Babaloo Mandel Biography (1949-)
Original name, Mark Mandel; born October 13, 1949, in New York, NY; father, ataxi driver; married Denise Horn, 1974; children: Joshua, Jesse, Jason, Jake, Jamie, Julie. Addresses: Agent: Creative Artists Agency, 9830 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90212-1825.
- Nationality
- American
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Writer, producer, actor
- Birth Details
- October 13, 1949
- New York, New York, United States
Famous Works
- CREDITS
- Film Work
- Executive Producer
- Mr. Saturday Night, Columbia, 1992
- Film Appearances
- Rudy, Splash, Buena Vista, 1984
- Writer number two, Mr. Saturday Night, Columbia, 1992
- Television Work
- Creator and Executive Producer; Series
- (And creator of characters with Lowell Ganz) Gung Ho, ABC, 1986-1987
- (Creator with Ganz) Channel 99, NBC, 1988
- (With Ganz) Knight & Daye, NBC, 1989
- (With Ron Howard, Ganz, and others) Parenthood, NBC, 1990
- A League of Their Own, CBS, 1993
- Hiller and Diller, ABC, 1997
- Other; Series
- (Producer and creative consultant [with Lowell Ganz]) Happy Days (also known as Happy Days Again), ABC, beginning c. 1974
- (Creator and creative consultant [with Ganz]) Take Five (also known as Kooper with a "K"), CBS, 1987
- Creator and Executive Producer; Pilots
- Channel 99, NBC, 1988
- Television Appearances
- Specials
- Naked Hollywood (documentary), Arts and Entertainment, 1991
- Laughing Matters, Showtime, 1993
- Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS) 13th Annual Hall of Fame, Showtime, 1998
- Episodic
- A Day With, Fox, 1995
- WRITINGS
- Screenplays
- (With Lowell Ganz) Night Shift, Warner Bros., 1982
- (With Ganz and Bruce Jay Friedman) Splash (adapted from a story byFriedman and Brian Grazer), Buena Vista, 1984
- (With Ganz and Dan Aykroyd) Spies Like Us (adapted from a story byAykroyd and Dave Thomas), Warner Bros., 1985
- (With Ganz) Gung Ho (also known as Working Class Man), Paramount, 1986
- Father's Day, 1988
- (With Ganz) Vibes (adapted from a story by Ganz, Mandel, and Deborah Blum), Columbia, 1988
- (With Ganz) Parenthood (adapted from a story by Ganz, Mandel, andRon Howard), Universal, 1989
- (With Ganz) City Slickers (adapted from a story by Billy Crystal),Columbia, 1991
- (With Ganz) A League of Their Own, Columbia, 1992
- (With Ganz and Crystal) Mr. Saturday Night, Columbia, 1992
- City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold (also known as City Slickers II), Columbia, 1994
- The Flintstones, Universal, 1994
- Greedy, Universal, 1994
- Forget Paris, Columbia, 1995
- (With Ganz, Chris Miller, and Mary Hale) Multiplicity, Columbia, 1996
- (With Ganz) Father's Day, Warner Bros., 1997
- Liar Liar, Universal, 1997
- (With Ganz) Edtv (also known as Ed TV), Universal, 1999
- Stuart Little, Columbia, 1999
- Where the Heart Is, Twentieth Century-Fox, 2000
- Dr. Doolittle 2, Twentieth Century-Fox, 2001
- (With others) Stuart Little 2, Sony Pictures Releasing, 2002
- Fever Pitch, Twentieth Century-Fox, 2003
- Also wrote other films with Lowell Ganz, including Dance Skins, Over My Dead Body, and Perfect Couple.
- Teleplays
- Series
- The Odd Couple, ABC, c. 1972-1975
- Episodic
- Happy Days (also known as Happy Days Again), ABC, beginningc. 1974
- Laverne and Shirley (also known as Laverne & Shirley &Friends), ABC, episodes between 1976 and 1983
- Busting Loose, CBS, 1977
- "Boo!," Amazing Stories, NBC, 1986
- (With Lowell Ganz) Take Five, CBS, 1987
- A League of Their Own, CBS, 1993
- Hiller and Diller, ABC, 1997
- Pilots
- (With Lowell Ganz) Herndon and Me, ABC, 1983
- (With Ganz) Channel 99, NBC, 1988
- (With others) Knight & Daye, NBC, 1989
- (With others) Parenthood, NBC, 1990
Further Reference
OTHER SOURCES
- Chicago Tribune, August 8, 1989
- Premiere, August, 1989, pp. 62-64