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Production Manager | Miscellaneous Crew | Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Worked as a production manager and assistant director in film between the 1950s and the 1980s. His name has become famous in Hollywood as a phrase describing the second-to-last shot of the day ("the Abby Singer"). The last shot of the day is known as the "Martini". Mr. Singer got the reputation for... See more trivia »

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Abner E. Singer
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1997 Family Plan (unit production manager)
 
1989-1993 Major Dad (TV series) (unit production manager - 6 episodes)
– Oops, a Daisy (1993) (unit production manager)
– The Shut Down (1991) (unit production manager)
– Safe at First Base (1990) (unit production manager)
– Rescue Mission (1989) (unit production manager)
– Just Polly & Me, and the Kids Make Five (1989) (unit production manager)
See all 6 episodes »
 
1989 Columbo (TV series) (unit production manager - 3 episodes)
– Sex and the Married Detective (1989) (unit production manager)
– Murder, Smoke and Shadows (1989) (unit production manager)
– Columbo Goes to the Guillotine (1989) (unit production manager)
 
St. Elsewhere (TV series) (unit production manager - 8 episodes, 1983-1988) (executive in charge of production - 4 episodes, 1983) (executive in charge of production: MTM Productions - 2 episodes, 1982)
– The Last One (1988) (unit production manager)
– Time Heals: Part 1 (1986) (unit production manager)
– Under Pressure (1983) (unit production manager)
– A Wing and a Prayer (1983) (unit production manager)
– Qui Transtulit Sustinet (1983) (unit production manager)
See all 14 episodes »
 
Remington Steele (TV series) (executive in charge of production - 22 episodes, 1982-1983) (production consultant - 1 episode, 1985)
– Stronger Than Steele (1985) (production consultant)
– Steele in Circulation (1983) (executive in charge of production)
– Sting of Steele (1983) (executive in charge of production)
– Steele's Gold (1983) (executive in charge of production)
– Vintage Steele (1983) (executive in charge of production)
See all 23 episodes »
 
Hill Street Blues (TV series) (executive in charge of production: MTM Enterprises - 32 episodes, 1981-1982) (executive in charge of production - 15 episodes, 1982-1983)
– A Hill of Beans (1983) (executive in charge of production)
– Buddy, Can You Spare a Heart? (1983) (executive in charge of production)
– Spotlight on Rico (1983) (executive in charge of production)
– Eugene's Comedy Empire Strikes Back (1983) (executive in charge of production)
– Life in the Minors (1983) (executive in charge of production)
See all 47 episodes »
 
1982-1983 Newhart (TV series) (executive in charge of production - 8 episodes)
– I Enjoy Being a Guy (1983) (executive in charge of production)
– Heaven Knows Mr. Utley (1983) (executive in charge of production)
– The Boy Who Cried Goat (1983) (executive in charge of production)
– Ricky Nelson, Up Your Nose (1983) (executive in charge of production)
– Breakfast Theatre (1983) (executive in charge of production)
See all 8 episodes »
 
1983 In Defense of Kids (TV movie) (executive in charge of production)
 
1982 A Little Sex (production manager: Los Angeles)
 
WKRP in Cincinnati (TV series) (production executive: MTM Productions, Inc. - 2 episodes, 1980) (executive in charge of production: MTM Productions, Inc. - 1 episode, 1982)
– Circumstantial Evidence (1982) (executive in charge of production: MTM Productions, Inc.)
– Les' Groupie (1980) (production executive: MTM Productions, Inc.)
– Put Up or Shut Up (1980) (production executive: MTM Productions, Inc.)
 
The White Shadow (TV series) (supervising production manager - 10 episodes, 1978-1979) (executive in charge of production - 2 episodes, 1981) (executive in charge of production: MTM Enterprises - 2 episodes, 1980) (production executive: MTM Enterprises - 2 episodes, 1980)
– Burnout (1981) (executive in charge of production)
– Cops (1981) (executive in charge of production)
– If Your Number's Up, Get It Down (1980) (executive in charge of production: MTM Enterprises)
– Reunion: Part 1 (1980) (executive in charge of production: MTM Enterprises)
– The Russians Are Coming (1980) (production executive: MTM Enterprises)
See all 16 episodes »
 
1981 Thornwell (TV movie) (production executive: MTM Enterprises)
 
1978 First, You Cry (TV movie) (supervising production manager)
 
1978 Nowhere to Run (TV movie) (production manager)
 
The Bob Newhart Show (TV series) (unit production manager - 25 episodes, 1974-1975) (production manager - 2 episodes, 1977)
– My Son the Comedian (1977) (production manager)
– Death Be My Destiny (1977) (production manager)
– The Longest Good Bye (1975) (unit production manager)
– The Ceiling Hits Bob (1975) (unit production manager)
– Emily Hits the Ceiling (1975) (unit production manager)
See all 27 episodes »
 
