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Perry Lafferty(1917-2005)

  • Producer
  • Director
  • Writer
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Perry Lafferty was born on 3 October 1917 in Davenport, Iowa, USA. He was a producer and director, known for La quatrième dimension (1959), The Freddy Martin Show (1951) and The Aquanauts (1960). He was married to Mary Frances Carden. He died on 25 August 2005 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
BornOctober 3, 1917
DiedAugust 25, 2005(87)
BornOctober 3, 1917
DiedAugust 25, 2005(87)
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  • Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys
    • 2 nominations total

Known for

Rod Serling in La quatrième dimension (1959)
La quatrième dimension
9.0
TV Series
  • Director
The Freddy Martin Show
TV Series
  • Producer
The Aquanauts (1960)
The Aquanauts
7.4
TV Series
  • Producer(produced by)
Robert Montgomery Presents (1950)
Robert Montgomery Presents
7.6
TV Series
  • Director

Credits

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Producer

  • Meurtre contre remboursement (1990)
    Meurtre contre remboursement
    5.5
    TV Movie
    • executive producer
    • 1990
  • Dabney Coleman and Jane Curtin in Maybe Baby (1988)
    Maybe Baby
    5.4
    TV Movie
    • executive producer
    • 1988
  • CBS Summer Playhouse (1987)
    CBS Summer Playhouse
    6.5
    TV Series
    • executive producer
    • 1987
  • Ben Gazzara, Aidan Quinn, Gena Rowlands, and Sylvia Sidney in Un printemps de glace (1985)
    Un printemps de glace
    8.0
    TV Movie
    • producer
    • 1985
  • Good Ol' Boys
    TV Movie
    • executive producer
    • 1979
  • The Mary Tyler Moore Hour (1979)
    The Mary Tyler Moore Hour
    6.1
    TV Series
    • producer
    • 1979
  • Big Hawaii (1977)
    Big Hawaii
    5.9
    TV Series
    • executive producer
    • 1977
  • Danger in Paradise (1977)
    Danger in Paradise
    6.7
    TV Movie
    • executive producer
    • 1977
  • AFI Life Achievement Award (1973)
    AFI Life Achievement Award
    5.6
    TV Mini Series
    • supervising producer
    • 1977
  • Danny Kaye in The Danny Kaye Show (1963)
    The Danny Kaye Show
    7.8
    TV Series
    • producer
    • 1963–1965
  • The Victor Borge Show (1951)
    The Victor Borge Show
    7.4
    TV Series
    • producer
    • 1951–1964
  • Arthur Godfrey Loves Animals (1963)
    Arthur Godfrey Loves Animals
    TV Special
    • producer
    • 1963
  • Arthur Godfrey and the Sounds of New York
    TV Special
    • producer
    • 1963
  • Arthur Godfrey in Hollywood
    TV Special
    • producer
    • 1962
  • Ronald Reagan in General Electric Theater (1953)
    General Electric Theater
    6.7
    TV Series
    • producer
    • 1962

Director

  • The Victor Borge Show (1951)
    The Victor Borge Show
    7.4
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1951–1964
  • Arthur Godfrey Loves Animals (1963)
    Arthur Godfrey Loves Animals
    TV Special
    • Director
    • 1963
  • Arthur Godfrey and the Sounds of New York
    TV Special
    • Director
    • 1963
  • Rod Serling in La quatrième dimension (1959)
    La quatrième dimension
    9.0
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1963
  • Arthur Godfrey in Hollywood
    TV Special
    • Director
    • 1962
  • Ronald Reagan in General Electric Theater (1953)
    General Electric Theater
    6.7
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1962
  • Rawhide (1959)
    Rawhide
    7.9
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1961
  • The Aquanauts (1960)
    The Aquanauts
    7.4
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1961
  • The Revlon Revue (1959)
    The Revlon Revue
    8.6
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1960
  • The Big Party (1959)
    The Big Party
    9.2
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1959
  • Suspicion (1957)
    Suspicion
    8.1
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1957
  • Marsha Hunt and John Rodney in Studio One (1948)
    Studio One
    7.5
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1957
  • Robert Montgomery Presents (1950)
    Robert Montgomery Presents
    7.6
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1953–1957
  • The Imogene Coca Show (1954)
    The Imogene Coca Show
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1954
  • Jerry Lewis and Jayne Mansfield in Name That Tune (1953)
    Name That Tune
    7.0
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1954

Writer

  • Robert Montgomery Presents (1950)
    Robert Montgomery Presents
    7.6
    TV Series
    • writer
    • 1956
  • Star of the Family (1950)
    Star of the Family
    TV Series
    • Writer
    • 1951–1952

Personal details

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  • Born
    • October 3, 1917
    • Davenport, Iowa, USA
  • Died
    • August 25, 2005
    • Los Angeles, California, USA(prostate cancer)
  • Spouse
    • Mary Frances CardenJanuary 16, 1943 - September 15, 1999 (her death, 2 children)
  • Children
    • Marcy Lafferty
  • Other works
    (book) "Birdies Sing and Everything". New York: Dodd, Mead, 1964.

Did you know

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    His proudest achievement was his development and producing of Un printemps de glace (1985), a controversial TV movie about AIDS. The censors felt that middle heterosexual America was not ready for a show of this nature. It finally was shown after 13 rewrites.

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