Biography

Harris Katleman was born on August 19, 1928 in Omaha, Nebraska, USA. He was a producer and production manager, known for Salvage 1 (1979), From Here to Eternity (1980) and The American Girls (1978). He died on July 8, 2026 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

At MCA, he represented talent including Jackie Gleason and Oscar-nominated screenwriter John Michael Hayes (Rear Window, Peyton Place) and was involved in signing Clark Gable and Howard Keel.

Hired in 1972 as president of MGM Television and senior VP of MGM Inc..He resigned in 1977 to launch Bennett Katleman Productions at Columbia and helped shepherd the 1979 NBC miniseries From Here to Eternity and the 1979 ABC series Salvage 1, starring Andy Griffith. In 1980, Katleman was named president/CEO of Fox Television.

Former protégé of mogul Lew Wasserman who went on to head the television departments at MGM and 20th Century Fox.