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Harry Thomason Biography (1940?-)

Born c. 1940, in Hampton, AR; married Judy Crump (divorced); married Linda Bloodworth (a television and film writer and producer), 1983; children: (firstmarriage) Stacy. Addresses: Contact: c/o 10732 Riverside Dr., North Hollywood, CA 91602.

Nationality

American

Gender

Male

Occupation

Director, produce, writer

Birth Details

1940?

Hampton, Arkansas, United States

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Television Executive Producer
• with Linda Bloodworth-Thomason; Series
• Lime Street, ABC, 1985
• Designing Women, CBS, 1986-1989
• Evening Shade, CBS, 1990-1991
• Television Producer
• Series
• (With Charles B. Fitzsimons) Riker, CBS, 1981
• (And supervising producer, with Lee Majors, Harker Wade, Larry Brody, andRobert Janes) The Fall Guy, ABC, 1981-1984
• Television Executive Producer
• Series
• Hearts Afire, CBS, 1992
• Women of the House, CBS and Lifetime, 1995
• Emeril, NBC, 2001
• Television Producer
• Movies
• A Shining Season, CBS, 1979
• To Find My Son, CBS, 1980
• (And director) Denver Summit of the Eight (G-8 Summit), 1997
• Miniseries
• (With Hugh Benson) The Blue and the Gray, CBS, 1982
• Television Work
• Specials
• Director and (with Linda Bloodworth-Thomason) executive producer, TheDesigning Women Special: Their Finest Hour, CBS, 1990
• Executive producer and director, An American Reunion: The 52nd Presidential Inaugural Gala, CBS, 1993
• Executive producer, The 53rd Presidential Inaugural Gala, CBS, 1997
• Director, Legacy (Bill Clinton Retrospective--2000 DNC), 2000
• Director, Hillary 2000 (NY Primary), 2000
• Pilots
• (With Lee Majors) Producer, How Do I Kill a Thief--Let Me Count the Ways, ABC, 1982
• Executive producer, London and Davis in New York, CBS, 1984
• Executive producer and director, Fully Clothed, Non-Dancing Girls,CBS, 1996
• Television Director
• Episodic
• Designing Women, CBS, 1987-1991
• Evening Shade, CBS, 1990-1994
• Hearts Afire, CBS, 1992-1995
• Women of the House, CBS and Lifetime, 1995
• Emeril, NBC, 2001
• Television Appearances
• Specials
• The Clintons: A Marriage of Power, The Learning Channel, 1999
• Film Work
• Producer and director, Encounter with the Unknown, Libert Films, 1973
• Producer and director, So Sad about Gloria (also known as Visions of Doom and Visions of Evil), Libert Films, 1973
• Director, The Great Lester Boggs (also known as Redneck Country, The Hootch Country Boys, and The Hardheads), 1975
• Producer and director, Revenge of Bigfoot (also known as RufusJ. Pickle and the Indian), 1979
• Executive producer and director, The Day It Came to Earth, 1979
• Also producer of The Hard Hats.
• WRITINGS
• Television Specials
• Cowrote (with Judy Blume), Tiger Eyes, based on Blume's book of the same title.
• Television Episodes
• "The Molly Sue," The Fall Guy, ABC, 1983
• "Nashville Pirates," The Fall Guy, ABC, 1983
• Also wrote episodes of Hearts Afire, CBS.
• Screenplays
• Encounter with the Unknown, 1973

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals

• New Republic, September 9, 1996, p. 26; August 24, 1988, p. 10
• New York Times, March 3, 1991, pp. 29-30