Alan A. Armer (7 July 1922 – 5 December 2010 ) was an American television producer, best known for his Emmy-award winning tenure as the producer of The Fugitive . He also produced The Invaders , The Untouchables and the first year of Cannon .
6-475: Armer is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Alan Armer (1922–2010), American television writer, producer, and director Elinor Armer (born 1939), American pianist, music educator and composer Laura Adams Armer (1874–1963), American artist and writer Ruth Armer (1896–1977), American painter, teacher, art collector, and lithographer [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with
12-843: A 1965 Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America, a "Most Popular Series" award from TV Guide Magazine and a Producers Guild Award. He later became a member of the Producers Guild's Television Hall of Fame . In 1980, he became a part-time faculty member at California State University, Northridge, and eventually became a full professor and head of the Screenwriting Option, of the Cinema and Television Arts Department. Armer taught directing, as well as all levels of screenwriting. Armer died of colon cancer on December 5, 2010 at his Century City, California home. This article about
18-516: A floor manager and then director. He later went on to 20th Century Fox , where he produced several television series, including My Friend Flicka and Broken Arrow . Armer later became executive producer for The Untouchables . He joined QM Productions where he produced The Fugitive for which he received the Television Academy's Emmy Award , The Invaders , and the first year of Cannon . For his work on The Fugitive , Armer won
24-405: A radio job, Armer began working at an advertising agency that specialized in television ads. In that role, Armer later wrote, acted in, directed, narrated and edited television commercials. From there, Armer and a relative by marriage Walter Grauman developed their own television show, Lights, Camera, Action , which aired on NBC affiliate KNBH for three years. He later was hired by the station as
30-589: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Alan Armer Born in Los Angeles , Armer received a bachelor's degree in speech and drama from Stanford University , a master's degree in theatre arts from UCLA and an honorary doctoral degree from California State University, Northridge . After college, Armer started his entertainment career at a radio station in San Jose where he worked as an announcer. After moving back to Los Angeles in search of
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