One of the most prolific producers of television miniseries and made-for-television films, multiple Emmy-award nominee Edgar J. Scherick was the man responsible for ABC's Wide World of Sports in 1961, as well as such memorable features as Sleuth (1972) and The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974). Born in New York City in October of 1964, Scherick graduated from Harvard before finding work as a radio and TV executive at a Big Apple ad agency. Subsequently finding himself a pioneer of television sports with the creation of the "Baseball Game of the Week with Dizzy Dean." The program served as the first national weekly broadcast of Major League Baseball games, and did much the same for football. Later, while working as a sports specialist for CBS, Scherick formed Sports Programs Inc., which would serve as one of the main catalysts of sports television growth. Though he would eventually move to ABC and merge Sports Programs Inc. with the network, Scherick truly came into his own as a producer of television films after leaving ABC and founding his own production company. Well renowned for his charm and friendly demeanor, Scherick's television work in Raid on Entebbe (1977), The Kennedys of Massachusetts (1990), and John Frankenheimer's Path to War (2002) would find him a three-time Emmy nominee. In late December of 2002, Scherick died of leukemia in Los Angeles, CA. He was 78.
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The Stepford Wives
Producer |
2004 | |||
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Path to War
Executive Producer |
2002 | |||
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Stepford Husbands
Executive Producer |
1999 | |||
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The Siege at Ruby Ridge
Executive Producer |
1996 | |||
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We the Jury
Executive Producer |
1996 | |||
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The Good Old Boys
Executive Producer |
1995 | |||
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Tyson
Executive Producer |
1995 | |||
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Betrayed by Love
Executive Producer |
1994 | |||
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Four Eyes and Six Guns
Executive Producer |
1993 | |||
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Black Death
Executive Producer |
1992 | |||
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Nightmare in the Daylight
Executive Producer |
1992 | |||
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Till Death Us Do Part
Executive Producer |
1992 | |||
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Rambling Rose
Executive Producer |
1991 | |||
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The Rape of Dr. Willis
Executive Producer |
1991 | |||
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Anything to Survive
Executive Producer |
1990 | |||
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Spymaker: The Secret Life of Ian Fleming
Executive Producer |
1990 | |||
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The Girl Who Came Between Them
Executive Producer |
1990 | |||
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The Phantom of the Opera
Executive Producer |
1990 | |||
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Stranger on My Land
Executive Producer |
1988 | |||
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Unholy Matrimony
Executive Producer |
1988 | |||
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Hands of a Stranger
Executive Producer |
1987 | |||
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Home Fires
Executive Producer |
1987 | |||
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The Stepford Children
Executive Producer |
1987 | |||
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Uncle Tom's Cabin
Executive Producer |
1987 | |||
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On Wings of Eagles
Executive Producer |
1986 | |||
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Stranger in My Bed
Executive Producer |
1986 | |||
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The High Price of Passion
Executive Producer |
1986 | |||
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Evergreen
Executive Producer |
1985 | |||
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Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil
Executive Producer, Producer |
1985 | |||
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Little Gloria... Happy at Last
Executive Producer |
1984 | |||
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Mrs. Soffel
Producer |
1984 | |||
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Reckless
Producer |
1984 | |||
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The King of Comedy
Actor |
1983 | |||
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I'm Dancing As Fast As I Can
Executive Producer |
1982 | |||
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Shoot the Moon
Executive Producer |
1982 | |||
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Thou Shalt Not Kill
Executive Producer |
1982 | |||
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White Dog
Producer |
1982 | |||
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Mother and Daughter - A Loving War
Executive Producer |
1980 | |||
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Revenge of the Stepford Wives
Executive Producer |
1980 | |||
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The Seduction of Miss Leona
Executive Producer |
1980 | |||
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An American Christmas Carol
Executive Producer |
1979 | |||
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The American Success Company
Executive Producer, Producer |
1979 | |||
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Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery
Executive Producer |
1978 | |||
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Zuma Beach
Executive Producer |
1978 | |||
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A Circle of Children
Executive Producer |
1977 | |||
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I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
Producer |
1977 | |||
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Panic in Echo Park
Executive Producer, Producer |
1977 | |||
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Raid on Entebbe
Producer |
1977 | |||
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The Silence
Executive Producer |
1975 | |||
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The Stepford Wives
Producer |
1975 | |||
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Law and Disorder
Producer |
1974 | |||
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
Producer |
1974 | |||
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Gordon's War
Producer |
1973 | |||
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Sleuth
Executive Producer |
1972 | |||
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The Darwin Adventure
Producer |
1972 | |||
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The Heartbreak Kid
Producer |
1972 | |||
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To Kill a Clown
Producer |
1972 | |||
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What Became of Jack and Jill?
Producer |
1972 | |||
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Shattered Silence
Executive Producer |
1971 | |||
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Homer
Executive Producer, Producer |
1970 | |||
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The Only Way out Is Dead
Executive Producer |
1970 | |||
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Jenny
Producer |
1969 | |||
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Ring of Bright Water
Executive Producer |
1969 | |||
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Take the Money and Run
Executive Producer |
1969 | |||
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Thank You All Very Much
Executive Producer |
1969 | |||
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They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
Executive Producer |
1969 | |||
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For Love of Ivy
Producer |
1968 | |||
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The Birthday Party
Executive Producer |
1968 | |||
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The Killing of Sister George
Executive Producer |
1968 |