Robert Scheerer

Directing·Dec 28, 1929·Santa Barbara, California, USA

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Robert Scheerer was an American film and television director, actor and producer. His most notable work includes directing Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Star Trek: Voyager. He has received three Emmy Award nominations for directing Fame. He received an Emmy Award for Best Director in 1964 for The Danny Kaye Show. He made his Broadway debut in the musical Lend an Ear in 1948, appearing with Carol Channing, Gene Nelson, and won a Theatre World Award for his performance for outstanding debut. He also appeared as a dancer in the 1943 film Mister Big and many other films with the tap group "The Jivin' Jacks and Jills". Scheerer directed the 1980 crime-comedy film How to Beat the High Cost of Living, which starred Jessica Lange, Jane Curtin and Susan Saint James.

Film	Credit
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Chain of Command2014 · Director	Director
The Absent-Minded Professor: Trading Places1989 · Director	Director
The Absent-Minded Professor1988 · Director	Director
An Evening with Danny Kaye and the New York Philharmonic1981 · Director	Director
How to Beat the High Cost of Living1980 · Director	Director
HHappily Ever After1978 · Director	Director
It Happened at Lakewood Manor1977 · Director	Director
AArchie1976 · Director	Director
Target Risk1975 · Director	Director
Shirley MacLaine: If They Could See Me Now1974 · Director	Director
The World's Greatest Athlete1973 · Director	Director
Poor Devil1973 · Director	Director
The Grand Opening of Walt Disney World1971 · Director	Director
Adam at Six A.M.1970 · Director	Director
Hans Brinker1969 · Director	Director
Arsenic and Old Lace1969 · Director	Director
A Happening in Central Park1968 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
The Fred Astaire Show1968 · Director	Director
Frank Sinatra: A Man and His Music + Ella + Jobim1967 · Producer	Producer
Margie1946 · Student at Prom (uncredited)	Student at Prom (uncredited)
An Angel Comes To Brooklyn1945 · Bob	Bob
This Is the Life1944 · Party Guest (uncredited)	Party Guest (uncredited)
Top Man1943 · Dancer	Dancer
Mister Big1943 · Bobby (as Bobby Scheerer)	Bobby (as Bobby Scheerer)
How's About It1943 · Bobby (as Bobby Scheerer)	Bobby (as Bobby Scheerer)
Give Out, Sisters1942 · Member of the Jivin' Jacks and Jills	Member of the Jivin' Jacks and Jills