Gerry Anderson Gerry Anderson Gerry Anderson (born Gerald Alexander Abrahams; 14 April 1929 – 26 December 2012) was an English television and film producer, director, writer and occasional voice artist. He remains famous 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 series, "Thunderbirds". Other television productions of the 1960s
Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer (1984 TV series) Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer (1984 TV series) Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer (later titled The New Mike Hammer), with Stacy Keach in the title role, is a television series that originally aired on CBS from January 28, 1984, to May 13, 1987. The series consisted of 51 episodes, 46 one hour episodes, a two part pilot episode ("More Than Murder"), and three TV Movies ("Murder Me, Murder You", "The Return of Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer", and "". "Murder Me, Murder You" was initially envisioned as a stand-alone TV movie, but ultimately became a backdoor pilot for the series when it was