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Theatre, Film, and Television Biographies
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Henry Winkler to Paul Zaza
Paul Junger Witt Biography (1941?-)
Born March 20, 1941 (some sources cite 1943), in New York, NY; son of Jacob Malcomb and Helen Lawrence (maiden name, Junger) Witt; married first wife (divorced); married Susan Harris (a producer and writer); children: (first marriage) Christopher, Anthony, Genevieve.
- Nationality
- American
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Director, producer, studio executive
- Birth Details
- March 20, 1941?
- New York, New York, United States
Famous Works
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CREDITS
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Film Work
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Producer
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Brian's Song (based on "Brian's Song," ABC Movie of the Week, ABC, 1971 Colubmia, c. 1971
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Firstborn (also known as First Born and Moving In),Paramount, 1984
- (With Steven Haft and Tony Thomas) Dead Poets Society, Buena Vista, 1989
- (With Charles Roven and Thomas) Final Analysis, Warner Bros., 1992
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Mixed Nuts (also known as Lifesavers), TriStar, 1994
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Three Kings, Warner Bros., 1999
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Television Work
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Executive Producer; Series
- (With Tony Thomas and Susan Harris) Soap, ABC, 1977-1981
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Benson, ABC, 1979-1986
- (With Thomas) Hail to the Chief, ABC, 1985
- (With Thomas and Harris) The Golden Girls, NBC, 1985-1992
- (With Thomas) One Big Family (also known as Roger Runs Away), syndicated, 1986
- (With Thomas) Tough Cookies, CBS, 1986
- (With Thomas) Mama's Boy, NBC, 1987-1988
- (With Thomas) Beauty and the Beast, CBS, 1987-1990
- (With Thomas and Harris) Empty Nest, NBC, 1988-1995
- (With Thomas) Heartland, CBS, 1989
- (With Thomas) Lenny, CBS, 1990-1991
- (With Thomas and Harris) Good and Evil, ABC, 1991
- (With Thomas) Walter & Emily, NBC, 1991-1992
- (With Thomas) Herman's Head (also known as It's All in Your Head), Fox, 1991-1994
- (With Thomas and Harris) Nurses, NBC, 1991-1994
- (With Thomas) Blossom, NBC, 1991-1995
- (With Thomas) Woops!, Fox, 1992
- (With Thomas and Harris) The Golden Palace, CBS, 1992-1993
- (With Thomas) The John Larroquette Show (also known as Crossroads and Larroquette), NBC, 1993-1996
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Brotherly Love, The WB, 1995-1996
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Minor Adjustments, NBC, 1995 UPN, 1996
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Local Heroes, Fox, 1996
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Pearl, CBS, 1996-1997
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The Secret Lives of Men, ABC, 1998
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Everything's Relative, NBC, 1999
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Producer; Series
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Here Come the Brides, ABC, 1968-1970
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The Partridge Family, ABC, 1970-1974
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Getting Together, ABC, 1971-1972
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The Rookies, ABC, 1972-1976
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Fay, NBC, 1975
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The Practice, NBC, 1976-1977
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Loves Me, Loves Me Not, CBS, 1977
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The Yeagers, 1980
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I'm a Big Girl Now, ABC, 1980-1981
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It's a Living, ABC, 1980-1981 syndicated, 1985-1989
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Making a Living, ABC, 1981-1982
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It Takes Two, ABC, 1982-1983
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Condo, ABC, 1983
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Muscle, The WB, 1995
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Common Law, ABC, 1996
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Director; Series
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The Partridge Family, ABC, 1970-1974
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Creator; Series
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The Yeagers, 1980
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Executive Producer; Movies
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The Chill Factor (also known as A Cold Night's Death), c. 1972
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Blood Sport, 1973
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The Letters, 1973
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The Gun and the Pulpit, 1974
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Remember When, 1974
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Satan's Triangle, 1975
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Griffin and Phoenix: A Love Story (also known as Today Is Forever), 1976
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High Risk, 1976
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Trouble in High Timber Country, 1980
- (With Tony Thomas) Blossom in Paris, NBC, 1993
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Radiant City, ABC, 1996
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Producer; Movies
- "Brian's Song," ABC Movie of the Week, ABC, 1971 later released asa theatrical film by Columbia.
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No Place to Run, 1972
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Executive Producer; Specials
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Daughters, 1977
- (With Tony Thomas) Just Married, ABC, 1985
- (With Thomas) The Arena, ABC, 1986
- (With Thomas) Hearts of Steel, ABC, 1986
- (With Thomas) Moscow Bureau, ABC, 1986
- (With Thomas) The Line, NBC, 1987
- (With Thomas) Country Estates, ABC, 1993
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Producer; Specials
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A Knight in Shining Armor, 1971
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Bobby Jo and the Big Apple Goodtime Band, 1972
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Director; Episodic
- Directed episodes of the series Getting Together and The SecondHundred Years, both ABC.
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Executive Producer; Pilots
- (With Tony Thomas) Blossom, NBC, 1990
- (With Thomas) We'll Take Manhattan (also known as I Love New York and The Jackee Show), NBC, 1990
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Other
- (Producer) Home for the Holidays (also known as Deadly Desires), 1972
- (Executive producer) Close to Home, 1994
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Television Appearances
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Episodic
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Intimate Portrait: Park Overall, Lifetime, 2000
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