Harry Ackerman

Harry Ackerman

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BiographyHarry Stephen Ackerman (November 17, 1912 – February 3, 1991) was an American television producer, credited with creating or co-creating twenty-one series, seven of which were at one time being broadcast simultaneously. Some of the sitcoms in which he was involved in production during the 1950s and 1960s are also among the most popular American shows in the early history of television, such as Father Knows Best, Dennis the Menace, Leave It to Beaver, The Farmer's Daughter, Hazel, Bewitched, The Flying Nun, and Gidget.

Ackerman was known in the entertainment industry as the “dean of television comedy”, although he was also instrumental in developing many dramatic classics and documentaries, such as The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial, The Day Lincoln Was Shot, and The 20th Century.

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Bewitched
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Bewitched

as Executive Producer
Dennis the Menace
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Dennis the Menace

as Executive Producer
Hazel
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as Executive Producer
Leave It to Beaver
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Leave It to Beaver

as Executive Producer
Occasional Wife
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Occasional Wife

as Executive Producer
The Flying Nun
Ended

The Flying Nun

as Creator
The Second Hundred Years
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The Second Hundred Years

as Executive Producer
The Ugliest Girl in Town
Ended

The Ugliest Girl in Town

as Executive Producer

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