Fred Silverman (Production)
Little is known about Fred Silverman, a figure with a modest footprint in Production. Stay tuned for updates as more details become available.
Works
A Christmas Miracle: The Making of A Charlie Brown Christmas
A behind the scenes look at how A Charlie Brown Christmas was made.
Release Date:2008-09-23
Character:Self
Vote Count:1
We Need a Blockbuster, Charlie Brown
A documentary short detailing the making of the classic cartoon "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown," and the particular pressure the creative team felt after the massive success of its former creation, "A Charlie Brown Christmas."
Release Date:2008-09-02
Character:Self
Drive Time Murders
A Chicago attorney and his gossip columnist host a popular morning radio show. Their search to locate a mysterious woman leads them to the Chicago Art Museum, a network of thieves and a rich family.
Release Date:2006-01-01
Department:Production
Job:Executive Producer
Recipe for Murder
A medical examiner investigates his friend's mysterious death in a car accident.
Release Date:2002-05-04
Department:Production
Job:Executive Producer
Vote Count:1
Murder Among Friends
Private investigator Steve is being racketeered by beat cop Melvin Jarvis as divorce client. Silver spoon would be-actor Mark Woodruff is arrested for the shooting of his rich father Nathan. Only one acting class peer, Italian immigrant Isabella, truly believes in his innocence and manages without funds to hire Steve, with widow Marsha as prime suspect. However they soon find an art theft gang is involved, including Mark's youth friends, gallery keeper Brandon and his mate Jamie, who gets shot, and evil brain Alicia.
Release Date:2001-09-30
Department:Production
Job:Executive Producer
Vote Count:4
My Very Best Friend
Dana Griffin is what some call a gold digger and has a habit of getting what she wants anyway possible. She is to wed wealthy Ted but her deceit is exposed. To build her life back she targets her friend Barbara and begins to take over her life.
Release Date:1996-03-26
Department:Production
Job:Executive Producer
Fast Company
A homicide detective is assigned to solve a murder case. The trouble is that his wife, a reporter, has been assigned by her employer to cover the same case. Complications ensue.
Release Date:1995-08-14
Department:Production
Job:Executive Producer
Gramps
After a long search, lawyer Clarke MacGruder finally locates his long lost father Jack. At first, everything seems fine with his new extended family, until the two set off on a hunting trip, where Jack starts showing a rather violent streak to his nature.
Release Date:1995-05-20
Department:Production
Job:Executive Producer
Vote Count:3
In the Heat of the Night: Grow Old Along with Me
When a former cop marries a wealthy widow, his ex-girlfriend sees an opportunity for blackmail. But their plan to keep her quiet and out of their lives does not exactly go as planned.
Release Date:1995-05-16
Department:Production
Job:Executive Producer
Perry Mason: The Case of the Jealous Jokester
Attorney Bill McKenzie takes the case when his niece is framed for the murder of a popular and demanding sitcom star.
Release Date:1995-04-10
Department:Production
Job:Executive Producer
Vote Count:14
In the Heat of the Night: Who Was Geli Bendl?
All eyes are on Sparta after an internationally renowned actress arrives unexpectedly in the rural Mississippi town—and with a killer secret.
Release Date:1994-12-09
Department:Production
Job:Executive Producer
Perry Mason: The Case of the Grimacing Governor
The alleged suicide of a gubernatorial candidate triggers a series of mysterious deaths leading to the governor's mansion, and "Wild" Bill McKenzie, a friend of Perry Mason, is on the case.
Release Date:1994-11-09
Department:Production
Job:Executive Producer
Vote Count:11
In the Heat of the Night: A Matter of Justice
When a serial killer of women is on the loose in Sparta, all the clues lead Sheriff Gillespie and Forbes to the home of the wealthy Judge Walker.
Release Date:1994-10-21
Department:Production
Job:Executive Producer
In the Heat of the Night: Give Me Your Life
The Sparta police investigate allegations of child abuse in a religious cult run by a charismatic leader, leading to a tense, and deadly, stand-off.
