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Gerald W. Abrams Biography (1939-)

Born 1939; children: Jeffrey (a writer, producer, director, and actor; also known as J. J.).

Gender

Male

Occupation

Producer

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Film Executive Producer
• Hearts of Fire, Warner Bros., 1987
• Blood Brothers (also known as Native Strangers), PeachtreeVideo, 1993
• In Profile, MSNBC, 1999
• Television Executive Producer
• Movies
• James Dean (also known as The Legend), NBC, 1976
• Having Babies (also known as Giving Birth), ABC, 1976
• Red Alert, CBS, 1977
• Having Babies II, ABC, 1977
• Murder at the Mardi Gras, CBS, 1977
• The Defection of Simas Kudirka, CBS, 1978
• Ski Lift to Death (also known as Snowblind), CBS, 1978
• Having Babies III, ABC, 1978
• With This Ring, ABC, 1978
• Letters from Frank, CBS, 1979
• Steeletown, CBS, 1979
• The Gift, CBS, 1979
• Act of Love, NBC, 1980
• Berlin Tunnel 21, CBS, 1981
• Marian Rose White, CBS, 1982
• Running Out, CBS, 1983
• Found Money (also known as My Secret Angel), NBC, 1983
• Scorned and Swindled, CBS, 1984
• Florence Nightingale, NBC, 1985
• Thompson's Last Run, CBS, 1986
• Das Rattennest (also known as A Father's Revenge and TheRescue), ABC, 1988
• Street of Dreams, CBS, 1988
• Finish Line, TNT, 1989
• Daughter of Darkness, CBS, 1990
• Jekyll & Hyde, ABC, 1990
• The Fatal Image (also known as French Kill and Meurtre en video), CBS, 1990
• Drop Dead Gorgeous (also known as Victim of Beauty), USA Network, 1991
• Silent Witness: What a Child Saw, USA Network, 1994
• Escape from Wildcat Canyon, Showtime, 1998
• Black and Blue, CBS, 1999
• Second Honeymoon, CBS, 2000
• Gisella Perl, Showtime, 2002
• Television Producer
• Movies
• The Secret Life of John Chapman, CBS, 1976
• Secrets, ABC, 1977
• Television Associate Producer
• Movies
• Where Have All the People Gone?, NBC, 1974
• It Couldn't Happen to a Nicer Guy, ABC, 1974
• Judge Dee and the Monastery Murders, ABC, 1974
• Betrayal, ABC, 1974
• Winner Take All (also known as Time Lock), NBC, 1975
• Katherine (also known as The Radical), ABC, 1975
• Television Executive Producer
• Miniseries
• Family of Spies, CBS, 1990
• (As Gerry Abrams) Nuremberg, TNT, 2000
• Television Producer
• Miniseries
• Flesh & Blood, CBS, 1979
• Monte Carlo, CBS, 1986
• Television Executive Producer
• Series
• Julie Farr, M.D., ABC, 1978
• Cutter to Houston, CBS, 1983
• What Happened?, NBC, 1992
• Specials
• The World's Greatest Magic, NBC, 1994
• Made in the USA (documentary), NBC, 1994
• Fantasies of the Stars, NBC, 1994
• The World's Greatest Magic II, NBC, 1995
• Houdini: Unlocking His Secrets, NBC, 1995
• Richard Pryor: Comic on the Edge (documentary), Arts and Entertainment, 1996
• Lance Burton, Master Magician: The Legend Begins, NBC, 1996
• The Hidden Secrets of Magic, NBC, 1996
• Comic Relief American Comedy Festival, ABC, 1996
• Behind Bars (documentary), Arts and Entertainment, 1996
• Intimate Portrait: Kathie Lee Gifford (documentary), Lifetime, 1998
• Intimate Portrait: Debbie Reynolds and Carrie Fisher (documentary), Lifetime, 1998
• Top Secret Missions of the CIA (documentary), History Channel, 1999
• Mary Tyler Moore: All American Girl (documentary), Arts and Entertainment, 1999
• Pilots
• (And producer) Hollywood High, NBC, 1977
• Steeltown, CBS, 1979
• Steel Collar Man, CBS, 1985
• Television Producer
• Pilots
• The Bureau, NBC, 1976
• Television Appearances
• Movies
• Phil, Berlin Tunnel 21, CBS, 1981
• Episodic
• Judge David Amann, "Hello, I Must Be Going," Felicity, The WB, 2000