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Edgar J. Scherick (October 16, 1924 – December 2, 2002) was an American television executive and producer of television miniseries, made-for-television films, and theatrical motion pictures. [1] Life and career [ edit ]
Dec 7, 2002 · Edgar J. Scherick, a longtime film and television producer and executive, whose credits ranged from ''ABC's Wide World of Sports'' to films like ''The Stepford Wives'' and ''Rambling Rose'' and ...
Edgar J. Scherick. Producer: The Taking of Pelham One Two Three. Edgar J. Scherick was born on 16 October 1924 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a producer and actor, known for The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974), Sleuth (1972) and The Stepford Wives (2004).
Dec 4, 2002 · By Claudia Luther. Dec. 4, 2002 12 AM PT. Times Staff Writer. Edgar J. Scherick, a movie and television producer whose credits include Woody Allen’s first feature film, “Take the Money and Run ...
12/3/02. LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Veteran producer Edgar J. Scherick, who created "Wide World of Sports" for ABC, helped produce Woody Allen's first film and brought dozens of TV movies and mini-series to the small screen, died on Tuesday at age 78, associates said. Scherick, whose last completed work was the Emmy-nominated HBO historical drama ...
Apr 4, 2016 · As Edgar Scherick, the head of programming for ABC, had explained to Thomas, Clairol, one of the network’s main sponsors, had almost granted Company the green-light because, as Thomas says today, “They were looking for a girl to sell shampoo. They needed a young female star, and they thought I was it.”
In his one-and-a-half-hour interview, Edgar J. Scherick (1924-2002) speaks of his early years and education, getting drafted into the Air Corps as a meteorologist during World War II, and getting a job at Dancer Fitzgerald Sample advertising in New York. He talks about founding Sports Programs, Inc., a sports packaging organization which created ABC's Wide World of Sports. Scherick recalls how the company merged with ABC in 1961 and describes becoming ABC's vice president in charge of ...