Release Date:1994-05-11
Department:Production
Job:Executive Producer
Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lifestyle
A former associate of Perry Mason returns to handle the defense of a world-class chess player accused of murdering a prominent TV personality.
Release Date:1994-05-10
Department:Production
Job:Executive Producer
Vote Count:8
Perry Mason: The Case of the Wicked Wives
Anthony Caruso, an old friend of Perry Mason, comes to Denver on the request of Dee Morrison. She's married to famed photographer David Morrison, who wants to shoot a photo featuring his former models. The tricky thing is that all of his former models are also his former wives. But Dee knows Anthony can convince them to do it which he does. And David shoots them. Later Dee catches David it what appears to be in an inappropriate situation with his assistant. They have an argument and she leaves. Later David is found dead and she's arrested and Anthony defends her. And he suspects it could have been one of the wives
Release Date:1993-12-17
Department:Production
Job:Executive Producer
Vote Count:9
Perry Mason: The Case of the Killer Kiss
On the set of a popular daytime soap opera 'Mile High', actress Kris Buckner is being forced off by co-star Mark Stratton. When she says that she'll 'kill him before she leaves the show', she makes herself the prime suspect when Stratton is murdered by someone poisoning him. As an old friend, Perry Mason comes to the help of Kris and agrees to defend her. Meanwhile Ken goes in search of information with the help of fan of the show.
Release Date:1993-11-29
Department:Production
Job:Executive Producer
Vote Count:7
Diagnosis: Murder
Dr. Mark Sloan is a good-natured, offbeat physician who is called upon to solve murders.
Release Date:1993-10-29
Department:Production
Job:Producer
Episode Count:178
Vote Count:112
Perry Mason: The Case of the Telltale Talk Show Host
Dr Sheila Carlin is good friends with Della who calls Perry in when she is being pestered by someone. On the theory that it could be somebody that she works with at a radio stations she arranges Perry to be interviewed by Winslow Keene who is also the station's owner. Winslow enrages the rest of the talk show hosts on the station by informing them of changes that he is making to their time slots. That night, Winslow is shot by a hit man hired by someone at the station and Sheila is set up for the murder. She calls in Perry and as usual Perry, Della and Ken swing into action to find out who really did it.
Release Date:1993-05-21
Department:Production
Job:Executive Producer
Vote Count:10
Perry Mason: The Case of the Skin-Deep Scandal
The owner of a cosmetics company is unveiling a new cream which she claims she's been using. She's been keeping her age a secret and now reveals that she's 60 and owes her appearance to the cream. She's later killed and the formula missing. Her husband is arrested and Perry defends him.
Release Date:1993-02-19
Department:Production
Job:Executive Producer
Vote Count:9
Diagnosis Murder: A Twist of the Knife
Dr Sloan suspects that his flame of long ago, famous heart surgeon Dr Rachel Walters, has murdered US Senator Cabot on the occasion of a guest operation at the community hospital. After a long investigation, Sloan and fellow detectives Dr Bentley and Dr Parker discover her motive: Years ago, Cabot had caused a hit-and-run accident that put her daughter into coma. But how did Dr Walters manage to pass the deadly bacteria on to the senator in front of TV cameras?
Release Date:1993-02-13
Department:Production
Job:Producer
Vote Count:5
Perry Mason: The Case of the Heartbroken Bride
Perry Mason is invited to the marriage of the daughter of an old friend of his. But after the ceremony the uncle of the bride is dead. Certainly this is a case for Perry Mason.
Release Date:1992-10-30
Department:Production
Job:Executive Producer
Vote Count:7
Perry Mason: The Case of the Reckless Romeo
Sleazy talk show host Ted Mayne writes a tell-all book, which enrages and embarrasses several very prominent women. One of them, actress Roxanne Shield, loses her composure during an interview and winds up making a televised death threat. Of course, when Ted is murdered, she is arrested. Witnesses claim they saw Roxanne outside his apartment that night and police later find the murder weapon in her car. Renowned defence attorney Perry Mason accepts the challenge of defending her in court.
