Abby Singer(1917-2014)

Production Manager
Producer
Additional Crew

Abby Singer was born on 8 December 1917 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a production manager and producer, known for St. Elsewhere (1982), Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974) and Remington Steele (1982). He was married to Lotte Katz, Michelle Stone and Helen Eininger. He died on 13 March 2014 in Woodland Hills, California, USA.

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Nominated for 5 Primetime Emmys
- 2 wins & 5 nominations total

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St. Elsewhere

8.0

TV Series

Production Manager

Thunderbolt and Lightfoot

7.0

Production Manager

1974

Remington Steele

7.3

TV Series

Production Manager

Man in the Chair

7.0

Abby Singer

2007

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Production Manager

Family Plan
4.8
- unit production manager
- 1997
Burke's Law
6.5
TV Series
- unit production manager
- 1994
Major Dad
6.5
TV Series
- unit production manager
- 1989–1993
Uncle Buck
5.3
TV Series
- unit production manager
- 1990
Columbo: Sex and the Married Detective
7.2
TV Movie
- unit production manager
- 1989
Columbo: Murder, Smoke and Shadows
7.3
TV Movie
- unit production manager
- 1989
Columbo: Columbo Goes to the Guillotine
7.3
TV Movie
- unit production manager
- 1989
St. Elsewhere
8.0
TV Series
- unit production manager
- executive in charge of production
- executive in charge of production: MTM Productions
- 1982–1988
Hill Street Blues
8.2
TV Series
- executive in charge of production
- unit production manager
- executive in charge of production: MTM Enterprises
- 1981–1983
Remington Steele
7.3
TV Series
- executive in charge of production
- 1982–1983
Newhart
7.8
TV Series
- executive in charge of production
- 1982–1983
In Defense of Kids
4.3
TV Movie
- executive in charge of production
- 1983
WKRP in Cincinnati
8.0
TV Series
- executive in charge of production: MTM Productions, Inc.
- executive in charge of production
- production executive: MTM Productions, Inc.
- 1979–1982
Lou Grant
7.3
TV Series
- executive in charge of production
- production executive: MTM Enterprises
- 1979–1982
A Little Sex
4.9
- production manager: Los Angeles
- 1982

Producer

Family Plan
4.8
- producer
- 1997
The Last Best Place
4.0
TV Movie
- producer
- 1996
Burke's Law
6.5
TV Series
- producer
- 1994–1995
Winnetka Road
7.4
TV Series
- line producer
- 1994
Major Dad
6.5
TV Series
- coordinating producer
- 1989–1993
Shalom Sesame
6.8
TV Series
- co-producer
- producer
- 1987–1991
Columbo: Sex and the Married Detective
7.2
TV Movie
- coordinating producer
- 1989
Columbo: Murder, Smoke and Shadows
7.3
TV Movie
- coordinating producer
- 1989
Columbo: Columbo Goes to the Guillotine
7.3
TV Movie
- coordinating producer
- 1989
St. Elsewhere
8.0
TV Series
- coordinating producer
- 1983–1988

Additional Crew

Crisis Center
5.5
TV Series
- production consultant
- 1997
Diagnosis Murder
6.9
TV Series
- production consultant
- 1996–1997
Sabrina the Teenage Witch
6.7
TV Series
- production consultant
- 1996–1997
Nick & Hillary
7.0
TV Series
- production consultant
- 1988–1989
Newhart
7.8
TV Series
- production consultant
- 1983–1985
Remington Steele
7.3
TV Series
- production consultant
- 1983–1985
Hill Street Blues
8.2
TV Series
- production consultant
- executive in charge of production
- executive in charge of production: MTM Enterprises ...
- 1981–1985
The Duck Factory
6.3
TV Series
- production consultant
- 1984
Bay City Blues
6.8
TV Series
- production consultant
- 1983
The White Shadow
8.0
TV Series
- production executive for MTM Enterprises
- production executive: MTM Enterprises
- 1979–1980
Fighting Back: The Story of Rocky Bleier
6.9
TV Movie
- production executive
- 1980
Lou Grant
7.3
TV Series
- production executive: MTM Enterprises
- 1979–1980
The Last Resort
7.2
TV Series
- production executive: MTM Enterprises
- 1980
The Boy Who Drank Too Much
6.4
TV Movie
- production executive
- 1980

Personal details

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Alternative names
- Abner E. Singer
Born
- December 8, 1917
- New York City, New York, USA
Died
- March 13, 2014
- Woodland Hills, California, USA(cancer)
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Trivia
Worked as a production manager and assistant director in film between the 1950s and the 1980s. His name has become famous in Hollywood as a phrase describing the second-to-last shot of the day ("the Abby Singer"). The last shot of the day is known as the "Martini". Mr. Singer got the reputation for calling the "Martini" shot and after that shot was completed he would state they had one more shot to do. Eventually the second to the last shot was referred to as the "Abby Singer".