Robert Scheerer
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- 28 December 1929 · Santa Barbara, California, USA
- Died
- 3 March 2018
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.
Known for
Directing 19
- 2014Star Trek: The Next Generation - Chain of Command · director
- 1989The Absent-Minded Professor: Trading Places · director
- 1988The Absent-Minded Professor · director
- 1981An Evening with Danny Kaye and the New York Philharmonic · director
- 1980How to Beat the High Cost of Living · director
- 1978Happily Ever After · director
- 1977It Happened at Lakewood Manor · director
- 1976Archie · director
- 1975Target Risk · director
- 1974Shirley MacLaine: If They Could See Me Now · director
- 1973Poor Devil · director
- 1973The World's Greatest Athlete · director
- 1971The Grand Opening of Walt Disney World · director
- 1970Adam at Six A.M. · director
- 1969Hans Brinker · director
- 1969Arsenic and Old Lace · director
- 1968A Happening in Central Park · director
- 1968The Fred Astaire Show · director
- 1962The Andy Williams Christmas Show · director
Production 2
- 1968A Happening in Central Park · producer
- 1967Frank Sinatra: A Man and His Music + Ella + Jobim · producer
Acting 7
- 1946Margie as Student at Prom (uncredited)
- 1945An Angel Comes To Brooklyn as Bob
- 1944This Is the Life as Party Guest (uncredited)
- 1943Top Man as Dancer
- 1943Mister Big as Bobby (as Bobby Scheerer)
- 1943How's About It as Bobby (as Bobby Scheerer)
- 1942Give Out, Sisters as Member of the Jivin' Jacks and Jills