Release Date:1992-05-05
Department:Production
Job:Executive Producer
Vote Count:6
Diagnosis Murder: The House on Sycamore Street
Dr Mark Sloan cannot believe that his former student Dr Drummond, an ambitious cosmetic surgeon, has committed suicide. Assisted by his team of hobby detectives, pathologist Amanda Bentley and junior doctor Jack Parker, Sloan tries to investigate the case. He finds out that Drummond and his senior partner, Dr Stern, had used plastic surgery to create a double of rich banker and benefactor Gantry, who is expected to make a major donation to the community hospital. Does Gantry also plan to have his double assassinated in order to vanish with the money himself?
Release Date:1992-05-01
Department:Production
Job:Executive Producer
Vote Count:4
Perry Mason: The Case of the Fatal Framing
A painter, believed to be dead, returns to make allegations that a gallery owner is selling counterfeits of his work. Later, the artist is murdered.
Release Date:1992-03-01
Department:Production
Job:Executive Producer
Vote Count:7
Perfect Crimes
True stories about individuals seeking to commit a perfect crime.
Release Date:1991-11-08
Department:Production
Job:Executive Producer
Vote Count:2
Perry Mason: The Case of the Fatal Fashion
An editor of a fashion magazine writes a column that destroys careers. She is also a brutal employer. An editor of a rival magazine visits, asking she not be the next victim. The first is found dead and the rival is charged with murder.
Release Date:1991-09-24
Department:Production
Job:Executive Producer
Vote Count:8
Perry Mason: The Case of the Glass Coffin
David Katz is a world famous magician and he comes to Denver with his group to perform for a charity gala for disabled children. Also there is Perry and Della as all three are supporters of the charity. Kate Ford, an assistant with an arrogant attitude, tells David that she is, from now on, going to do an illusion in which an assistant is raised in a glass coffin only to disappear when the coffin is opened up in the air (while the assistant climbs out before the coffin is raised.) After a one night stand with David, Kate is pregnant and she blackmails David with this. David and his wife Judy can't have children so that comes as a double blow to them. However Kate, with her attitude, creates much hatred at her from the rest of the group. At the gala, the glass coffin is raised but when it opens Kate's dead body falls to the ground - strangled.
Release Date:1991-05-14
Department:Production
Job:Executive Producer
Vote Count:9
Perry Mason: The Case of the Maligned Mobster
A gangster who has commited all kinds of crimes is accused to have killed his wife. As he was not the murderer in this case Perry Mason intents to find the killer...
Release Date:1991-02-11
Department:Production
Job:Executive Producer
Vote Count:8
Perry Mason: The Case of the Ruthless Reporter
Perry is at TV station "KGGY" to be interviewed but thanks to the interference of main anchor-person Brett Huston the interview is pulled. Mostly everybody hates Brett as Brett knows all the station workers secrets. He has also written a memo insulting all of the main station players - Vic St. John - the station manager, Twyla Cooper - the producer, Chuck Gilmore - the sports reporter, Gary Slate - the weatherman, Cassie Woodfield - the reporter and Gillian Pope. Brett is shot dead with Gillian's gun and therefore is arrested for the crime. Gillian calls in Perry, Della and Ken to investigate. As Della and Perry set out to solve the mystery, Ken gets close to Cassie but she is a suspect and when it appears that somebody is trying to kill her, the mystery deepens..
Release Date:1991-01-06
Department:Production
Job:Executive Producer
Vote Count:7
Perry Mason: The Case of the Defiant Daughter
A young woman from Las Vegas wants Perry Mason to defend her father.
Release Date:1990-09-30
Department:Production
Job:Executive Producer
Vote Count:7
Perry Mason: The Case of the Silenced Singer
Perry Mason defends the husband of a famous rock singer who was found being killed after having had a tremendous discussion with her husband and her manager.
Release Date:1990-05-20
Department:Production
Job:Executive Producer
Vote Count:8
Perry Mason: The Case of the Desperate Deception
Perry Mason ventures to Paris to defend a U.S. Marine Corps Captain accused of murdering a man suspected of being a Nazi SS Officer.
Release Date:1990-03-11
Department:Production
Job:Executive Producer
Vote Count:11
Perry Mason: The Case of the Poisoned Pen
The chief suspects in the murder of an author are the numerous colleagues whom he continuously plagiarized.
