Harry Colomby

{{Short description|American producer and screenwriter (1929–2021)}}

{{Infobox person

|name = Harry Colomby

|birth_date = {{birth date|1929|08|20}}

|birth_place = Berlin, Brandenburg, Prussia, Germany

|death_date = {{death date and age|2021|12|25|1929|08|20}}

|death_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.

|occupation = Manager, Producer, screenwriter

|spouse = Lee Colomby{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/harry-colomby-dead-michael-keaton-manager-writer-producer-1235067937/|title=Harry Colomby, Manager, Writer and Producer for Michael Keaton, Dies at 92|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=December 28, 2021|access-date=January 2, 2022}}

|children = Scott Colomby

|family = Bobby Colomby (brother)

|alma mater = Columbia University

}}

Harry Colomby (August 20, 1929 – December 25, 2021) was an American talent manager, producer and screenwriter.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thewrap.com/harry-colomby-michael-keaton-manager-dies-92/|title=Harry Colomby, Michael Keaton's Manager, Writer and Producer, Dies at 92|first=Diane|last=Haithman|work=TheWrap|date=December 28, 2021|access-date=January 2, 2022}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/07/arts/music/harry-colomby-dead.html|title=Harry Colomby, Teacher Who Aided a Jazz Great's Career, Dies at 92|first=Richard|last=Sandomir|work=The New York Times|date=January 7, 2022|access-date=January 7, 2022}}

While still a schoolteacher of English and social studies at a High School in New York City, he became the manager of the jazz pianist Thelonious Monk in 1955, and remained so for the next 14 years. His other clients were jazz pianist/singer Mose Allison, comedian John Byner and the actor Michael Keaton.

Colomby co-scripted and produced the 1984 film Johnny Dangerously alongside Jeff Harris, Bernie Kukoff and Norman Steinberg.{{Cite web|url=http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/26436/Johnny-Dangerously/overview|title=Johnny Dangerously (1984)|work=The New York Times|access-date=January 2, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121114045541/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/26436/Johnny-Dangerously/overview|archive-date=November 14, 2012|url-status=live|via=Wayback Machine}} He died in Los Angeles, California on December 25, 2021, at the age of 92.{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2021/12/harry-colomby-manager-business-partner-michael-keaton-92-1234902457/|title=Harry Colomby Dies: Former Manager And Business Partner To Michael Keaton Was 92|first=Valerie|last=Complex|work=Deadline Hollywood|date=December 28, 2021|access-date=January 2, 2022}}