Harry Ackerman (November 17 1912 in Albany, New York - February 3 1991 in Burbank, California) was a famed TV executive producer at Screen Gems, the television division of Columbia Pictures. From 1958 through 1974, under the command of Ackerman as Vice President of Production, Screen Gems delivered the classic sitcoms: "Father Knows Best", "Dennis the Menace", "The Donna Reed Show", "Hazel", "Gidget", "Bewitched", … Wikipedia
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