Acting credits
6
Early stage
Smaller on-screen catalog so far.
Actor
Robert Scheerer
Directing
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
1.2
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Movies: 21Series: 32Crew credits: 47
TMDB ID: 151843
IMDb ID: nm0770474
Known for: Directing
Born: December 28, 1929
Died: March 3, 2018
Age: 88
Place of birth: Santa Barbara, California, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1943 - 2014
Years active: 72
Average TMDB rating: 6.71
Wikidata: Q322722
Also known as
Bobby Scheerer • Robert Joseph Scheerer
Other jobs
Director (44)Producer (3)
Biography
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.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Robert Scheerer.
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Chain of Command
Director
2014 Movie
2.0
The Absent-Minded Professor: Trading Places
Director
1989 Movie
5.0
The Absent-Minded Professor
Director
1988 Movie
5.0
How to Beat the High Cost of Living
Director
1980 Movie
4.4
It Happened at Lakewood Manor
Director
1977 Movie
Target Risk
Director
1975 Movie
8.0
Shirley MacLaine: If They Could See Me Now
Director
1974 Movie
5.4
The World's Greatest Athlete
Director
1973 Movie
5.4
Poor Devil
Director
1973 Movie
7.0
The Grand Opening of Walt Disney World
Director
1971 Movie
4.5
Adam at Six A.M.
Director
1970 Movie
6.5
Hans Brinker
Director
1969 Movie
7.0
Arsenic and Old Lace
Director
1969 Movie
7.6
A Happening in Central Park
Director
1968 Movie
7.0
The Fred Astaire Show
Director
1968 Movie
8.3
Frank Sinatra: A Man and His Music + Ella + Jobim
Producer
1967 Movie
6.9
Margie
as Student at Prom (uncredited)
1946 Movie
An Angel Comes To Brooklyn
as Bob
1945 Movie
Top Man
as Dancer
1943 Movie
2.2
Mister Big
as Bobby (as Bobby Scheerer)
1943 Movie
3.3
How's About It
as Bobby (as Bobby Scheerer)
1943 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Robert Scheerer.
7.8
Star Trek: Voyager
Director • 2 eps
1995 Series
7.9
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Director • 1 eps
1993 Series
7.4
Father Dowling Mysteries
Director • 2 eps
1989 Series
5.4
Paradise
Director • 5 eps
1988 Series
8.4
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Director • 11 eps
1987 Series
6.2
Jake and the Fatman
Director • 1 eps
1987 Series
6.0
Our House
Director • 6 eps
1986 Series
7.1
Matlock
Director • 17 eps
1986 Series
6.1
The Colbys
Director • 6 eps
1985 Series
4.5
Glitter
Director • 1 eps
1984 Series
7.5
Boone
Director • 1 eps
1983 Series
6.8
Hotel
Director • 3 eps
1982 Series
6.8
Fame
Director • 18 eps
1982 Series
5.5
Falcon Crest
Director • 2 eps
1981 Series
6.4
Dynasty
Director • 8 eps
1981 Series
6.8
Knots Landing
Director • 1 eps
1979 Series
6.3
The Love Boat
Director • 25 eps
1977 Series
7.4
Matt Helm
Director • 1 eps
1975 Series
5.0
Kate McShane
Director • 3 eps
1975 Series
7.6
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
Director • 1 eps
1974 Series
7.2
Petrocelli
Director • 1 eps
1974 Series
7.0
Lucas Tanner
Director • 1 eps
1974 Series
7.5
The Girl with Something Extra
Director • 1 eps
1973 Series
6.3
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Producer • 35 eps
1973 Series