# Jack Sher

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'''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](/source/Minneapolis), Sher wrote for several magazines, including the ''[Saturday Evening Post](/source/Saturday_Evening_Post),'' ''[Esquire](/source/Esquire_(magazine)),'' ''[Redbook](/source/Redbook),'' ''[Radio Mirror](/source/Radio_Mirror),'' ''[Reader's Digest](/source/Reader's_Digest),'' and ''[Collier's](/source/Collier's).'' He also had been a columnist for the ''New York Reporter'', and from 1937 to 1940 ''[Screen & Radio Weekly](/source/Screen_%26_Radio_Weekly),'' a nationally syndicated Sunday supplement published by the ''[Detroit Free Press](/source/Detroit_Free_Press).''<ref name="ConAu 1989" />

Sher wrote a number of films for [Audie Murphy](/source/Audie_Murphy), including in 1959, ''[The Wild and the Innocent](/source/The_Wild_and_the_Innocent),'' which he also directed. In the 1979 remake for TV, ''[The Kid from Left Field](/source/The_Kid_from_Left_Field_(1979_film)),'' [Gary Coleman](/source/Gary_Coleman) (1968–2010), who starred in the series, accepted the [NAACP Image Award](/source/NAACP_Image_Awards) 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](/source/Goodbye%2C_Raggedy_Ann)'' was nominated for an [Emmy](/source/24th_Primetime_Emmy_Awards) for [Outstanding Writing Achievement in Drama – Original Teleplay](/source/Primetime_Emmy_Award_for_Outstanding_Writing_for_a_Drama_Series).<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](/source/My_Favorite_Spy_(1951_film))'' (1951) – writer
* ''[Shane](/source/Shane_(film))'' (1953) – writer
* ''[Off Limits](/source/Off_Limits_(1953_film))'' (1953) – writer
* ''[The Kid from Left Field](/source/The_Kid_from_Left_Field_(1953_film))'' (1953) – writer
* ''[World in My Corner](/source/World_in_My_Corner)'' (1956) – writer
* ''[Walk the Proud Land](/source/Walk_the_Proud_Land)'' (1956) – writer
* ''[Four Girls in Town](/source/Four_Girls_in_Town)'' (1957) – writer, director
* ''[Joe Butterfly](/source/Joe_Butterfly)'' (1957) – writer
* ''[Kathy O'](/source/Kathy_O')'' (1958) – writer, director
* ''[The Wild and the Innocent](/source/The_Wild_and_the_Innocent)'' (1959) – writer, director
* ''[The 3 Worlds of Gulliver](/source/The_3_Worlds_of_Gulliver)'' (1960) – writer, director
* ''[Love in a Goldfish Bowl](/source/Love_in_a_Goldfish_Bowl)'' (1961) – writer, director
* ''[Paris Blues](/source/Paris_Blues)'' (1961) – writer
* ''[Critic's Choice](/source/Critic's_Choice_(film))'' (1963) – writer
* ''[Move Over, Darling](/source/Move_Over%2C_Darling)'' (1963) – writer
* ''[Slither](/source/Slither_(1973_film))'' (1973) – producer
{{div col end}}

=== Television ===
* ''[Bewitched](/source/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](/source/The_Wackiest_Ship_in_the_Army_(TV_series))'' – 1 episode
:: "The Stowaway" (31 October 1965; season 1, episode 7) – writer
* ''[Goodbye, Raggedy Ann](/source/Goodbye%2C_Raggedy_Ann)'' (1971) – producer, writer
* ''[Holmes and Yo-Yo](/source/Holmes_and_Yo-Yo)'' (1976–77) (TV series) – creator
* ''[The Kid from Left Field](/source/The_Kid_from_Left_Field_(1979_film))'' (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 ==
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<ref name="LATimes 1988 Aug 25">"Jack Sher: Ex-Columnist, Screenwriter" (obituary), ''[Los Angeles Times](/source/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](/source/Los_Angeles_Times),'' December 9, 1980 (photo of [Gary Coleman](/source/Gary_Coleman) accepting award from presenters [Danielle Spencer](/source/Danielle_Spencer_(American_actress)) & [Kim Fields](/source/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](/source/American_Society_of_Composers%2C_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](/source/American_Society_of_Composers%2C_Authors_and_Publishers) by [Jaques Cattell Press](/source/Jaques_Cattell_Press), [R.R. Bowker](/source/R.R._Bowker) (1980); {{OCLC|12259500|890660836}}</ref>

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

<ref name="Halliwell 1974-80-84-88">''[The Filmgoer's Companion](/source/The_Filmgoer's_Companion),'' [Leslie Halliwell](/source/Leslie_Halliwell) (1929–1989) (ed.); {{OCLC|842978340}}<div style="margin-left:2em">
(4th ed.), [Hill & Wang](/source/Hill_%26_Wang) (1974); {{OCLC|925160908}}<br />
(7th ed.), [Granada Publishing](/source/Granada_Publishing) (1980); {{OCLC|633901962}}<br />
(8th ed.), [Charles Scribner's Sons](/source/Charles_Scribner's_Sons) (1984); {{OCLC|251485092}}<br />
(9th ed.), [Charles Scribner's Sons](/source/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.](/source/Martin_Quigley_(publisher)); {{ISSN|1044-1697}}<div style="margin-left:2em">
(1977 ed.) (1977)<br />
(1980 ed.) (1980)</div></ref>

<ref name="BioIn 1990">''[Biography Index](/source/Biography_Index) – A cumulative index to biographical material in books and magazines,'' Vol. 16, September 1988 – August 1990, [H. W. Wilson Company](/source/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](/source/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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