Release Date:1990-01-21
Department:Production
Job:Executive Producer
Vote Count:7
Perry Mason: The Case of the All-Star Assassin
A hockey player of friend of Ken Malansky's is accused of murdering a team owner. Perry takes the case.
Release Date:1989-11-09
Department:Production
Job:Executive Producer
Vote Count:7
Perry Mason: The Case of the Musical Murder
A young theatre director is accused of killing a more famous Broadway director. Perry takes his case.
Release Date:1989-04-09
Department:Production
Job:Executive Producer
Vote Count:9
Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lesson
Ken Malansky, a law student of Perry Mason's, is accused of murdering a fellow student. Perry is reluctant to take on his case as the victim was the son of a close friend.
Release Date:1989-02-12
Department:Production
Job:Executive Producer
Vote Count:8
Father Dowling Mysteries
Father Dowling Mysteries is an American television mystery series that aired from January 20, 1989 to May 2, 1991. Prior to the series, a TV movie aired on November 30, 1987. For its first season, the show was on NBC; it moved to ABC for its last two seasons. It is based on the adventures of the title character created by Ralph McInerny, in a series of mystery novels. The series was produced by The Fred Siverman Company and Dean Hargrove Productions in association with Viacom Productions.
Release Date:1989-01-20
Department:Production
Job:Producer
Episode Count:43
Vote Count:23
Perry Mason: The Case of the Lady in the Lake
A woman suddenly disappears after an early morning walk, and her husband is accused of murder.
Release Date:1988-05-15
Department:Production
Job:Executive Producer
Vote Count:10
In the Heat of the Night
In the Heat of the Night is an American television series based on the motion picture and novel of the same name starring Carroll O'Connor as the white police chief William Gillespie, and Howard Rollins as the African-American police detective Virgil Tibbs. It was broadcast on NBC from 1988 until 1992, and then on CBS until 1995. Its executive producers were Fred Silverman, Juanita Bartlett and Carroll O'Connor. TGG Direct released the first season of the series to DVD on August 28, 2012.
Release Date:1988-03-06
Department:Production
Job:Producer
Episode Count:146
Vote Count:59
Perry Mason: The Case of the Avenging Ace
Mason defends a man he had sentenced to prison when he was an appellate-court judge. Now, 18 months after the sentencing, a new witness turns up to prove the man's innocence. Mason steps in to defend the man.
Release Date:1988-02-28
Department:Production
Job:Executive Producer
Vote Count:9
Fatal Confession: A Father Dowling Mystery
Frank Dowling has to solve the mystery of a young man who is obsessed with finding his natural parents.
Release Date:1987-11-30
Department:Production
Job:Executive Producer
Perry Mason: The Case of the Scandalous Scoundrel
Perry is suing a gutter trash newspaper that is running a story about a love affair between him and Della. The editor also has "dirt" files on an Army General, his banker and other "clients". All of them make little-concealed verbal threats to him at a party but the person that hated him most is a female reporter who the editor had just fired from the paper for attempting to write a serious story. She threatens him and soon after the editor is found, floating in his pool, shot. The reporter is arrested for the crime and Perry, who has a personal stake in this matter, with the aid of Della and Paul set out to solve the mystery. But the other suspects just want the case over with and will go to any lengths to protect their pasts and their secrets
Release Date:1987-11-15
Department:Production
Job:Executive Producer
Vote Count:8
Perry Mason: The Case of the Murdered Madam
Perry investigates the murder of a former madam and uncovers a multimillion dollar banking fraud in the process.
Release Date:1987-10-04
Department:Production
Job:Executive Producer
Vote Count:9
Jake and the Fatman
Jake and the Fatman is a television crime drama starring William Conrad as prosecutor J. L. "Fatman" McCabe and Joe Penny as investigator Jake Styles. The series ran on CBS for five seasons from 1987 to 1992. Diagnosis: Murder was a spin-off of this series.
