A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Alias:
Bobby Scheerer
Robert Joseph Scheerer
Birthplace:
Santa Barbara, California, USA
Born:
December 28, 1929
Died:
March 3, 2018
Robert Scheerer was an American film and television director, actor and producer. His most notable work includes directing Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Star Trek: Voyager. He has received three Emmy Award nominations for directing Fame. He received an Emmy Award for Best Director in 1964 for The Danny Kaye Show. He made his Broadway debut in the musical Lend an Ear in 1948, appearing with Carol Channing, Gene Nelson, and won a Theatre World Award for his performance for outstanding debut. He also appeared as a dancer in the 1943 film Mister Big and many other films with the tap group "The Jivin' Jacks and Jills". Scheerer directed the 1980 crime-comedy film How to Beat the High Cost of Living, which starred Jessica Lange, Jane Curtin and Susan Saint James.
Director:
1962 The Andy Williams Christmas Show
1963 Danny Kaye Christmas Show
1968 A Happening in Central Park
1968 The Fred Astaire Show
1969 Arsenic and Old Lace
1969 Hans Brinker
1970 Adam at Six A.M.
1971 The Grand Opening of Walt Disney World
1973 Poor Devil
1973 The World's Greatest Athlete
1974 Shirley MacLaine: If They Could See Me Now
1975 Target Risk
1977 It Happened at Lakewood Manor
1978 Happily Ever After
1980 How to Beat the High Cost of Living
1988 The Absent-Minded Professor
1989 The Absent-Minded Professor: Trading Places
1992 Star Trek: The Next Generation - Chain of Command
Producer:
1962 The Andy Williams Christmas Show
1963 Danny Kaye Christmas Show
1967 Frank Sinatra: A Man and His Music + Ella + Jobim
1968 A Happening in Central Park
1968 The Fred Astaire Show
1969 Arsenic and Old Lace
1969 Hans Brinker
1970 Adam at Six A.M.
1971 The Grand Opening of Walt Disney World
1973 Poor Devil
1973 The World's Greatest Athlete
1974 Shirley MacLaine: If They Could See Me Now
1975 Target Risk
1977 It Happened at Lakewood Manor
1978 Happily Ever After
1980 How to Beat the High Cost of Living
1988 The Absent-Minded Professor
1989 The Absent-Minded Professor: Trading Places
1992 Star Trek: The Next Generation - Chain of Command
Director:
1964 Gilligan's Island
1967 Good Morning World
1967 Ironside
1968 Hawaii Five-O
1973 Hawkins
1973 Police Story
1973 The Girl with Something Extra
1974 Kolchak: The Night Stalker
1974 Lucas Tanner
1974 Petrocelli
1975 Kate McShane
1975 Matt Helm
1977 The Love Boat
1979 Knots Landing
1981 Dynasty
1981 Falcon Crest
1982 Fame
1982 Hotel
1983 Boone
1984 Glitter
1985 The Colbys
1986 Matlock
1986 Our House
1986 Tough Cookies
1987 Jake and the Fatman
1987 Star Trek: The Next Generation
1988 Aaron's Way
1988 Paradise
1989 Father Dowling Mysteries
1993 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
1995 Star Trek: Voyager
Producer:
1964 Gilligan's Island
1967 Good Morning World
1967 Ironside
1968 Hawaii Five-O
1969 The Bold Ones: The New Doctors
1973 Hawkins
1973 Police Story
1973 The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973 The Girl with Something Extra
1974 Kolchak: The Night Stalker
1974 Lucas Tanner
1974 Petrocelli
1975 Kate McShane
1975 Matt Helm
1977 The Love Boat
1979 Knots Landing
1981 Dynasty
1981 Falcon Crest
1982 Fame
1982 Hotel
1983 Boone
1984 Glitter
1985 The Colbys
1986 Matlock
1986 Our House
1986 Tough Cookies
1987 Jake and the Fatman
1987 Star Trek: The Next Generation
1988 Aaron's Way
1988 Paradise
1989 Father Dowling Mysteries
1993 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
1995 Star Trek: Voyager
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Additional data for Film Titles come from The Open Movie Database (OMDb).
At least one plug-in comes from IMDb.
Data are -- hey, it's a plural -- subject to the limitations of their sources. (For example, TMDB search results currently max out at 20.) I am limiting myself to free data sources for now. (No, a "free trial" is not free.)
While much of the above data are retrieved directly from outside APIs and other such sources, data from American Film Institute (AFI) and British Film Institute (BFI) were manually entered the old fashioned way into a MySQL database. Re BFI I took the following liberties:
Regarding profile removals and data corrections:
Filtering is applied here to film projects flagged as "adult" by TheMovieDB. Pending "popular demand" I am contemplating a login and profile system with preferences (such as whether to allow adult images to appear) and permissions (such as data entry).
Whereas the overall purpose of this website is to serve as a personal demo/portfolio/workshop of web and data skills, this Movies section is not meant to compete with or substitute for far more definitive movie websites.
Whether or not he still clings to an award which he won in 1986 as a film critic for his college's newspaper, Jeffrey Hartmann is not responsible for the texts of overviews and biographies supplied by external data sources.