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Abby Mann Biography (1927-)

Born Abraham Goodman, December 1, 1927, in Philadelphia, PA; son of Ben Goodman (a jeweler); married Harriet Carr (divorced). Addresses: HOME--Beverly Hills, CA. OFFICE--c/o Columbia Pictures Corporation, 711 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10022.

Nationality

American

Gender

Male

Birth Details

December 1, 1927

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Famous Works

• Credits; PRINCIPAL FILM WORK
• Executive producer, The Schmid Case, National General, 1969.
• executive producer, After the Fall, Paramount, 1969.
• Credits; PRINCIPAL TELEVISION WORK; SERIES
• Creator, Kojak (adapted from the movie The Marcus-Nelson Murders, see below), CBS, 1973.
• executive producer, Medical Story, NBC, 1975-76.
• Credits; MINI-SERIES
• Executive producer and director, King, NBC, 1978.
• Credits; PILOTS
• Executive producer, Medical Story, NBC, 1975.
• Executive producer, Skag, NBC, 1980.
• Credits; MOVIES
• Executive producer, The Marcus-Nelson Murders, CBS, 1973.
• Executive producer, This Man Stands Alone, NBC, 1979.
• Executive producer, The Atlanta Child Murders, CBS, 1985.
• Writings;SCREENPLAYS
• Judgment at Nuremburg, United Artists, 1961, published by Cassell, 1961.
• A Child Is Waiting, United Artists, 1963, published by Popular Library, 1963.
• The Condemned of Altona, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1963.
• Ship of Fools, Columbia, 1965, published by Pressbook, 1965.
• Andersonville, Columbia, 1966.
• The Detective, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1968.
• After the Fall, Paramount, 1969.
• The Back Room, Universal, 1969.
• The Schmid Case, National General, 1969.
• (with Ernest Tidyman) Report to the Commissioner, United Artists, 1975.
• The Children of Sanchez, Lone Star International, 1978.
• War and Love, Cannon, 1985.
• Also What Are We Going to Do Without Skipper?, National General; Light inAugust.
• Writings;TELEPLAYS; EPISODIC
• "A Child Is Waiting," Studio One, CBS, 1957.
• "Judgment at Nuremberg," Playhouse 90, CBS, 1959.
• Also wrote for Alcoa Theatre, NBC; Goodyear TV Playhouse, NBC.
• Writings;PILOTS
• Medical Story, NBC, 1975.
• Skag, NBC, 1980.
• Writings;MOVIES
• The Marcus-Nelson Murders, CBS, 1973.
• King, NBC, 1978.
• The Atlanta Child Murders, CBS, 1985.
• Writings;PLAYS, PRODUCED
• While attending college, all student productions: Just Around the Corner(musical); Freud Has a Word for It (musical); (with Herbert Cobey) The Happiest Days and Sweet Lorraine; Exodus.
• Writings;FICTION
• Judgment at Nuremburg, New American Library, 1961.
• Medical Story, Signet, 1975.
• Tuesdays and Thursdays, Doubleday, 1978.
• Massacre at Wounded Knee, Zebra, 1979.