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Gary Adelson

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Gary Adelson was born on 22 April 1953 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is a producer and writer, known for Nowhere to Run (1993), The Last Starfighter (1984) and Eight Is Enough (1977).
BornApril 22, 1953
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    Jean-Claude Van Damme, Rosanna Arquette, Kieran Culkin, and Tiffany Taubman in Nowhere to Run (1993)
    Nowhere to Run
    5.7
    • Producer
    • 1993
    Lance Guest in The Last Starfighter (1984)
    The Last Starfighter
    6.7
    • Producer(produced by)
    • 1984
    Willie Aames, Betty Buckley, Grant Goodeve, Dianne Kay, Connie Needham, Lani O'Grady, Adam Rich, Susan Richardson, Dick Van Patten, and Laurie Walters in Eight Is Enough (1977)
    Eight Is Enough
    6.6
    TV Series
    • Producer
    Steven Seagal and Kelly LeBrock in Hard to Kill (1990)
    Hard to Kill
    5.8
    • Producer
    • 1990

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    Producer

    • Jason Isaacs, Don Battee, Brian Carbee, Septimus Caton, Alan Cinis, Frank Gallacher, Phil Meacham, Darren Andrew Mitchell, Ludivine Sagnier, Bruce Spence, Jeremy Sumpter, Jacob Tomuri, Frank Whitten, Dan Wyllie, Harry Eden, Mick Roughan, George MacKay, Rachel Hurd-Wood, Harry Newell, Freddie Popplewell, Rupert Simonian, Theodore Chester, Lachlan Gooch, Patrick Gooch, and Venant Wong in Peter Pan (2003)
      Peter Pan
      6.8
      • co-producer
      • 2003
    • Victoria Principal and Adrian Pasdar in Love in Another Town (1997)
      Love in Another Town
      5.6
      TV Movie
      • executive producer
      • 1997
    • Salma Hayek, Richard Harris, and Mandy Patinkin in The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1997)
      The Hunchback of Notre Dame
      6.1
      TV Movie
      • executive producer
      • 1997
    • Betty Buckley, Pamela Reed, and Diana Scarwid in Critical Choices (1996)
      Critical Choices
      5.9
      TV Movie
      • executive producer
      • 1996
    • Rolling Thunder (1996)
      Rolling Thunder
      4.1
      TV Movie
      • executive producer
      • 1996
    • Sean Young and Jack Scalia in Everything to Gain (1996)
      Everything to Gain
      6.1
      TV Movie
      • executive producer
      • 1996
    • Jade (1995)
      Jade
      5.3
      • producer
      • 1995
    • Dolph Lundgren and Maruschka Detmers in Hidden Assassin (1995)
      Hidden Assassin
      5.1
      • executive producer
      • 1995
    • Nicolas Cage and Bridget Fonda in It Could Happen to You (1994)
      It Could Happen to You
      6.4
      • executive producer
      • 1994
    • The Wyatts
      TV Movie
      • executive producer
      • 1994
    • Brian Bonsall in Blank Check (1994)
      Blank Check
      5.3
      • producer (produced by)
      • 1994
    • Jean-Claude Van Damme, Rosanna Arquette, Kieran Culkin, and Tiffany Taubman in Nowhere to Run (1993)
      Nowhere to Run
      5.7
      • producer
      • 1993
    • Dustin Hoffman, Julia Roberts, Robin Williams, Bob Hoskins, Dante Basco, David Crosby, Robert Amico, Jasen Fisher, Stephanie Furst, Raushan Hammond, James Madio, Regina Russell Banali, Alex Zuckerman, and Paul Babb in Hook (1991)
      Hook
      6.8
      • co-producer
      • 1991
    • Lies of the Twins (1991)
      Lies of the Twins
      5.2
      TV Movie
      • executive producer
      • 1991
    • Robbie Fox and Billy Ray in The Bobby & Larry Show (1990)
      The Bobby & Larry Show
      TV Movie
      • executive producer
      • 1990

    Additional Crew

    • Willie Aames, Betty Buckley, Grant Goodeve, Dianne Kay, Connie Needham, Lani O'Grady, Adam Rich, Susan Richardson, Dick Van Patten, and Laurie Walters in Eight Is Enough (1977)
      Eight Is Enough
      6.6
      TV Series
      • assistant to producers
      • assistant to producer
      • 1977

    Writer

    • Willie Aames, Betty Buckley, Grant Goodeve, Dianne Kay, Connie Needham, Lani O'Grady, Adam Rich, Susan Richardson, Dick Van Patten, and Laurie Walters in Eight Is Enough (1977)
      Eight Is Enough
      6.6
      TV Series
      • written by
      • teleplay by
      • story by
      • 1978–1981

    Personal details

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    • Born
      • April 22, 1953
      • Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Spouse
      • Maggie CooperMarch 5, 1983 - ?

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      Son of producer Merv Adelson

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