Robert Scheerer

{{Short description|American actor, director, and producer}}

{{About|the director|the journalist|Robert Scheer}}

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| birth_place = Santa Barbara, California, U.S.

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

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Robert Scheerer (December 28, 1929 – March 3, 2018) was an American film and television director, actor, and producer.

Scheerer was born in Santa Barbara, California, on December 28, 1929.{{cite book |last1=Lentz |first1=Harris M. III |title=Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2018 |date=2019 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-1-4766-7033-1 |page=337 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BfWaDwAAQBAJ&dq=%22Dagmar%27s+Canteen%22&pg=PT351 |access-date=April 22, 2022 |language=en}}

Scheerer's work in films began with his dancing, including Mister Big (1943) and other films with the tap group The Jivin' Jacks and Jills. He also performed on television programs, including Dagmar's Canteen, Cavalcade of Stars, and Four Star Revue. On Broadway, he performed in The Boy Friend (1954), Top Banana (1951), Dance Me a Song (1950), and Lend an Ear (1948). He also was assistant to the choreographer for Tickets, Please! (1950).{{cite web |title=Bob Scheerer |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/bob-scheerer-59260 |website=Internet Broadway Database |publisher=The Broadway League |access-date=April 22, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211119203314/https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/bob-scheerer-59260 |archive-date=November 19, 2021}}

Scheerer's more notable work includes directing Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Star Trek: Voyager. He 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. 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 (Curtin and Saint James would re-team four years later for the popular CBS sitcom Kate & Allie).{{cite encyclopedia | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kW8j6sHvrewC&q=%22bobby+scheerer%22+%22actor%22&pg=PA520 | title=Robert Scheerer | publisher=Scarecrow Press | encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of Television Film Directors | date=June 5, 2009 | access-date=August 17, 2014 | author=Jerry Roberts | pages=520| isbn=9780810863781 }}

Scheerer died in Valley Village, California, on March 3, 2018.{{cite news|last=Clement|first=Olivia|title=Director Robert Scheerer, Known for TV Musical Specials, Dies at Age 89|work=Playbill|date=March 12, 2018|access-date=March 15, 2018|url=https://www.playbill.com/article/director-robert-scheerer-known-for-tv-musical-specials-dies-at-age-89}}