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Gender: Male
Birthplace: Dallas, Texas
Birthday: 4-22-1923
Birth Name: Aaron F. Spelling
Date of Death: 6-23-2006
Cause of Death: Stroke
Aaron SpellingMore Photos Aaron Spelling was born in Dallas, Texas, to Polish Jewish immigrant parents, and attended Forest Avenue High School. After serving with the United States Army Air Forces, he attended Southern Methodist University, graduating in 1949. He married actress Carolyn Jones in 1953, and they moved to California. Spelling sold his first script to Jane Wyman Theater in 1954. He went on to write for...

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La Pistola y El Corazon
Monday 12 December 2005 on TNT

Several execution-style murders send the Fugitive Task Force in search of Guatemalan connection.

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Aaron's company, Spelling Entertainment owns World Vision, Hamilton Projects and Republic Pictures. Spelling Entertainment also owns a software company called Virgin Interactive. (edit)
Aaron had many business partners including E. Duke Vincent and Leonard Goldberg. (edit)
Barbara Stanwyck was his daughter, Tori's godmother. (edit)
Aaron's mentor was Dick Powell, who like Aaronsuffered from throat cancer due to their heavy smoking. (edit)
Aaron was friends with Nolan Miller, Dominick Dunne and Lawrence Gordon. (edit)

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Aaron: If your pilot does something that either sends somebody to jail or to hell, then you know what the pilot is. If your pilot is dealing with someone who just made a terrible mistake and is sorry for it, then you don't know if your pilot is going to work or not. It's really crazy. (edit)
Aaron: I'm basically a writer. I never wanted to be a producer. Dick Powell made me a producer, because I was writing his host spots on Zane Grey Theater. (edit)
Aaron: I think you reach so many people, and so many different people. We have to be very careful of that out here in Hollywood because if you saw the list of parties we are invited to here, and if you scan that list, it's always that higher, higher echelon, you never really get to know real people. (edit)
Aaron: I think there are two ways to depict a family. One is what it's really like, and one is what the audience would like it to be. Between you and me, I think the second one is what I would prefer. (edit)
Aaron: I think our shows are entertaining. I think that they're clean. I hate to talk about that, but, boy, where some of the shows are going today, it's amazing. I'm ashamed of my wife seeing some of these shows, much less making them. I don't even want the cast of my shows to see some of those other shows. (edit)
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"Above average"
he's great
Continue » Posted Jan 7, 2007 8:23 pm PST
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"Talented"
He was a talented producer and person to see on telesion. I wonder with his if it hurts seventh heaven.
Continue » Posted Jun 25, 2006 5:54 pm PST
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"Talented"
Well i'm only doing this because he died, He was very talented producer who had special touch any show he touched ended up successful.
Continue » Posted Jun 24, 2006 9:43 am PST
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