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