E. Duke Vincent, a naval aviator and novelist who also, with partner Aaron Spelling, produced some of the most popular shows in television history, died on February 10 in Montecito. That, according to his wife, actress Pamela Hensley. He was 91.
Born Edward Ventimiglia, Vincent’s 40-year TV career kicked off after he joined the Navy, became a Naval aviator and eventually joined The Blue Angels. About that time, he flew the F8F-8P filming the aerial photo sequences for the NBC’s The Blue Angels.
On resigning from the Navy in 1962, he followed his interest in TV and got a job producing seven one-hour documentaries called Man In Space. While in Los Angeles, filming sequences for the series, Vincent met with Danny Thomas and Sheldon Leonard, the executive producers of The Dick Van Dyke show. After writing a spec script for them, he signed on to do their next series,...
Born Edward Ventimiglia, Vincent’s 40-year TV career kicked off after he joined the Navy, became a Naval aviator and eventually joined The Blue Angels. About that time, he flew the F8F-8P filming the aerial photo sequences for the NBC’s The Blue Angels.
On resigning from the Navy in 1962, he followed his interest in TV and got a job producing seven one-hour documentaries called Man In Space. While in Los Angeles, filming sequences for the series, Vincent met with Danny Thomas and Sheldon Leonard, the executive producers of The Dick Van Dyke show. After writing a spec script for them, he signed on to do their next series,...
- 2/27/2024
- by Tom Tapp
- Deadline Film + TV
E. Duke Vincent, the writer and two-time Emmy-winning producer who partnered with Aaron Spelling on such hugely popular shows as Dynasty, Beverly Hills, 90210, Charmed, 7th Heaven and Melrose Place, has died. He was 91.
Vincent died on Feb. 10 in his home in Montecito, California, his wife, actress Pamela Hensley, announced.
He and Spelling produced more than 40 series together, also including Hotel, Vegas, Matt Houston, Madman of the People and The Colbys; seven miniseries, among them Jackie Collins’ Hollywood Wives in 1985 and James Michener’s Texas in 1994; and more than three dozen telefilms.
Vincent won his Emmys for executive producing Day One, a 1989 CBS movie about the Manhattan Project that starred David Strathairn as J. Robert Oppenheimer, and the 1994 HBO movie And the Band Played On, centering on the AIDS epidemic.
An only child, Edward Ventimiglia was born on April 30, 1932, in Jersey City, New Jersey. His father, Egizio, was a pilot...
Vincent died on Feb. 10 in his home in Montecito, California, his wife, actress Pamela Hensley, announced.
He and Spelling produced more than 40 series together, also including Hotel, Vegas, Matt Houston, Madman of the People and The Colbys; seven miniseries, among them Jackie Collins’ Hollywood Wives in 1985 and James Michener’s Texas in 1994; and more than three dozen telefilms.
Vincent won his Emmys for executive producing Day One, a 1989 CBS movie about the Manhattan Project that starred David Strathairn as J. Robert Oppenheimer, and the 1994 HBO movie And the Band Played On, centering on the AIDS epidemic.
An only child, Edward Ventimiglia was born on April 30, 1932, in Jersey City, New Jersey. His father, Egizio, was a pilot...
- 2/27/2024
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
E. Duke Vincent, an Emmy-winning TV producer, died on Feb. 10 in Montecito, Calif. He was 91.
With Aaron Spelling, the duo worked on 43 TV series, such as “Dynasty,” “Hotel,” “Vegas,” “Matt Houston,” “The Colbys,” “Beverly Hills 90210” and “Melrose Place,” in addition to seven miniseries including Jackie Collins’ “Hollywood Wives” and James Micheners’ “Texas.” They also hold 39 TV movie credits, including Emmy winners “Day One” and “And the Band Played On.”
Additionally, Duke and Spelling served as executive producers on Warner Bros. Network’s long-running series “Charmed” and “7th Heaven,” the network’s highest rated and longest running drama. Duke wrote or produced over 2,300 hours of programming over the course of his 40-year career in Hollywood, with 1,600 hours of primetime and 750 hours of daytime TV.
