Bert Granet
Encyclopedia
Bert Granet was a writer
and television producer
, including producing films such as The Locket
(1946) for RKO Radio Pictures.
Granet worked with Desilu Productions
and was instrumental in getting Rod Serling
's The Twilight Zone
on the air in the late 1950s when he produced his successful pilot
pitch The Time Element for Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse. Granet served as the show's producer during its fourth and fifth seasons. He also produced the series The Untouchables
.
Granet died of injuries from a fall in 2002 at age 92.
Writer
A writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....
and television producer
Television producer
The primary role of a television Producer is to allow all aspects of video production, ranging from show idea development and cast hiring to shoot supervision and fact-checking...
, including producing films such as The Locket
The Locket
The Locket is a suspense film directed by John Brahm, starring Laraine Day, Brian Aherne, Robert Mitchum, and Gene Raymond, and released by RKO Radio Pictures...
(1946) for RKO Radio Pictures.
Granet worked with Desilu Productions
Desilu Productions
Desilu Productions was a Los Angeles, California-based company jointly owned by actors Desi Arnaz and Lucille Ball, who were married to each other from 1940 to 1960....
and was instrumental in getting Rod Serling
Rod Serling
Rodman Edward "Rod" Serling was an American screenwriter, novelist, television producer, and narrator best known for his live television dramas of the 1950s and his science fiction anthology TV series, The Twilight Zone. Serling was active in politics, both on and off the screen and helped form...
's The Twilight Zone
The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series)
The Twilight Zone is an American anthology television series created by Rod Serling, which ran for five seasons on CBS from 1959 to 1964. The series consisted of unrelated episodes depicting paranormal, futuristic, dystopian, or simply disturbing events; each show typically featured a surprising...
on the air in the late 1950s when he produced his successful pilot
Television pilot
A "television pilot" is a standalone episode of a television series that is used to sell the show to a television network. At the time of its inception, the pilot is meant to be the "testing ground" to see if a series will be possibly desired and successful and therefore a test episode of an...
pitch The Time Element for Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse. Granet served as the show's producer during its fourth and fifth seasons. He also produced the series The Untouchables
The Untouchables (1959 TV series)
The Untouchables is an American crime drama that ran from 1959 to 1963 on ABC. Based on the memoir of the same name by Eliot Ness and Oscar Fraley, it fictionalized the experiences of Eliot Ness, a real-life Prohibition agent, as he fought crime in Chicago during the 1930s with the help of a...
.
Granet died of injuries from a fall in 2002 at age 92.