Norm Prescott
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| Norm Prescott | |
|---|---|
| Born | January 31, 1927 Boston, Massachusetts United States |
| Died | July 2, 2005 (aged 78) Encino, California |
Norman "Norm" Prescott (January 31, 1927 - July 2, 2005) was co-founder and executive producer at Filmation Studios. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, he began his radio career in the Hub, becoming program director at station WORL in the late 1940s. He went to work for Joseph E. Levine's Embassy Pictures Corp. in 1959, serving as vice president of music, merchandising and post-production. He and Lou Scheimer formed Filmation in 1963.
In many of Filmation's shows in the 1970s, he was co-credited with composing the music as "Jeff Michael" (Jeff and Michael were the names of Prescott's sons) along with "Yvette Blais" (Ray Ellis using his wife's name as a pseudonym).
[edit] Productions
- Pinocchio in Outer Space (Belgian co-produced feature film)
- The New Adventures of Superman
- Fantastic Voyage
- The Batman/Superman Hour
- The Archie Show
- The Hardy Boys
- Will The Real Jerry Lewis Please Sit Down?
- The Groovie Goolies
- Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids
- The Brady Kids
- Lassie's Rescue Rangers
- My Favorite Martians
- The U.S. of Archie
- The New Adventures of Gilligan
- The Original Ghostbusters
- Tarzan and the Super 7
- Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle
- Ark II
[edit] Other Professional Work
Prescott also produced and directed the 1973 animated film Treasure Island and produced and wrote 1974's Journey Back to Oz which featured Liza Minnelli as the voice of Dorothy (Liza is the daughter of Judy Garland, the original Dorothy).
Filmation produced the popular Star Trek animated series in 1973. Prescott also was producer for the cartoon series The Secret Lives of Waldo Kitty, Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle, The Space Sentinels, The new Animated Adventures of Flash Gordon, The New Adventures of Mighty Mouse and Heckle and Jeckle, The Tom and Jerry Comedy Show, Blackstar, Sport Billy,
[edit] Death
Prescott died of natural causes in Los Angeles on July 2, 2005 at age 78.
