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Jack Sher

Writer, Director, Producer, Additional Credits
Born March 16, 1913Died August 23, 1988 (75 years)
John Jacob Sher (16 March 1913 – 23 August 1988) was an American newspaper columnist, songwriter, film director, film writer, and producer.

Born in Minneapolis, Sher wrote for several magazines, including the Saturday Evening Post, Esquire, Redbook, Radio Mirror, Reader's Digest, and Collier's. He also had been a columnist for the New York Reporter, and from 1937 to 1940 Screen & Radio Weekly, a nationally syndicated Sunday supplement published by the Detroit Free Press.

Sher wrote a number of films for Audie Murphy, including in 1959, The Wild and the Innocent, which he also directed. In the 1979 remake for TV, The Kid from Left Field, Gary Coleman (1968–2010), who starred in the series, accepted the NAACP Image Award for Best Children's Special of Episode in a Series. Sher's 1971–1972 television play, Goodbye, Raggedy Ann was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Writing Achievement in Drama – Original Teleplay.
Known For
  • Paris Blues
  • Move Over, Darling
  • The 3 Worlds of Gulliver
  • Bewitched
  • Walk the Proud Land
  • Critic's Choice
  • The Wild and the Innocent
  • My Favorite Spy
  • The Kid from Left Field
  • Slither
  • Holmes and Yoyo
  • The Bing Crosby Show

Filmography

1971
1971
Banyon (TV Series)
1964
Bewitched (TV Series)
1963
Move Over, Darling · as Screenplay
1963
Critic's Choice · as Screenplay
1961
Love in a Goldfish Bowl · as Screenplay
1961
Paris Blues · as Screenplay
1960
The 3 Worlds of Gulliver · as Screenplay
1959
The Wild and the Innocent · as Screenplay
1958
Kathy O' · as Screenplay
1957
1957
1956
Walk the Proud Land · as Screenplay
1953
1952
Off Limits · as Screenplay
1951
My Favorite Spy · as Screenplay

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