Release Date:1987-09-26
Department:Production
Job:Producer
Episode Count:106
Vote Count:47
Perry Mason: The Case of the Sinister Spirit
Jordan White, a publisher friend of Perry, is called to a hotel where a guest, famous horror writer David Hall, has cleared out the hotel for a weekend and has called his "friends" - an actress, a fortune-teller, David's private assistant and the two remaining staff at the hotel to discuss business. They have come to the hotel as all of them are going to sue David over his new book - "The Resort" which characters are obviously based on Jordan and the guests. A practical joker, David plays tricks on them until he is thrown from the high tower of the hotel where Susan Warrenfield, the manager and owner of the hotel sees the fall and then Jordan at the tower causing the police to arrest Jordan. While Perry and Della try to solve the main mystery, Paul tries to find out who is trying to scare Susan away from the hotel. Could it really be a ghost or a more earthy visitor?
Release Date:1987-05-24
Department:Production
Job:Executive Producer
Vote Count:10
Perry Mason: The Case of the Lost Love
Perry must defend the husband of an old flame from a murder charge.
Release Date:1987-02-23
Department:Production
Job:Executive Producer
Vote Count:10
Perry Mason: The Case of the Shooting Star
An actor rigs a fake shooting on TV with the connivance of his friend, the show's host, but the practical joke goes wrong when the gun turns out to contain a live round.
Release Date:1986-11-08
Department:Production
Job:Executive Producer
Vote Count:11
Perry Mason: The Case of the Notorious Nun
A priest is murdered and the main suspect is a nun.
Release Date:1986-05-29
Department:Production
Job:Executive Producer
Vote Count:13
Matlock
Matlock is an American television legal drama, starring Andy Griffith in the title role of criminal defense attorney Ben Matlock. The show, produced by The Fred Silverman Company, Dean Hargrove Productions, Viacom Productions and Paramount Television originally aired from September 23, 1986 to May 8, 1992 on NBC; and from November 5, 1992 until May 7, 1995 on ABC. The show's format is similar to that of CBS's Perry Mason, with Matlock identifying the perpetrators and then confronting them in dramatic courtroom scenes. One difference, however, was that whereas Mason usually exculpated his clients at a pretrial hearing, Matlock usually secured an acquittal at trial, from the jury.
Release Date:1986-03-03
Department:Production
Job:Producer
Episode Count:194
Vote Count:117
Perry Mason Returns
When his former secretary is accused of a murder, Perry Mason gives up a judgeship to defend her.
Release Date:1985-12-01
Department:Production
Job:Executive Producer
Vote Count:18
Mighty Orbots
Mighty Orbots is an American/Japanese Super robot animated series created in a joint collaboration of TMS Entertainment and Intermedia Entertainment in association with MGM/UA Television. It was directed by veteran anime director Osamu Dezaki and features character designs by Akio Sugino. The series aired from September 8, 1984 to December 15, 1984 on Saturday mornings in the United States on ABC and later on in Japan by Animax, totaling up to 13 episodes.
Release Date:1984-09-08
Department:Crew
Job:Creator
Episode Count:13
Vote Count:4
We Got It Made
We Got It Made is an American sitcom that aired on NBC from September 8, 1983 until March 10, 1984, and in first-run syndication from September 11, 1987 until March 30, 1988. The series was created by Gordon Farr and Lynne Farr Brao, and was executive produced by Fred Silverman in association with MGM Television.
Release Date:1983-09-08
Department:Production
Job:Producer
Episode Count:49
Vote Count:2
Farrell: For the People
Adventures of the DA's new lady assistant.
Release Date:1982-10-18
Department:Production
Job:Executive Producer
Express to Terror
A gambling addict, mobsters, movie producers and others are plagued with murder while aboard a high-speed rail train. This pilot episode for the short-lived "Supertrain" series (which lasted just 9 episodes) was released to home video as a independent feature.
Release Date:1979-02-07
Department:Production
Job:Executive Producer
Supertrain
Supertrain is an American television drama/adventure series that ran on NBC from February 7 to May 5, 1979. Nine episodes were made, including a 2-hour pilot episode.
Release Date:1979-02-07
Department:Production
Job:Producer
Episode Count:9
Vote Count:3