With the death of Jim Abrahams, one third of the Zucker-Abrahams-Zucker writing and directing trio, a look at some of the ...

The screenwriting team of Mr. Abrahams and brothers David and Jerry Zucker often cast veteran dramatic actors in their ...

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Leslie Nielsen in The Naked Gun Credit: Alamy This time round ... Surely I can’t be serious? I am, and don’t call me Shirley.

He and boyhood friends Jerry and David Zucker got their start with 'The Kentucky Fried Movie,' and they also were behind 'Top Secret!' and 'Ruthless People.' ...

Jim Abrahams had been battling leukemia for 20 years, with the disease playing a contributing role in his death ...

Jim Abrahams, the writer-director who helped create comedy classics such as “Airplane!,” the “Naked Gun” movies, and the TV ...

Jim Abrahams, one of the three writer-directors of Airplane!, died on November 26, 2024.,There are few movies as quotable as the 1980 disaster-movie parody Airplane! — and of the movie’s many ...

Abrahams - who wrote and directed iconic spoof films Airplane! (1980) and The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!

Shorewood High School graduate Jim Abrahams, a co-creator of the zany "Airplane!" and "Naked Gun" movies, has died at age 80.

Jim Abrahams, part of the writing-directing-producing team behind such comedy touchstones as Airplane!, the Naked Gun films, ...