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1982
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He was raised in Long Beach, NY and graduated Long Beach High School in 1941. Widely credited as a pioneer in network sports broadcasting, Scherick created the television program ABC's Wide World of Sports at his company Sports Programs, Inc. which he started in 1956 with $600.00. [3] In February 1960, Scherick sold Sports Programs to the ...
After graduating from high school, Scherick got a job as an office boy at an advertising agency in New York City and went to City College of New York at night. He entered the Army in 1943,...
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About this interview. In his one-and-a-half-hour interview, Edgar J. Scherick (1924-2002) speaks of his early years and education, getting drafted into the Air Corps as a meteorologist during World War II, and getting a job at Dancer Fitzgerald Sample advertising in New York.
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Veteran producer Edgar J. Scherick, who created "Wide World of Sports" for ABC, helped produce Woody Allen's first film and brought dozens of TV movies and mini-series to the small screen, died on Tuesday at age 78, associates said. Scherick, whose last completed work was the Emmy-nominated HBO historical drama "Path to ...
Dec 7, 2002 · Edgar J. Scherick, a longtime film and television producer and executive, whose credits ranged from ''ABC's Wide World of Sports'' to films like ''The Stepford Wives'' and ''Rambling Rose'' and...
October 16, 1924. New York, New York, United States. Death Details. December 3, 2002. Los Angeles, California. Famous Works. Credits; PRINCIPAL FILM WORK; PRODUCER. The Birthday Party, Continental, 1968. For Love of Ivy, Cinerama, 1968. The Killing of Sister George, Cinerama, 1968. Ring of Bright Water, Cinerama, 1969.
Apr 27, 2001 · Scherick had hired Arledge, who was producing the puppeteer Shari Lewis's show on local New York television. ''I took an awful big chance on him,'' Scherick, a noted film producer, said yesterday ...