1977 Something for Joey (TV movie) (production manager)
 
1976-1977 The Tony Randall Show (TV series) (production manager - 3 episodes)
– Case: The People Speak (1977) (production manager)
– Case: Franklin in Love (1976) (production manager)
– Pilot (1976) (production manager)
 
Mary Tyler Moore (TV series) (unit production manager - 28 episodes, 1974-1975) (production manager - 20 episodes, 1975-1976)
– Ted and the Kid (1976) (production manager)
– Sue Ann Falls in Love (1976) (production manager)
– A Reliable Source (1976) (production manager)
– Mary's Aunt Returns (1976) (production manager)
– Murray Takes a Stand (1976) (production manager)
See all 48 episodes »
 
Phyllis (TV series) (production manager - 18 episodes, 1975-1976) (unit production manager - 1 episode, 1975)
– The Triangle (1976) (production manager)
– Widows, Merry and Otherwise (1976) (production manager)
– Sonny Boy (1976) (production manager)
– Leo's Suicide (1976) (production manager)
– A Man, a Woman and Another Woman (1976) (production manager)
See all 19 episodes »
 
1974-1976 Rhoda (TV series) (unit production manager - 29 episodes)
– It's Not My Fault, Is It? (1976) (unit production manager)
– Let's Call It Love (1976) (unit production manager)
– The Marty Morgan Story (1976) (unit production manager)
– Friends and Mothers (1975) (unit production manager)
– Along Comes Mary (1975) (unit production manager)
See all 29 episodes »
 
1976 Mary's Incredible Dream (TV movie) (unit production manager)
 
1975 Three for the Road (TV series) (unit production manager - 1 episode)
– Pilot (1975) (unit production manager)
 
1974 Gunsmoke (TV series) (production manager - 4 episodes)
– The Colonel (1974) (production manager)
– The Tarnished Badge (1974) (production manager)
– The Wiving (1974) (production manager)
– Thirty a Month and Found (1974) (production manager)
 
1974 Paul Sand in Friends and Lovers (TV series) (unit production manager - 1 episode)
– Maid in the Snow (1974) (unit production manager)
 
1974 Barney Miller (TV series) (unit manager - 1 episode)
– The Life and Times of Barney Miller (1974) (unit manager)
 
1974 Young Love (TV movie) (production manager)
 
1974 Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (unit production manager)
 
1968-1972 The Doris Day Show (TV series) (production manager - 61 episodes)
– No More Advice... Please (1972) (production manager)
– And Here's... Doris (1971) (production manager)
– Young Love (1971) (production manager)
– Duke's Girlfriend (1971) (production manager)
– It's Christmas Time in the City (1970) (production manager)
See all 61 episodes »
 
1971 The Doris Mary Anne Kappelhoff Special (TV special) (production manager)
 
1968 Istanbul Express (TV movie) (unit manager)
 
1968 It Takes a Thief (TV series) (unit manager - 17 episodes)
– Get Me to the Revolution on Time (1968) (unit manager)
– A Sour Note (1968) (unit manager)
– The Lay of the Land (1968) (unit manager)
– A Matter of Royal Larceny (1968) (unit manager)
– Locked in the Cradle of the Keep (1968) (unit manager)
See all 17 episodes »
 
1968 The Counterfeit Killer (unit production manager)
 
1968 Shadow Over Elveron (TV movie) (unit manager)
 
1966-1968 The Virginian (TV series) (unit manager - 42 episodes)
– The Death Wagon (1968) (unit manager)
– The Fortress (1967) (unit manager)
– A Small Taste of Justice (1967) (unit manager)
– Execution at Triste (1967) (unit manager)
– The Barren Ground (1967) (unit manager)
See all 42 episodes »
 
1967 Tammy and the Millionaire (unit production manager)
 
1967 The Meanest Men in the West (TV movie) (unit production manager)
 
1966 Out of Sight (unit production manager)
 
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1996-1997 Diagnosis Murder (TV series) (production consultant - 18 episodes)
– Murder, Country Style (1997) (production consultant)
– Hard-Boiled Murder (1997) (production consultant)
– Murder Two: Part Two (1997) (production consultant)
– Murder Two (1997) (production consultant)
– A History of Murder (1997) (production consultant)
See all 18 episodes »
 
1996-1997 Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (TV series) (production consultant - 10 episodes)
– Jenny's Non-Dream (1997) (production consultant)
– Trial by Fury (1997) (production consultant)
– A Girl and Her Cat (1996) (production consultant)
– Geek Like Me (1996) (production consultant)
– Magic Joel (1996) (production consultant)
See all 10 episodes »
 
