Merrill Heatter
Merrill Heatter (born December 16, 1925 in New York City , New York - † October 8, 2017 in Beverly Hills ) was an American television producer .
Life
Merrill Heatter has produced the US game shows Gambit with Wink Martindale , as well as the nightly version of High Rollers with Alex Trebek , in which his wife, the actress and former Playboy model Elaine Stewart co-hosted .
Private
Heatter had been married to actress Elaine Stewart since 1964, who died on June 27, 2011 at the age of 81 in Beverly Hills , California . They had a daughter who was born on July 14, 1970.
Filmography
- 1960: Video Village (TV series)
- 1963: People Will Talk (TV series)
- 1964: The Celebrity Game (TV series)
- 1966–1980: The Hollywood Squares (TV series, 194 episodes)
- 1968: Funny You Should Ask (TV series)
- 1969: The Storybook Squares (TV series)
- 1971: Amateur's Guide to Love (TV movie)
- 1972: Runaround (TV series)
- 1972: Gambit (TV series)
- 1973: Baffle (TV series)
- 1974: High Rollers (TV series)
- 1975: The Magnificent Marble Machine (TV series)
- 1976: The Hot Seat (TV series)
- 1982: Fantasy (TV series)
- 1983: Battlestars (TV series)
- 1987: Bargain Hunters (TV series)
- 2002: Casino (TV series)
- 2008: Catch 21 (TV series)
Web links
- Merrill Heatter in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Harris M. Lentz III: Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2017. McFarland, 2018, ISBN 978-1-476-67032-4 ( full text in the Google book search).
- ↑ findagrave.com - Elaine Stewart. Retrieved June 28, 2011.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Heatter, Merrill |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American television producer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 16, 1925 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City , New York, United States |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 8, 2017 |
| Place of death | Beverly Hills |