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Gerald Mayer(1919-2001)

  • Director
  • Producer
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Gerald Mayer was born on 5 June 1919 in Montréal, Québec, Canada. He was a director and producer, known for The Six Million Dollar Man (1974), Diamond Safari (1958) and Mannix (1967). He was married to Irene Briller. He died on 21 September 2001 in Santa Monica, California, USA.
BornJune 5, 1919
DiedSeptember 21, 2001(82)
BornJune 5, 1919
DiedSeptember 21, 2001(82)
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Known for

Lee Majors in The Six Million Dollar Man (1973)
The Six Million Dollar Man
7.1
TV Series
  • Director
Diamond Safari (1958)
Diamond Safari
5.9
  • Director
  • 1958
Mannix (1967)
Mannix
7.4
TV Series
  • Director
Barbara Bain, Martin Landau, Peter Graves, Peter Lupus, and Greg Morris in Mission: Impossible (1966)
Mission: Impossible
7.9
TV Series
  • Director

Credits

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Director

  • Night Heat (1985)
    Night Heat
    7.5
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1985
  • Ernest Borgnine, Jan-Michael Vincent, and Alex Cord in Airwolf (1984)
    Airwolf
    6.7
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1984
  • William Conrad in Nero Wolfe (1981)
    Nero Wolfe
    7.2
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1981
  • CBS Afternoon Playhouse (1978)
    CBS Afternoon Playhouse
    7.4
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1980
  • Lou Grant (1977)
    Lou Grant
    7.3
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1979–1980
  • The Masqueraders (1980)
    The Masqueraders
    • Director
    • 1980
  • Shirley (1979)
    Shirley
    5.8
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1979
  • ABC Weekend Specials (1977)
    ABC Weekend Specials
    7.8
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1979
  • Eight Is Enough (1977)
    Eight Is Enough
    6.6
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1979
  • Jack Klugman in Quincy, M.E. (1976)
    Quincy, M.E.
    7.3
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1977
  • Gregory Harrison and Heather Menzies in Logan's Run (1977)
    Logan's Run
    7.1
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1977
  • Westside Medical (1977)
    Westside Medical
    6.0
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1977
  • Eddie Albert and Robert Wagner in Switch (1975)
    Switch
    7.1
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1977
  • Hunter (1976)
    Hunter
    6.5
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1977
  • Serpico (1976)
    Serpico
    6.9
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1977

Producer

  • The Swiss Family Robinson (1974)
    The Swiss Family Robinson
    6.8
    TV Series
    • producer
    • associate producer
    • 1974–1976
  • Peep Show (1975)
    Peep Show
    6.1
    TV Series
    • producer
    • 1975–1976
  • Zina Bethune and Shirl Conway in The Nurses (1962)
    The Nurses
    7.3
    TV Series
    • associate producer
    • 1963
  • Frank McHugh and Marvin Miller in The Millionaire (1955)
    The Millionaire
    7.8
    TV Series
    • associate producer
    • 1955–1958
  • Diamond Safari (1958)
    Diamond Safari
    5.9
    • producer
    • 1958
  • Sheriffs of the USA (1956)
    Sheriffs of the USA
    TV Series
    • producer director
    • 1956

Personal details

  • Born
    • June 5, 1919
    • Montréal, Québec, Canada
  • Died
    • September 21, 2001
    • Santa Monica, California, USA(complications from pneumonia)
  • Spouse
    • Irene Briller? - September 21, 2001 (his death, 3 children)
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    • 2 Interviews

Did you know

  • Trivia
    Had a year-long relationship with Dorothy Dandridge, whom he directed in Bright Road (1953).

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