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Abe Burrows

Abe Burrows

Actor, Producer, Writer

Born December 18, 1910 in New York City, New York, USA

Died May 17, 1985

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Biography

Songwriter, composer, writer, panelist, director, singer and pianist, educated at City College of New York and New York University. He began his writing career as a script writer for "Duffy's Taven" on radio, and later, the Rudy Vallee program. He sang in his own radio shows , in night clubs, and on television. He wrote the Broadway librettos for "Guys and Dolls" and received a Tony award and a New York Drama Critics award in 1951), and also directed "Happy Hunting", "Silk Stockings", "First Impressions", "Can-Can", "Say, Darling", and "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying" (earning a Pulizer Prize and a Tony and New York Drama Critics awards). He directed "Two on the Aisle", "Reclining Figure", "The Golden Fleecing", and "What Makes Sammy Run?". He was also the playwright and director of "Cactus Flower". Joining ASCAP in 1952, he composed the popular songs "The Girl With the Three Blue Eyes" and "Leave Us Face It, We're in Love", and authored "The Abe Burrows Song Book".

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Filmography

Actor

46

Type

Year

The South Bank Show Poster

The South Bank Show TV Series1978Self - Interviewee

Match Game PM Poster

Match Game PM TV Series1975Self - Panelist

Day at Night TV Series1973Self - Guest

Match Game Poster

Match Game TV Series1973Self - Panelist

The David Frost Show Poster

The David Frost Show TV Series1969Self

The Dennis Wholey Show TV Series1969Self

The Joan Rivers Show Poster

The Joan Rivers Show TV Series1968Self

The Joey Bishop Show Poster

The Joey Bishop Show TV Series1967Self

13 Stars for Channel 13 TV Series1965Self

Call My Bluff TV Series1965Self - Panelist

ABC's Nightlife Poster

ABC's Nightlife TV Series1964Self

Get the Message Poster

Get the Message TV Series1964Self

Missing Links TV Series1963Self - Panelist

The 17th Annual Tony Awards TV Special1963Self - Host

The 16th Annual Tony Awards TV Special1962Self - Winner

The Match Game Poster

The Match Game TV Series1962Self - Team Captain

The Merv Griffin Show Poster

The Merv Griffin Show TV Series1962Self

The Tonight Show Poster

The Tonight Show TV Series1962Self - Writer

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson Poster

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson TV Series1962Self

Password Poster

Password TV Series1961Self - celebrity contestant

The Mike Douglas Show Poster

The Mike Douglas Show TV Series1961Self

The Big Party TV Series1959Self

The Ben Hecht Show TV Series1958Self - Humorist

The Mike Wallace Interview TV Series1957Self - Writer

The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar Poster

The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar TV Series1957Self

What's It For TV Series1957Self

The Steve Allen Plymouth Show Poster

The Steve Allen Plymouth Show TV Series1956Self - Comedian

This Is Show Business TV Series1956Self - Panelist

To Tell the Truth Poster

To Tell the Truth TV Series1956Self - Panelist

Good Morning! with Will Rogers, Jr. TV Series1954Self

Person to Person Poster

Person to Person TV Series1953Self

The Tonight Show Poster

The Tonight Show TV Series1953Self - comedian-writer

Footlights and Kleiglights TV Series1951Self

Ladies Before Gentlemen TV Series1951Self

The Carmel Myers Show TV Series1951Self

The Name's the Same Poster

The Name's the Same TV Series1951Self - Panelist

Wonderful Town, U.S.A. TV Series1951Self

Abe Burrows' Almanac TV Series1950Self - Host

Robert Q's Matinee TV Series1950Self

The Steve Allen Show TV Series1950Self

We Take Your Word TV Series1950Self

What's My Line? Poster

What's My Line? TV Series1950Self - Panelist

The Faye Emerson Show Poster

The Faye Emerson Show TV Series1949Self

This Is Show Business Poster

This Is Show Business TV Series1949Self - Panelist

We, the People TV Series1948Self - Writer

Who Said That? TV Series1948Self

Producer

4

Type

Year

How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying TV Movie1975

The Revlon Revue Poster

The Revlon Revue TV Series1960

The Big Party TV Series1959

Abe Burrows' Almanac TV Series1950

Writer

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Type

Year

How to Succeed in Drama Without Really Trying: The Making of a Brookfield High School Musical Feature Film2020

Fifty Years on Stage Poster

Fifty Years on Stage Documentary2013

Just Go with It Poster

Just Go with It Feature Film2011

Guys and Dolls Poster

Guys and Dolls Video1989

How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying TV Movie1975

Cactus Flower Poster

Cactus Flower Feature Film1969

How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying Poster

How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying Feature Film1967

O.K. Crackerby! Poster

O.K. Crackerby! TV Series1965

Can-Can Feature Film1960

The Big Party TV Series1959

Silk Stockings Poster

Silk Stockings Feature Film1957

The Solid Gold Cadillac Poster

The Solid Gold Cadillac Feature Film1956

Guys and Dolls Poster

Guys and Dolls Feature Film1955

The Milton Berle Show Poster

The Milton Berle Show TV Series1948

Duffy's Tavern Poster

Duffy's Tavern Feature Film1945

Music Department

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O.K. Crackerby! Poster

O.K. Crackerby! TV Series1965

Director

3

O.K. Crackerby! Poster

O.K. Crackerby! TV Series1965

The Revlon Revue Poster

The Revlon Revue TV Series1960

The Big Party TV Series1959

Script and Continuity Department

1

O.K. Crackerby! Poster

O.K. Crackerby! TV Series1965

Other Crew

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How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying Poster

How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying Feature Film1967

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