Harry Ackerman (November 17, 1912 in Albany, New York - February 3, 1991 in Burbank, California) was a famed TV executive producer at Screen Gems, the television division of Columbia Pictures. 17 November is also the name of a Marxist group in Greece, coinciding with the anniversary of the Athens Polytechnic uprising. ... 1912 (MCMXII) was a leap year starting on Monday in the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday in the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Flag Seal Location Location in Albany County and the State of New York Coordinates , Government Country   State     County United States   New York     Albany Founded Incorporated 1614 1686 Mayor Gerald D. Jennings Geographical characteristics Area     City 56. ... February 3 is the 34th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Founded May 1, 1887 Incorporated July 8, 1911 General Information County Los Angeles County, California Latitude Longitude 34°1049 N 118°1942 W Area  - Total  - Water 45 km² (17. ... Executive producer is a role in the entertainment industry that is sometimes difficult to define clearly. ... Screen Gems is an American subsidiary company of Sony Pictures Entertainments Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group that has served several different purposes for its parent companies over the decades since its incorporation. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

From 1958 through 1972, under the command of Ackerman as Vice President of Production, Screen Gems delivered the classic sitcoms: Father Knows Best, Dennis the Menace, The Donna Reed Show, Hazel, Gidget, Bewitched, I Dream of Jeannie, The Flying Nun, The Monkees, and The Partridge Family. Father Knows Best was an American TV and radio sitcom of the 1950s and 1960s. ... Dennis the Menace was a television series based on the popular comic strip, which ran from 1959 through 1963. ... The Donna Reed Show was a situation comedy which aired on ABC from 1958 to 1966. ... This article is about the tree; for other meanings of hazel, see Hazel (disambiguation). ... Gidget was a film starring fifties teen icon Sandra Dee was produced in the USA in 1959. ... Bewitched was an American situation comedy starring actress Elizabeth Montgomery, broadcast on ABC from 1964 to 1972. ... I Dream of Jeannie was a popular American sitcom with a fantasy premise. ... The Flying Nun was a sitcom produced by the ABC from 1967 until 1970. ... The Monkees were a four-man musical band created for an American television series of the same name, which ran on NBC from 1966 to 1968. ... The opening titles, featuring animated partridge hatchlings, was created by artist Sandy Dvore. ...

Harry Ackerman won two Emmy Awards for his work, and was the first producer ever honored by the Pacific Pioneer Broadcasters at their 1974 luncheon. An Emmy Award. ...

For his work on television, Ackerman has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6661 Hollywood Blvd. An example of a Hollywood Walk of Fame star, for the film actress Carole Lombard. ...

The Harry Ackerman Collection of personal papers was donated to the Dartmouth College Library in 1994 as a gift from Ackerman's widow, actress Elinor Donahue. Harry Ackerman, a Class of 1935 graduate, was one of the most prolific producers in the history of television, having created or co-created and produced a total of 21 television series, seven of which were on the air simultaneously. Dartmouth College is a private academic institution in Hanover, New Hampshire, in the United States. ... Elinor Donahue (born April 19, 1937 in Tacoma, Washington) is an American actress. ...

External link

• Harry Ackerman at the Internet Movie Database
• Ackerman bio/collection info from Dartmouth College