The only child of Margaret and Egizio Ventimiglia, he was born Edward Ventimiglia in Jersey City, N.J. on April 30, 1932. After graduating from Seton Hall University,...
With Aaron Spelling, the duo worked on 43 TV series, such as “Dynasty,” “Hotel,” “Vegas,” “Matt Houston,” “The Colbys,” “Beverly Hills 90210” and “Melrose Place,” in addition to seven miniseries including Jackie Collins’ “Hollywood Wives” and James Micheners’ “Texas.” They also hold 39 TV movie credits, including Emmy winners “Day One” and “And the Band Played On.”
Additionally, Duke and Spelling served as executive producers on Warner Bros. Network’s long-running series “Charmed” and “7th Heaven,” the network’s highest rated and longest running drama. Duke wrote or produced over 2,300 hours of programming over the course of his 40-year career in Hollywood, with 1,600 hours of primetime and 750 hours of daytime TV.
The only child of Margaret and Egizio Ventimiglia, he was born Edward Ventimiglia in Jersey City, N.J. on April 30, 1932. After graduating from Seton Hall University,...
- 2/26/2024
- by Caroline Brew
- Variety Film + TV
Network: Fox.
Episodes: Six (hour).
Seasons: One.
TV show dates: August 7, 2019 — September 11, 2019.
Series status: Cancelled.
Performers include: Jason Priestley, Shannen Doherty, Jennie Garth, Ian Ziering, Gabrielle Carteris, Brian Austin Green, Tori Spelling, Carol Potter, La La Anthony, and Vanessa Lachey.
TV show description:
The original Beverly Hills, 90210 ran for 10 seasons on Fox, between October 1990 and May 2000. The hit tean drama from Darren Star, Aaron Spelling, and E. Duke Vincent begat a franchise which includes the 2008 reboot which ran for five seasons on The CW; two iterations of Melrose Place (1992 and 2009); and Models Inc. (1994). A comedy-drama, the BH90210 TV show is a spinoff of a different order.
Episodes: Six (hour).
Seasons: One.
TV show dates: August 7, 2019 — September 11, 2019.
Series status: Cancelled.
Performers include: Jason Priestley, Shannen Doherty, Jennie Garth, Ian Ziering, Gabrielle Carteris, Brian Austin Green, Tori Spelling, Carol Potter, La La Anthony, and Vanessa Lachey.
TV show description:
The original Beverly Hills, 90210 ran for 10 seasons on Fox, between October 1990 and May 2000. The hit tean drama from Darren Star, Aaron Spelling, and E. Duke Vincent begat a franchise which includes the 2008 reboot which ran for five seasons on The CW; two iterations of Melrose Place (1992 and 2009); and Models Inc. (1994). A comedy-drama, the BH90210 TV show is a spinoff of a different order.
- 11/8/2019
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
1985: General Hospital's Frisco broke Felicia's heart.
1990: Beverly Hills, 90210 premiered on Fox.
2001: Chuck Pratt's primetime soap Titans premiered on NBC.
2010: Camila Banus debuted as Gabi on Days of our Lives."The best prophet of the future is the past."
― Lord Byron
"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.
On this date in...
1967: On Dark Shadows, Barnabas (Jonathan Frid) took Burke and Dr. Woodard down to the basement to show them the coffin, but it was not there.
1976: On Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, Mary (Louise Lasser) recuperated at Fernwood Psychiatric Hospital after her nervous breakdown during her guest appearance on "The David Susskind Show." Mary received flowers from Susskind, and praise...
1990: Beverly Hills, 90210 premiered on Fox.
2001: Chuck Pratt's primetime soap Titans premiered on NBC.
2010: Camila Banus debuted as Gabi on Days of our Lives."The best prophet of the future is the past."
― Lord Byron
"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.
On this date in...
1967: On Dark Shadows, Barnabas (Jonathan Frid) took Burke and Dr. Woodard down to the basement to show them the coffin, but it was not there.
1976: On Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, Mary (Louise Lasser) recuperated at Fernwood Psychiatric Hospital after her nervous breakdown during her guest appearance on "The David Susskind Show." Mary received flowers from Susskind, and praise...
