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Herbert F. Solow

Producer, Director, Actor, Writer, Additional Credits
Born December 14, 1930Died November 19, 2020 (89 years)
Herbert Franklin Solow (born December 14, 1930) is an American motion picture and television executive, screenwriter, motion picture and television producer, director and talent agent.

Solow was born to a Jewish family in New York City. After his graduation from Dartmouth College in 1953, Solow was hired by the William Morris Agency in New York City to work in the mailroom. In 1954, he was promoted to talent agent. Later he was hired by NBC and transferred to Los Angeles in 1960 and was subsequently hired by CBS as Director of Daytime Programs, West Coast. He returned to NBC a year later as Director of Daytime Programs.

In 1964, he joined Desilu Studios and was appointed Vice President of Production in 1964. Solow oversaw the development, sales, and production of Star Trek, Mission: Impossible, and Mannix.

Solow joined MGM Television as vice president in charge of television production. There he oversaw the development and production of Medical Center, Then Came Bronson (produced by Robert H. Justman and Robert Sabaroff), and The Courtship of Eddie's Father. Later, Solow was appointed MGM's Vice President of Worldwide Television and Motion Picture Production, and headed MGM Studios in Culver City, California and Borehamwood, England.

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Movies & Shows on Plex
  • Elvis: That's the Way It Is
  • Killdozer
Known For
  • Man from Atlantis
  • Elvis: That's the Way It Is
  • Brimstone & Treacle
  • Killdozer
  • Get Crazy
  • Saving Grace
  • The Courtship of Eddie's Father

Filmography

1986
1983
Get Crazy · as Executive Producer
1983
Veliki transport · as Executive Producer
1982
1977
Man from Atlantis (TV Series)
1975
The Don Rickles Show - Mr. Warmth · as Executive Producer
1974
1974
1972
Climb an Angry Mountain · as Executive Producer
1970
1969
Then Came Bronson (TV Series)
1963
Vacation Playhouse (TV Series)

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