Known for voicing the animated cat, as well as Carlton the doorman in "Rhoda" and a crash test dummy in PSAs, Lorenzo Music was named wittiest boy in the Duluth Central High School Class of 1955.
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Charles W. Fries
The Godfather of the Television Movie started out at Ziv and Screen Gems before launching his own company and taking it private.
Charles W. Fries, the prolific producer and executive who was known as the Godfather of the Television Movie, died Thursday in Los Angeles, his family announced. He was 92.
In 1974, he formed Charles Fries Productions, which later became Fries Entertainment. By one estimate, he and his company produced and/or supervised more than 275 hours of telefilms, miniseries and series.
Fries had his greatest impact during the period he described in his autobiography as the golden days of the television movie the 25-year period from 1968-93.