- 10/4/2018
- by Roger Newcomb
- We Love Soaps
TNT is in a state of Grace, ordering the hourlong series pilot from Spelling Television. Grace is a supernatural-tinged drama about a jaded police officer who encounters an angel who offers her an opportunity to redeem her life. Executive producers are Aaron Spelling, E. Duke Vincent and Nancy Miller (CSI: Miami), who is writing the pilot. Grace is expected to be the first of a handful of pilot orders TNT will make in anticipation of picking a few as series follow-ups to its recent original drama additions The Closer and Wanted. Spelling TV produces Wanted with Jorge Zamacona (Homicide: Life on the Street).
- 8/12/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Hot off the success of Coach Carter, director Thomas Carter is going to direct and executive produce Fox's untitled wedding chapel drama pilot. Meanwhile, CBS has given the green light to two untitled comedy pilots, one from writer Marsh McCall and producer Jerry Bruckheimer and one to star comedian Susie Essman. The wedding chapel project, from Spelling TV, revolves around a brother and sister team who manage a one-stop-shopping Vegas wedding emporium, their complicated romantic relationships and the outrageous entanglements of their employees and clients. Carter will executive produce the pilot with Aaron Spelling, E. Duke Vincent and the project's writer, Jeffrey Lieber.
- 2/18/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
7th Heaven's run as the WB Network's longest-running show has been extended by at least another year. WB formally announced an early renewal of the Spelling Television drama for the 2005-06 season. "The WB's 10th-year pickup of '7th Heaven' has put me into eighth heaven," said Aaron Spelling, who executive produces the series alongside creator Brenda Hampton and E. Duke Vincent. The Monday 8 p.m. drama, starring Stephen Collins as a minister and patriarch of a large family, has ranked as the WB's highest-rated show since the 1998-99 season. In the network's target demo of female teens, 7th Heaven ranks No. 3 among all primetime series behind only ABC's Desperate Housewives and the WB's One Tree Hill.
- 2/14/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Fox is reteaming with Beverly Hills, 90210 and Melrose Place producer Spelling Television for a one-hour project set at a Las Vegas wedding chapel. The network has greenlighted a pilot for the untitled project, which revolves around a brother/sister team who manage a one-stop-shopping Vegas wedding emporium, their complicated romantic relationships and the outrageous entanglements of their employees and clients. Jeffrey Lieber penned the pilot and is executive producing with Aaron Spelling and E. Duke Vincent.
- 1/21/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
As part of its efforts to launch a crime drama series, TNT is close to greenlighting a pilot from writer-producer Jorge Zamacona and Spelling Television. The untitled project focuses on the formation of an elite team to fight urban street crime, which is assembled with cops from different divisions of the LAPD. Zamacona, who wrote the pilot and is executive producing it with Aaron Spelling and E. Duke Vincent, most recently penned the pilot and executive produced the Spelling TV cop drama series for ABC 10-8: Officers on Duty.
- 9/16/2004
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The spell of Aaron Spelling's drama Charmed over the WB Network continues. The network has picked up the veteran series for the 2004-05 season, which will be the show's seventh. Charmed, which has successfully transitioned through several scheduling changes and the replacement of Shannen Doherty with Rose McGowan, has become a solid anchor for the WB on Sunday, averaging 5.3 million viewers and a 2.3 rating/5 share among adults 18-49 in its most recent airing. The Spelling TV drama also stars Alyssa Milano and Holly Marie Combs. In addition to Spelling and Kern, Charmed is executive produced by E. Duke Vincent.
- 1/16/2004
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The WB Network has officially picked up Spelling Television's drama Summerland for midseason. The project starring Lori Loughlin has received a 12-episode order, which will bring the total number of episodes produced to 13, including the pilot. The deal on Summerland came after almost two months of negotiations between the WB and the Paramount-based Spelling. Those negotiations started after the network and Warner Bros. Television decided to shelve its planned Gilmore Girls spinoff in June because of high production costs (HR 7/7). Based on an idea by Loughlin, Summerland centers on a single career woman and her friends who become a surrogate family to her sister's three kids after the sister and her husband are killed. The series is executive produced by Stephen Tolkin, Aaron Spelling, E. Duke Vincent and Brad Isaacs. Loughlin serves as a producer.
- 8/17/2003
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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