Jack Sher

'''John Jacob Sher''' (16 March 1913 – 23 August 1988) was an American newspaper columnist, songwriter,<ref name="ASCAP bios 1966" /><ref name="ASCAP bios 1980" /> film director,<ref name="FilmEn 1979" /> film writer, and producer.<ref name="LATimes 1988 Aug 25" />

== Career == Born in Minneapolis, Sher wrote for several magazines, including the ''Saturday Evening Post,'' ''Esquire,'' ''Redbook,'' ''Radio Mirror,'' ''Reader's Digest,'' and ''Collier's.'' He also had been a columnist for the ''New York Reporter'', and from 1937 to 1940 ''Screen & Radio Weekly,'' a nationally syndicated Sunday supplement published by the ''Detroit Free Press.''<ref name="ConAu 1989" />

Sher wrote a number of films for Audie Murphy, including in 1959, ''The Wild and the Innocent,'' which he also directed. In the 1979 remake for TV, ''The Kid from Left Field,'' Gary Coleman (1968–2010), who starred in the series, accepted the NAACP Image Award for Best Children's Special of Episode in a Series.<ref name="LATimes 1980 Dec 9" /> Sher's 1971–1972 television play, ''Goodbye, Raggedy Ann'' was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Writing Achievement in Drama – Original Teleplay.<ref name="Halliwell 1974-80-84-88" /><ref name="IntMPA 1977-80" /><ref name="BioIn 1990" /><ref name="MiSFD 1992" />

==Selected Credits== === Broadway === * ''The Perfect Set-Up?'' – playwright : Songs: :: "Make This a Slow Goodbye," Jack Sher (words), Farlan Myers (music)

=== Film === {{div col|colwidth=30em}} * ''My Favorite Spy'' (1951) – writer * ''Shane'' (1953) – writer * ''Off Limits'' (1953) – writer * ''The Kid from Left Field'' (1953) – writer * ''World in My Corner'' (1956) – writer * ''Walk the Proud Land'' (1956) – writer * ''Four Girls in Town'' (1957) – writer, director * ''Joe Butterfly'' (1957) – writer * ''Kathy O''' (1958) – writer, director * ''The Wild and the Innocent'' (1959) – writer, director * ''The 3 Worlds of Gulliver'' (1960) – writer, director * ''Love in a Goldfish Bowl'' (1961) – writer, director * ''Paris Blues'' (1961) – writer * ''Critic's Choice'' (1963) – writer * ''Move Over, Darling'' (1963) – writer * ''Slither'' (1973) – producer {{div col end}}

=== Television === * ''Bewitched'' – 3 episodes :: "It Takes One to Know One (26 November 1964; season 1, episode 11) – writer :: "No More Mr. Nice Guy" (23 March 1967; season 3, episode 28) – writer :: "Art for Sam's Sake" (23 February 1967; season 3, episode 24) – writer * ''The Wackiest Ship in the Army'' – 1 episode :: "The Stowaway" (31 October 1965; season 1, episode 7) – writer * ''Goodbye, Raggedy Ann'' (1971) – producer, writer * ''Holmes and Yo-Yo'' (1976–77) (TV series) – creator * ''The Kid from Left Field'' (1979) – writer

=== Books === * ''Twelve Sport Immortals,'' Ernest Victor Heyn (1904–1995) (ed.), Bartholomew House (1951); {{OCLC|44087908|2573468|664373471}} : Sher contributed 8 essays

* ''Twelve More Sport Immortals,'' Ernest Victor Heyn (1904–1995) (ed.), Bartholomew House (1951); {{OCLC|1515524}} : Sher contributed 6 or more essays

== References == {{Reflist|30em|refs=

<ref name="LATimes 1988 Aug 25">"Jack Sher: Ex-Columnist, Screenwriter" (obituary), ''Los Angeles Times,'' August 25, 1988, Part 1, p. 26 (accessible ''via'' {{URL|https://www.newspapers.com/image/404839860|Newspapers.com}}; subscription required)</ref>

<ref name="LATimes 1980 Dec 9">"13th Image Awards Named," ''Los Angeles Times,'' December 9, 1980 (photo of Gary Coleman accepting award from presenters Danielle Spencer & Kim Fields)<div style="margin-left:2em">(accessible ''via'' {{URL|https://www.newspapers.com/image/387193612|Newspapers.com}}, part 6, p. 1 & {{URL|https://www.newspapers.com/image/387193624|Newspapers.com}}, part 6, p. 2; subscription required)</div></ref>

<ref name="ASCAP bios 1966">''The ASCAP Biographical Dictionary'' (3rd ed.), American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (1966); {{OCLC|10721505|592540213}}</ref>

<ref name="ASCAP bios 1980">''ASCAP Biographical Dictionary'' (4th ed.), compiled for the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers by Jaques Cattell Press, R.R. Bowker (1980); {{OCLC|12259500|890660836}}</ref>

<ref name="FilmEn 1979">''The Film Encyclopedia,'' by Ephraim Katz (1932–1992), Thomas Y. Crowell Co. (1979); {{OCLC|1123262590|251399291}}</ref>

<ref name="Halliwell 1974-80-84-88">''The Filmgoer's Companion,'' Leslie Halliwell (1929–1989) (ed.); {{OCLC|842978340}}<div style="margin-left:2em"> (4th ed.), Hill & Wang (1974); {{OCLC|925160908}}<br /> (7th ed.), Granada Publishing (1980); {{OCLC|633901962}}<br /> (8th ed.), Charles Scribner's Sons (1984); {{OCLC|251485092}}<br /> (9th ed.), Charles Scribner's Sons (1988); {{OCLC|751456122}}</div></ref>

<ref name="IntMPA 1977-80">''International Motion Picture Almanac,'' Richard Gertner (ed.); William Pay & Dale Monroe (assoc. eds.); Quigley Publishing Co.; {{ISSN|1044-1697}}<div style="margin-left:2em"> (1977 ed.) (1977)<br /> (1980 ed.) (1980)</div></ref>

<ref name="BioIn 1990">''Biography Index – A cumulative index to biographical material in books and magazines,'' Vol. 16, September 1988 – August 1990, H. W. Wilson Company (1990); {{ISSN|0006-3053}}; {{OCLC|30326352|956660504|36821512}}</ref>

<ref name="ConAu 1989">''Contemporary Authors – A bio-bibliographical guide to current writers in fiction, general nonfiction, poetry, journalism, drama, motion pictures, television, and other fields,'' Vol. 126, Gale Research (1989); {{ISSN|0275-7176}}; {{OCLC|527378544|1028569556}}</ref>

<ref name="MiSFD 1992">''Michael Singer's Film Directors – A Complete Guide'' (9th international ed.), Michael Singer (ed.), Los Angeles: Lone Eagle Publishing Co. (1992); {{OCLC|476495741}}</ref>

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==External links== *{{IMDb name|0792042}}

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