Paul Junger Witt

Paul Junger Witt (March 20, 1941 – April 27, 2018) was an American film and television producer. He, with his partners Tony Thomas and Susan Harris (also his wife), produced such television shows as Here Come the Brides, The Partridge Family, The Golden Girls, Soap, Benson, It's a Living, Empty Nest and Blossom. The majority of their shows have been produced by their company, Witt/Thomas Productions (alternately Witt/Thomas/Harris Productions), founded in 1975. Witt also produced the films Dead Poets Society, Three Kings, Insomnia, and the made-for-TV movie Brian's Song. He was a graduate of the University of Virginia.[1]

Paul Junger Witt
Born	(1941-03-20)March 20, 1941 New York City, New York, U.S.
Died	April 27, 2018(2018-04-27) (aged 77) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation	Film and television producer
Years active	1971–2018
Spouse(s)	Ann McLaughlin ( m. after 1968) (Divorced: 1978) Susan Harris ( m. 1983)

Personal life

Witt married Ann McLaughlin with whom he had 3 children, Christopher, Anthony, and Genevieve. After their divorce, he married Susan Harris on September 18, 1983.

Death

Witt died of cancer in Los Angeles on April 27, 2018, at age 77.[2]

Filmography

All films, he was producer unless otherwise noted.

Film

Year	Film	Notes
1984	Firstborn
1989	Dead Poets Society
1992	Final Analysis
1994	Mixed Nuts
1999	Three Kings
2002	Insomnia
2011	A Better Life	Final film as a producer

Television

Year	Title	Credit	Notes
1966−67	Occasional Wife	Associate producer
1967−68	The Second Hundred Years	Associate producer
1968−70	Here Come the Brides
1970−71	The Partridge Family
1971	Getting Together
	Brian's Song		Television film
1972	Bobby Jo and the Good Time Band		Television film
	No Place to Run		Television film
	Home for the Holidays		Television film
	The Rookies
1973	A Cold Night's Death		Television film
	The Letters		Television film
	Blood Sport		Television film
1974	Remember When		Television film
	The Gun and the Pulpit	Executive producer	Television film
1975	Satan's Triangle	Executive producer	Television film
	Fay	Executive producer
1976	Griffin and Phoenix	Executive producer	Television film
	High Risk	Executive producer	Television film
	The Practice	Executive producer
1977	Loves Me, Loves Me Not
1980	The Yeagers	Executive producer
	Trouble in High Timber Country	Executive producer	Television film
1977−81	Soap	Executive producer
1980−81	I'm a Big Girl Now	Executive producer
1982	It Takes Two	Executive producer
1983	Condo	Executive producer
1985	Hail to the Chief	Executive producer
1979−86	Benson	Executive producer
1986	Tough Cookies	Executive producer
	Comedy Factory	Executive producer
1986−87	One Big Family	Executive producer
1987	The Line	Executive producer	Television film
	Mama's Boy
1980−89	It's a Living	Executive producer
1989	Heartland	Executive producer
1990	The Earth Day Special	Executive producer	Television special
	We'll Take Manhattan	Executive producer	Television film
1987−90	Beauty and the Beast	Executive producer
1991	Good & Evil	Executive producer
1990−91	Lenny	Executive producer
1992	Walter & Emily	Executive producer
1985−92	The Golden Girls	Executive producer
1992	Woops!	Executive producer
1992−93	The Golden Palace	Executive producer
1993	Country Estates	Executive producer	Television film
1991−94	Herman's Head	Executive producer
	Nurses	Executive producer
1994	Daddy's Girls	Executive producer
	Close to Home	Executive producer	Television film
1990−95	Blossom	Executive producer
1995	Muscle	Executive producer
1988−95	Empty Nest	Executive producer
1995	The Office	Executive producer
1996	Local Heroes	Executive producer
	Radiant City	Executive producer	Television film
	Common Law
1995−96	Minor Adjustments	Executive producer
1993−96	The John Larroquette Show	Executive producer
1995−97	Brotherly Love	Executive producer
1996−97	Pearl	Executive producer
1998	The Secret Lives of Men	Executive producer
1999	Everything's Relative	Executive producer
2014	Feed Me	Executive producer
2012−16	Beauty & the Beast	Executive producer

As director

Year	Title	Notes
1967	Occasional Wife	Episode: "An Affair to Forget"
1967−68	The Second Hundred Years	Episodes: "Luke's First Christmas" "Shine On, Harvest Moonshine"
1968−70	Here Come the Brides	Episodes: "Letter of the Law" "One Good Lie Deserves Another" "The Crimpers" "The Deadly Trade" "The Soldier" "A Wild Colonial Boy" "Absalom"
1970−71	The Partridge Family	Episodes: "Did You Hear the One About Danny Partridge?" "Soul Club"
1971	Getting Together

Miscellaneous crew

Year	Title	Notes
1965−66	The Farmer's Daughter	Assistant to the producer

As writer

Year	Title
1985	Hail to the Chief

References

1. Willich, Broocks (23 December 2011). "A Life in Pictures". Virginia Living. Retrieved 2014-10-14.
2. Littleton, Cynthia (April 27, 2018). "'Golden Girls' Producer Paul Junger Witt Died at 77". Variety. Retrieved April 27, 2018.

External links

• Paul Junger Witt on IMDb