John Jacob Sher (16 March 1913 â€" 23 August 1988) was an American
newspaper columnist, songwriter, film director, film writer, and
producer.Born in Minneapolis, Sher wrote for several magazines,
including the Saturday Evening Post, Esquire, Redbook, Radio Mirror,
Readers Digest, and Collier's. He also had been a columnist for the
New York Reporter, and from 1937 to 1940 Screen & Radio Weekly, a
nationally syndicated Sunday supplement published by the Detroit Free
Press.Sher wrote a number of films for Audie Murphy, including in
1959, The Wild and the Innocent, which he also directed. In the 1979
remake for TV, The Kid from Left Field, Gary Coleman (1968â€"2010),
who starred in the series, accepted the NAACP Image Award for Best
Children's Special of Episode in a Series. Sher's 1971â€"1972
television play, Goodbye, Raggedy Ann was nominated for an Emmy for
Outstanding Writing Achievement in Drama â€" Original
Teleplay.Category:American male dramatists and playwrights
newspaper columnist, songwriter, film director, film writer, and
producer.Born in Minneapolis, Sher wrote for several magazines,
including the Saturday Evening Post, Esquire, Redbook, Radio Mirror,
Readers Digest, and Collier's. He also had been a columnist for the
New York Reporter, and from 1937 to 1940 Screen & Radio Weekly, a
nationally syndicated Sunday supplement published by the Detroit Free
Press.Sher wrote a number of films for Audie Murphy, including in
1959, The Wild and the Innocent, which he also directed. In the 1979
remake for TV, The Kid from Left Field, Gary Coleman (1968â€"2010),
who starred in the series, accepted the NAACP Image Award for Best
Children's Special of Episode in a Series. Sher's 1971â€"1972
television play, Goodbye, Raggedy Ann was nominated for an Emmy for
Outstanding Writing Achievement in Drama â€" Original
Teleplay.Category:American male dramatists and playwrights
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