1983-1985 Remington Steele (TV series) (production consultant - 48 episodes)
– Coffee, Tea or Steele (1985) (production consultant)
– Premium Steele (1985) (production consultant)
– Grappling Steele (1985) (production consultant)
– Steele Blushing (1985) (production consultant)
– Steele Searching: Part 2 (1985) (production consultant)
See all 48 episodes »
 
Hill Street Blues (TV series) (production consultant - 10 episodes, 1983-1985) (production executive: MTM Enterprises - 1 episode, 1981)
– Somewhere Over the Rambo (1985) (production consultant)
– In the Belly of the Bus (1985) (production consultant)
– Seoul on Ice (1985) (production consultant)
– Hacked to Pieces (1985) (production consultant)
– Blues in the Night (1985) (production consultant)
See all 11 episodes »
 
1983-1984 Newhart (TV series) (production consultant - 12 episodes)
– Happy Trails to You (1984) (production consultant)
– Vermont Today (1984) (production consultant)
– Leave It to the Beavers (1984) (production consultant)
– Go, Grandma, Go (1984) (production consultant)
– Kirk Ties One On (1984) (production consultant)
See all 12 episodes »
 
1984 The Duck Factory (TV series) (production consultant - 2 episodes)
– Filling Buddy's Shoes (1984) (production consultant)
– Goodbye Buddy, Hello Skip (1984) (production consultant)
 
1983 Bay City Blues (TV series) (production consultant - 1 episode)
– Pilot (1983) (production consultant)
 
1980 Fighting Back (TV movie) (production executive)
 
1979-1980 The White Shadow (TV series) (production executive: MTM Enterprises - 6 episodes)
– A Few Good Men (1980) (production executive: MTM Enterprises)
– Artist (1980) (production executive: MTM Enterprises)
– Sliding By (1979) (production executive: MTM Enterprises)
– On the Line (1979) (production executive: MTM Enterprises)
– Mainstream (1979) (production executive: MTM Enterprises)
See all 6 episodes »
 
1979-1980 Lou Grant (TV series) (production executive: MTM Enterprises - 24 episodes)
– Hazard (1980) (production executive: MTM Enterprises)
– Guns (1980) (production executive: MTM Enterprises)
– Influence (1980) (production executive: MTM Enterprises)
– Dogs (1980) (production executive: MTM Enterprises)
– Blackout (1980) (production executive: MTM Enterprises)
See all 24 episodes »
 
1980 The Boy Who Drank Too Much (TV movie) (production executive)
 
1974 Barney Miller (TV series) (first assistant director - 1 episode)
– The Life and Times of Barney Miller (1974) (first assistant director)
 
1960-1961 Coronado 9 (TV series) (assistant director - 4 episodes)
– The Anxious Mariner (1961) (assistant director)
– Gone Goose (1961) (assistant director)
– But the Patient Died (1961) (assistant director)
– Run Scared (1960) (assistant director)
 
1960 Bachelor Father (TV series) (assistant director - 1 episode)
– Jasper the Second (1960) (assistant director)
 
1958-1960 The Jack Benny Program (TV series) (assistant director - 4 episodes)
– Jack Arrested for Disturbing the Peace (1960) (assistant director - as Abner E. Singer)
– Pasadena Fan Club (1959) (assistant director - as Abner E. Singer)
– Jack Goes to Nightclub (1959) (assistant director - as Abner E. Singer)
– Jack Goes to Doctor (1958) (assistant director - as Abner E. Singer)
 
1959 State Trooper (TV series) (assistant director - 1 episode)
– The Man from Solitary (1959) (assistant director)
 
1958-1959 Cimarron City (TV series) (assistant director - 2 episodes)
– Blind Is the Killer (1959) (assistant director)
– Kid on a Calico Horse (1958) (assistant director - as Abner E. Singer)
 
1958-1959 Wagon Train (TV series) (assistant director - 9 episodes)
– The Ben Courtney Story (1959) (assistant director)
– The Mary Ellen Thomas Story (1958) (assistant director - as Abner E. Singer)
– The Liam Fitzmorgan Story (1958) (assistant director)
– The Monty Britton Story (1958) (assistant director - as Abner E. Singer)
– The John Wilbot Story (1958) (assistant director - as Abner E. Singer)
See all 9 episodes »
 
1958-1959 Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV series) (assistant director - 2 episodes)
– Out There - Darkness (1959) (assistant director)
– The Jokester (1958) (assistant director)
 
1958 The Millionaire (TV series) (assistant director - 2 episodes)
– The Russ White Story (1958) (assistant director)
– The Wally Bannister Story (1958) (assistant director)
 
