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Norm Prescott
Born January 31, 1927(1927-01-31)
Boston, Massachusetts
United States
Died July 2, 2005 (aged 78)
Encino, California

Norman "Norm" Prescott (January 31, 1927 - July 2, 2005) was co-founder and executive producer at Filmation Studios. Events 1504 - France cedes Naples to Aragon. 1606 - Gunpowder Plot: Guy Fawkes Year 1927 ( MCMXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Events 310 - Pope Miltiades is elected 626 - In fear of assassination Li Shimin ambushes and kills his rival Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1504 - France cedes Naples to Aragon. 1606 - Gunpowder Plot: Guy Fawkes Year 1927 ( MCMXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 310 - Pope Miltiades is elected 626 - In fear of assassination Li Shimin ambushes and kills his rival Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The primary role of a television producer is to control all aspects of production ranging from show idea development and cast hiring to shoot supervision and fact-checking For the unrelated isometric graphics engine used by Ultimate Play the Game in their 8-bit computer games see Filmation engine. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, he began his radio career in the Hub, becoming program director at station WORL in the late 1940s. He went to work for Joseph E. Levine's Embassy Pictures Corp. in 1959, serving as vice president of music, merchandising and post-production. He and Lou Scheimer formed Filmation in 1963.

In many of Filmation's shows in the 1970s, he was co-credited with composing the music as "Jeff Michael" (Jeff and Michael were the names of Prescott's sons) along with "Yvette Blais" (Ray Ellis using his wife's name as a pseudonym). Ray Ellis (born July 28, 1923 in Philadelphia Pennsylvania) is an American Record producer, Arranger and conductor

Productions

Main article: Filmation

Other Professional Work

Prescott also produced and directed the 1973 animated film Treasure Island and produced and wrote 1974's Journey Back to Oz which featured Liza Minnelli as the voice of Dorothy (Liza is the daughter of Judy Garland, the original Dorothy). For the unrelated isometric graphics engine used by Ultimate Play the Game in their 8-bit computer games see Filmation engine. Pinocchio in Outer Space was a Belgian-American animated film which sets Carlo Collodi 's Pinocchio character on a rocketship adventure Fantastic Voyage is a 1966 Science fiction film written by Harry Kleiner The Batman/Superman Hour was a Filmation Animated series that was broadcast on CBS from 1968 to 1969 The Archie Show was the first in a long line of Saturday morning cartoon Animated series produced by Filmation and based upon Bob Montana The Hardy Boys is a Juvenile detective/adventure series chronicling the Fictional adventures of Teenage brothers Frank and Groovie Goolies, created in 1970 was a take off of Filmation 's wildly popular The Archie Show with a monster bent Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids is an animated series created produced and hosted (in Live action bookends by comedian Bill Cosby, who also The Brady Kids was an animated television series produced by Filmation in association with Paramount Television and seen on ABC from Lassie's Rescue Rangers was an animated TV show produced by Filmation and featuring Lassie, running from 1973 to 1975 My Favorite Martian is an American Television Sitcom that aired on CBS from September 29, 1963 to The US of Archie was a Saturday morning cartoon show on CBS from September 7 1974 to September 1976 The New Adventures of Gilligan is an animated series produced by Filmation and was aired on ABC during the 1974 - 1975 season Tarzan and the Super 7, was a Saturday morning cartoon series produced by Filmation and originally airing from 1978–1980 Tarzan Lord of the Jungle is also the title of the eleventh novel in the original Tarzan series by Edgar Rice Burroughs. Ark II was a live-action Science fiction series aimed at children that aired on CBS beginning in 1976 as part of its Saturday morning line-up Journey Back To Oz is an official animated sequel to the 1939 MGM film The Wizard of Oz. Liza May Minnelli (born March 12, 1946) is a legendary American actress and singer Judy Garland (born Frances Ethel Gumm; June 10 1922 – June 22 1969 was an American actress and singer

Filmation produced the popular Star Trek animated series in 1973. Star Trek The Animated Series (also known as The Animated Adventures of Gene Roddenberry 's Star Trek) is an Emmy Award winning Prescott also was producer for the cartoon series The Secret Lives of Waldo Kitty, Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle, The Space Sentinels, The new Animated Adventures of Flash Gordon, The New Adventures of Mighty Mouse and Heckle and Jeckle, The Tom and Jerry Comedy Show, Blackstar, Sport Billy,

Death

Prescott died of natural causes in Los Angeles on July 2, 2005 at age 78. Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West Events 310 - Pope Miltiades is elected 626 - In fear of assassination Li Shimin ambushes and kills his rival Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

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