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Among the projects he produced are The Amazing Spider-Man television series, which aired in the USA between 1977 and 1979; the 1980 television miniseries The Martian Chronicles, based on the book by Ray Bradbury; the 1981 television docudrama Bitter Harvest; and the 1989 made-for-TV movies Small Sacrifices and The Neon Empire .
Known for producing many issue-oriented movies for television, Fries programs include: "Small Sacrifices" starring Farrah Fawcett and Ryan O'Neal, "The Neon Empire", a three-hour epic saga starring Ray Sharkey, Martin Landau and Gary Busey; "Leona Helmsley: The Queen of Mean", starring Suzanne Pleshette and Lloyd Bridges; "The Martian Chronicles...
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- Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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- Los Angeles, California, USA
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May 14, 2022 · INDIANAPOLIS — Broadway in Indianapolis has announced their 2022-23 season shows. Beginning with Anastasia in October, six Broadway productions will visit Indianapolis as part of the schedule. The shows: Anastasia. Old National Center (Oct. 18-23, 2022) Disney’s Aladdin. Clowes Memorial Hall (Nov. 15-20, 2022) Hairspray
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As executive vice president in charge of production for Metromedia Producers Corporation, Fries assumed the production reins and produced and/or supervised some thirty movies for television, nine television series, and five theatrical films. Though in 1974, he founded Alpine Productions.
- September 30, 1928
- April 22, 2021
Apr 23, 2021 · Charles W. Fries, the prolific producer and executive who was known as the “Godfather of the Television Movie,” died Thursday in Los Angeles, his family announced. He was 92.
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