- 1984–1985
Fantasy Island
6.6
TV Series
- executive story consultant
- executive story editor
- 1983–1984
The Longest Yard
7.1
- dialogue supervisor
- 1974
Emperor of the North
7.2
- dialogue supervisor
- 1973
The Grissom Gang
6.7
- dialogue supervisor
- 1971
Too Late the Hero
6.6
- dialogue supervisor
- 1970
The Greatest Mother of Them All
7.8
Short
- dialogue supervisor
- 1969
The Killing of Sister George
7.0
- dialogue supervisor
- 1968
The Legend of Lylah Clare
5.7
- dialogue coach
- 1968
The Flight of the Phoenix
7.5
- dialogue supervisor
- 1965
Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte
7.5
- dialogue supervisor
- 1964
4 for Texas
5.5
- dialogue supervisor
- 1963
Attack
7.4
- dialogue supervisor
- 1956
The Big Knife
6.8
- assistant to producer
- dialogue coach (uncredited)
- 1955

Personal details

Alternative name
- Bob Sherman
Born
- December 6, 1926
- New York, USA
Died
- September 5, 1997
- Los Angeles, California, USA(undisclosed)
Other works
Novel: "Picture Mommy Dead" (filmed as Picture Mommy Dead (1966)).

Did you know

Trivia
The screenplay for Too Late the Hero (1970) credits the novel "Don't Die Mad" by Robert Sherman as its source material. It appears the novel was never published so, in the final film, Sherman only received a "story by" credit.

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