Robert Scheerer

Known for: Directing
Born: December 28, 1929, Santa Barbara, California, USA
Died: March 3, 2018
Movies: 26

Robert Scheerer was an American film and television director, actor and producer.

His most notable work includes directing Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Star Trek: Voyager. He has received three Emmy Award nominations for directing Fame. He received an Emmy Award for Best Director in 1964 for The Danny Kaye Show. He made his Broadway debut in the musical Lend an Ear in 1948, appearing with Carol Channing, Gene Nelson, and won a Theatre World Award for his performance for outstanding debut. He also appeared as a dancer in the 1943 film Mister Big and many other films with the tap group "The Jivin' Jacks and Jills". Scheerer directed the 1980 crime-comedy film How to Beat the High Cost of Living, which starred Jessica Lange, Jane Curtin and Susan Saint James.

Best-Known Movies

4.7

It Happened at Lakewood Manor

1977

5.4

How to Beat the High Cost of Living

1980

5.6

The World's Greatest Athlete

1973

4.9

Adam at Six A.M.

1970

7.8

A Happening in Central Park

1968

7.1

Margie

1946

5.9

Poor Devil

1973

6.9

Hans Brinker

1969

8.4

Frank Sinatra: A Man and His Music + Ella + Jobim

1967

4.8

How's About It

1943

Filmography

1946	Margie	Student at Prom (uncredited)
1945	An Angel Comes To Brooklyn	Bob
1944	This Is the Life	Party Guest (uncredited)
1943	Top Man	Dancer
1943	Mister Big	Bobby (as Bobby Scheerer)
1943	How's About It	Bobby (as Bobby Scheerer)
1942	Give Out, Sisters	Member of the Jivin' Jacks and Jills

Directing, Writing & Producing

2014	Star Trek: The Next Generation - Chain of Command	Director
1989	The Absent-Minded Professor: Trading Places	Director
1988	The Absent-Minded Professor	Director
1981	An Evening with Danny Kaye and the New York Philharmonic	Director
1980	How to Beat the High Cost of Living	Director
1978	Happily Ever After	Director
1977	It Happened at Lakewood Manor	Director
1976	Archie	Director
1975	Target Risk	Director
1974	Shirley MacLaine: If They Could See Me Now	Director
1973	The World's Greatest Athlete	Director
1973	Poor Devil	Director
1971	The Grand Opening of Walt Disney World	Director
1970	Adam at Six A.M.	Director
1969	Hans Brinker	Director
1969	Arsenic and Old Lace	Director
1968	A Happening in Central Park	Director, Producer
1968	The Fred Astaire Show	Director
1967	Frank Sinatra: A Man and His Music + Ella + Jobim	Producer

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