Film, TV producer Mort Abrahams dies at 93

May 29, 2009 Mort Abrahams, a producer and production executive on TV and film projects ranging from "Route 66" and "The Man From U.N.C.L.E." to "The Iceman Cometh" and "A Delicate Balance," died May 28 in Sherman Oaks of natural causes. Abrahams left for Arthur Jacobs' APJAC Prods. in 1966 for a job as executive vp to handle production and/or writing chores on films such as "Doctor Dolittle" (1967), "Planet of the Apes" (1968), "Goodbye, Mr. Chips" (1969), "The Chairman" (1969) starring Gregory Peck and "Beneath the Planet of the Apes" (1970). Abrahams joined the American Film Theatre company in 1972 as an executive, and he closed production on eight films -- including John Frankenheimer's "Iceman" and the Katharine Hepburn-starring "A Delicate Balance" -- in a span of 10 months.

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