1958 Tales of Wells Fargo (TV series) (assistant director - 7 episodes)
– Deadwood (1958) (assistant director - as Abner E. Singer)
– The Johnny Ringo Story (1958) (assistant director - as Abner E. Singer)
– Alias Jim Hardie (1958) (assistant director - as Abner E. Singer)
– The Sooners (1958) (assistant director - as Abner E. Singer)
– Dr. Alice (1958) (assistant director - as Abner E. Singer)
See all 7 episodes »
 
1957-1958 M Squad (TV series) (assistant director - 2 episodes)
– Dolly's Bar (1958) (assistant director - as Abner E. Singer)
– Diamond Hard (1957) (assistant director - as Abner E. Singer)
 
1957 Casey Jones (TV series) (assistant director - 5 episodes)
– The Trackwalker (1957) (assistant director)
– A Badge for Casey (1957) (assistant director)
– The Gunslinger (1957) (assistant director - as Abner E. Singer)
– Death Rides the Tender (1957) (assistant director)
– Spurline to Danger (1957) (assistant director - as Abner E. Singer)
 
1956-1957 Circus Boy (TV series) (assistant director - 3 episodes)
– Little Vagabond (1957) (assistant director - as Abner E. Singer)
– The Remarkable Ricardo (1957) (assistant director - as Abner E. Singer)
– The Good Samaritans (1956) (assistant director - as Abner E. Singer)
 
1957 Hellcats of the Navy (assistant director)
 
1956-1957 The Ford Television Theatre (TV series) (assistant director - 2 episodes)
– Strange Disappearance (1957) (assistant director - as Abner E. Singer)
– Journey by Moonlight (1956) (assistant director - as Abner E. Singer)
 
1957 The Guns of Fort Petticoat (assistant director - as Abner E. Singer)
 
1956 7th Cavalry (assistant director - as Abner E. Singer)
 
1954-1956 The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin (TV series) (assistant director - 27 episodes)
– Presidental Citation (1956) (assistant director - as Abner E. Singer)
– The Lost Puppy (1956) (assistant director - as Abner E. Singer)
– Witch of the Woods (1956) (assistant director - as Abner E. Singer)
– Forward Ho (1956) (assistant director - as Abner E. Singer)
– The Lonesome Road (1955) (assistant director - as Abner E. Singer)
See all 27 episodes »
 
1956 He Laughed Last (assistant director - as Abner E. Singer)
 
1956 Over-Exposed (assistant director - as Abner E. Singer)
 
1955 A Lawless Street (assistant director - as Abner E. Singer)
 
1955 Hook a Crook (short) (assistant director - as Abner E. Singer)
 
1955 Gypped in the Penthouse (short) (assistant director - as Abner E. Singer)
 
1954 Cannibal Attack (assistant director - as Abner Singer)
 
1954 Shot in the Frontier (short) (assistant director - as Abner Singer)
 
1954 Massacre Canyon (assistant director - as Abner Singer)
 
1954 Income Tax Sappy (short) (assistant director - as Abner Singer)
 
1951 Death of a Salesman (second assistant director)
 
Show ShowProducer (5 titles)
1997 Family Plan (producer)
 
1994 Burke's Law (TV series) (producer - 1 episode)
– Who Killed the Anchorman? (1994) (producer)
 
1989-1993 Major Dad (TV series) (coordinating producer - 6 episodes)
– Oops, a Daisy (1993) (coordinating producer)
– The Shut Down (1991) (coordinating producer)
– Safe at First Base (1990) (coordinating producer)
– Rescue Mission (1989) (coordinating producer)
– Just Polly & Me, and the Kids Make Five (1989) (coordinating producer)
See all 6 episodes »
 
1989 Columbo (TV series) (coordinating producer - 3 episodes)
– Sex and the Married Detective (1989) (coordinating producer)
– Murder, Smoke and Shadows (1989) (coordinating producer)
– Columbo Goes to the Guillotine (1989) (coordinating producer)
 
1983-1986 St. Elsewhere (TV series) (coordinating producer - 16 episodes)
– Time Heals: Part 2 (1986) (coordinating producer)
– Time Heals: Part 1 (1986) (coordinating producer)
– Sweet Dreams (1984) (coordinating producer)
– Fade to White (1984) (coordinating producer)
– My Aim Is True (1984) (coordinating producer)
See all 16 episodes »
 
Show ShowActor (1 title)
2007 Man in the Chair
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Show ShowThanks (1 title)
2001 Henry and Marvin (short) (very special thanks)
 
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Trivia:

Worked as a production manager and assistant director in film between the 1950s and the 1980s. His name has become famous in Hollywood as a phrase describing the second-to-last shot of the day ("the Abby Singer"). The last shot of the day is known as the "Martini". Mr. Singer got the reputation for... See more »

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