Robert Scheerer
Born: 1929-12-28 in Santa Barbara, California, USA
Died: 2018-03-03
Known For: Directing
Biography
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.
Filmography
2014
- Star Trek: The Next Generation - Chain of Command ... (Director)
1995
- Star Trek: Voyager ... (Director)
1993
- Star Trek: Deep Space Nine ... (Director)
1989
- Father Dowling Mysteries ... (Director)
- The Absent-Minded Professor: Trading Places ... (Director)
1988
- Aaron's Way ... (Director)
- The Absent-Minded Professor ... (Director)
- Paradise ... (Director)
1987
- Star Trek: The Next Generation ... (Director)
- Jake and the Fatman ... (Director)
1986
- Matlock ... (Director)
- Our House ... (Director)
- Tough Cookies ... (Director)
1985
- The Colbys ... (Director)
1984
- Glitter ... (Director)
1983
- Boone ... (Director)
1981
- Dynasty ... (Director)
- Falcon Crest ... (Director)
1980
- How to Beat the High Cost of Living ... (Director)
1979
- Knots Landing ... (Director)
1978
- Happily Ever After ... (Director)
1977
- The Love Boat ... (Director)
- It Happened at Lakewood Manor ... (Director)
1975
- Target Risk ... (Director)
- Matt Helm ... (Director)
- Kate McShane ... (Director)
1974
- Kolchak: The Night Stalker ... (Director)
- Petrocelli ... (Director)
- Lucas Tanner ... (Director)
- Shirley MacLaine: If They Could See Me Now ... (Director)
1973
- Police Story ... (Director)
- The American Film Institute Salute to ... ... (Producer)
- Hawkins ... (Director)
- Poor Devil ... (Director)
- The World's Greatest Athlete ... (Director)
- The Girl with Something Extra ... (Director)
1971
- The Grand Opening of Walt Disney World ... (Director)
1970
- Adam at Six A.M. ... (Director)
1969
- The Bold Ones: The New Doctors ... (Producer)
- Arsenic and Old Lace ... (Director)
- Hans Brinker ... (Director)
1968
- Hawaii Five-O ... (Director)
- A Happening in Central Park ... (Director)
- The Fred Astaire Show ... (Director)
1967
- Ironside ... (Director)
- Good Morning World ... (Director)
- Frank Sinatra: A Man and His Music + Ella + Jobim ... (Producer)
1964
- Gilligan's Island ... (Director)
1962
- The Andy Williams Christmas Show ... (Director)
1950
- Robert Montgomery Presents as Frank Arnold
1946
- Margie as Student at Prom (uncredited)
1945
- An Angel Comes To Brooklyn as Bob
1943
- Mister Big as Bobby (as Bobby Scheerer)
- Top Man as Dancer
- How's About It as Bobby (as Bobby Scheerer)