Paul Junger Witt

{{short description|American film producer}}

{{More citations needed|date=April 2018}}

{{Infobox person

|name = Paul Junger Witt

|image = Paul Junger Witt (1999).jpg

|caption = Witt in the White House in 1999

|birth_name =

|birth_date = {{Birth date|1941|3|20}}

|birth_place = New York City, New York, U.S.

|death_date = {{Death date and age|2018|4|27|1941|3|20}}

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

|spouse = {{plainlist|

  • {{marriage|Ann McLaughlin|1968|1978|reason=div}}
  • {{marriage|Susan Harris|1983}}

}}

|years_active= 1966–2018

|occupation = Film and television producer

}}

Paul Junger Witt (March 20, 1941 – April 27, 2018) was an American film and television producer. He, with his partners Tony Thomas and Susan Harris (also his wife), produced such television shows as Here Come the Brides, The Partridge Family, The Golden Girls, Soap, Benson, It's a Living, Empty Nest, and Blossom. The majority of their shows have been produced by their company, Witt/Thomas Productions (alternately Witt/Thomas/Harris Productions), founded in 1975. Witt also produced the films Dead Poets Society, Three Kings, Insomnia, and the made-for-TV movie Brian's Song. He was a graduate of the University of Virginia.{{cite journal| first=Broocks| last=Willich| url=http://www.virginialiving.com/articles/a-life-in-pictures| title=A Life in Pictures| journal=Virginia Living| date=23 December 2011| access-date=2014-10-14}}

Personal life

Witt married Ann McLaughlin with whom he had 3 children, Christopher, Anthony, and Genevieve. After their divorce, he married Susan Harris on September 18, 1983. They have one son together, Oliver Witt.

Death

Witt died of cancer in Los Angeles on April 27, 2018, at age 77.{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/paul-junger-witt-dead-77-golden-girls-soap-benson-1202790552/ |title='Golden Girls' Producer Paul Junger Witt Died at 77 |last=Littleton |first=Cynthia |date=April 27, 2018 |work=Variety |access-date=April 27, 2018}}

Filmography

He was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted.

=Film=

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! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Film

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1984Firstborn
1989Dead Poets Society
1992Final Analysis
1994Mixed Nuts
1999Three Kings
2002Insomnia
2011A Better LifeFinal film as a producer

=Television=

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! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Title

! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Credit

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1966−67Occasional WifeAssociate producer
1967−68The Second Hundred YearsAssociate producer
1968−70Here Come the Brides
1970−71The Partridge Family
rowspan=2| 1971Getting Together
Brian's SongTelevision film
rowspan=4| 1972Bobby Jo and the Good Time BandTelevision film
No Place to RunTelevision film
Home for the HolidaysTelevision film
The Rookies
rowspan=3| 1973A Cold Night's DeathTelevision film
The LettersTelevision film
Blood SportTelevision film
rowspan=2| 1974Remember WhenTelevision film
The Gun and the PulpitExecutive producerTelevision film
rowspan=2| 1975Satan's TriangleExecutive producerTelevision film
FayExecutive producer
rowspan=3| 1976Griffin and PhoenixExecutive producerTelevision film
High RiskExecutive producerTelevision film
The PracticeExecutive producer
1977Loves Me, Loves Me Not
rowspan=2| 1980The YeagersExecutive producer
Trouble in High Timber CountryExecutive producerTelevision film
1977−81SoapExecutive producer
1980−81I'm a Big Girl NowExecutive producer
1982It Takes TwoExecutive producer
1983CondoExecutive producer
1985Hail to the ChiefExecutive producer
1979−86BensonExecutive producer
rowspan=2| 1986Tough CookiesExecutive producer
Comedy FactoryExecutive producer
1986−87One Big FamilyExecutive producer
rowspan=2| 1987The LineExecutive producerTelevision film
Mama's Boy
1980−89It's a LivingExecutive producer
1989HeartlandExecutive producer
rowspan=2| 1990The Earth Day SpecialExecutive producerTelevision special
We'll Take ManhattanExecutive producerTelevision film
1987−90Beauty and the BeastExecutive producer
1991Good & EvilExecutive producer
1990−91LennyExecutive producer
1992Walter & EmilyExecutive producer
1985−92The Golden GirlsExecutive producer
1992Woops!Executive producer
1992−93The Golden PalaceExecutive producer
1993Country EstatesExecutive producerTelevision film
rowspan=2| 1991−94Herman's HeadExecutive producer
NursesExecutive producer
rowspan=2| 1994Daddy's GirlsExecutive producer
Close to HomeExecutive producerTelevision film
1990−95BlossomExecutive producer
1995MuscleExecutive producer
1988−95Empty NestExecutive producer
1995The OfficeExecutive producer
rowspan=3| 1996Local HeroesExecutive producer
Radiant CityExecutive producerTelevision film
Common Law
1995−96Minor AdjustmentsExecutive producer
1993−96The John Larroquette ShowExecutive producer
1995−97Brotherly LoveExecutive producer
1996−97PearlExecutive producer
1998The Secret Lives of MenExecutive producer
1999Everything's RelativeExecutive producer
2014Feed MeExecutive producer
2012−16Beauty & the BeastExecutive producer

;As director

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1967Occasional Wife
1967−68The Second Hundred Years
1968−70Here Come the Brides
1970−71The Partridge Family
1971Getting Together

;Miscellaneous crew

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1965−66The Farmer's DaughterAssistant to the producer

;As writer

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1985Hail to the Chief

References

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