Jack Sher

John Jacob Sher 16 March 1913 23 August 1988 was an American newspaper columnist songwriter film director film writer and producer Born in Minneapolis Sher wrote for several magazines including the Saturday Evening Post Esquire Redbook Radio Mirror Readers Digest and Colliers He also had been a columnist for the New York Reporter and from 1937 to 1940 Screen Radio Weekly a nationally syndicated Sunday supplement published by the Detroit Free Press Sher wrote a number of films for Audie Murphy including in 1959 The Wild and the Innocent which he also directed In the 1979 remake for TV The Kid from Left Field Gary Coleman 19682010 who starred in the series accepted the NAACP Image Award for Best Childrens Special of Episode in a Series Shers 19711972 television play Goodbye Raggedy Ann was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Writing Achievement in Drama Original Teleplay