Gerry Anderson

Personal Info

Know For

Creator

Gender

Male

Birthday

1929-04-14 (83 years old)

Deathday

2012-12-26

Place of Birth

West Hampstead, London, England, UK

Gerry Anderson

Biography

Gerry Anderson, MBE (born Gerald Alexander Abrahams; 14 April 1929 – 26 December 2012) was an English television and film producer, director, writer and occasional voice artist. He was known for his futuristic television programmes, especially his 1960s productions filmed with "Supermarionation" (marionette puppets containing electric moving parts). Anderson's first television production was the 1957 Roberta Leigh children's series The Adventures of Twizzle. Supercar (1961–62) and Fireball XL5 (1962) followed later, both series breaking into the US television market in the early 1960s. In the mid-1960s Anderson produced his most successful s...

Acting

2022

Gerry Anderson: A Life Uncharted

as Self (archive footage)

2014

Filmed in Supermarionation

as Self (archive footage)

2014

This Is Supermarionation

as Robert the Robot (voice, uncredited)

Production

1973

The Investigator

as Director

1973

The Investigator

as Producer

1973

1985

The Complete Thunderbirds

as Original Film Writer

1953

Appointment in London

as ADR & Dubbing

1953

South of Algiers

as Sound Editor

1986

Space Police

as Producer

1986

Space Police

as Co-Writer

1969

Doppelgänger

as Screenplay

1969

1960

1960

1968

Thunderbird 6

as Writer

1975

Into Infinity

as Producer

1971

Invasion: UFO

as Director

1954

Devil Girl from Mars

as Sound Editor

1955

Abdullah's Harem

as Sound Editor

1982

Journey Through the Black Sun

as Executive Producer

1980

Alien Attack

as Executive Producer

1966

1969

Doppelgänger

as Producer

1981

Thunderbirds in Outer Space

as Executive Producer

1975

Space 1999

as Executive Producer

2004

Thunderbirds

as Original Story

1981

1980

1981

Invaders from the Deep

as Executive Producer

1982

Countdown to Disaster

as Original Concept

1982

Countdown to Disaster

as Executive Producer

1979

Moonraker

as Screenplay

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