Fred J. Irving was an American personality born on June 3, 1933 and died on July 12, 1995. He was best known for his career on TV.
Background[]
In 1957, he joined CBS as senior Vice President. He developed numerous TV shows and produce unsold Pilots.
In July 14, 1963, he pointed out that a wave of "now" dramas is arriving. Joining The Defenders, will be The Robert Taylor Show, Burke's Law, the sixth season of 77 Sunset Strip, Mr. Novak, East Side/West Side, Redigo, Espionage, The Greatest Show on Earth, and The Lieutenant. Joining these will be "now" sitcoms, joining out Hazel and The Dick Van Dyke Show will be Grindl, The Patty Duke Show, The New Phil Silvers Show, Harry's Girls, Glynis, Petticoat Junction, My Favorite Martian and The Bill Dana Show. Joking these will be "now" videotapes, in addition to joining out Password and The Ed Sullivan Show, will be 100 Grand, The Jimmy Dean Show and The Judy Garland Show.
In 1964, he left CBS to work for 20th Century-Fox Television. He developed dozens of shows in cooperation with independent companies.
In 1969, he left Fox to work for Warner Bros.-Seven Arts, where he developed 8 TV projects for 1970-71 season.
In 1978, he left Warner Bros. to work for MGM, to develop films and TV Productions for 8 Years including his new works.
In 1986, he left MGM to work for Cannon Films, where he is running president of the television division, where he developed six television projects for the 1987-1988 Television season. Two will be videotaped sitcoms, Four will be filmed hour dramas.
In 1989, he left Cannon to work for Carsey-Werner where he run the drama department.
Illness and Death[]
In 1993, he was diagonised with chronic lower respiratory disease. Two years later he died in San Francisco, California with kidney disease.
Biography[]
In 2002, a novel was written by El Kadsreian author Stan Fred Morse, called "Fred Irving: A Life on TV".