Robert Scheerer
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- December 28, 1929
- Died
- March 3, 2018
- Birthplace
- Santa Barbara, California, USA
Robert Scheerer was an American film and television director, actor and producer. His most notable work includes directing Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Star Trek: Voyager. He has received three Emmy Award nominations for directing Fame. He received an Emmy Award for Best Director in 1964 for The Danny Kaye Show. He made his Broadway debut in the musical Lend an Ear in 1948, appearing with Carol Channing, Gene Nelson, and won a Theatre World Award for his performance for outstanding debut. He also appeared as a dancer in the 1943 film Mister Big and many other films with the tap group "The Jivin' Jacks and Jills". Scheerer directed the 1980 crime-comedy film How to Beat the High Cost of Living, which starred Jessica Lange, Jane Curtin and Susan Saint James.
Filmography
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Chain of Command 1992
Director
The Absent-Minded Professor: Trading Places 1989
Director
The Absent-Minded Professor 1988
Director
An Evening with Danny Kaye and the New York Philharmonic 1981
Director
How to Beat the High Cost of Living 1980
Director
Happily Ever After 1978
Director
It Happened at Lakewood Manor 1977
Director
- Archie
Archie 1976
Director
Target Risk 1975
Director
Shirley MacLaine: If They Could See Me Now 1974
Director
Poor Devil 1973
Director
The World's Greatest Athlete 1973
Director
The Grand Opening of Walt Disney World 1971
Director
Adam at Six A.M. 1970
Director
Hans Brinker 1969
Director
Arsenic and Old Lace 1969
Director
A Happening in Central Park 1968
Director, Producer
The Fred Astaire Show 1968
Director
Frank Sinatra: A Man and His Music + Ella + Jobim 1967
Producer
Margie 1946
as Student at Prom (uncredited)
An Angel Comes To Brooklyn 1945
as Bob
This Is the Life 1944
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Top Man 1943
as Dancer
Mister Big 1943
as Bobby (as Bobby Scheerer)
How's About It 1943
as Bobby (as Bobby Scheerer)
Give Out, Sisters 1942
as Member of the Jivin' Jacks and Jills
Credits from TMDB.