A larger-than-life showman who assembled nearly 200 film and TV productions in his first two decades in the business. Robert Halmi Sr is renowned for producing tasteful "prestige" productions for the small screen, including numerous acclaimed telefilms and landmark miniseries featuring some of Hollywood's most respected players. In the 1980s alone, he produced projects that teamed such famous names as Peter O'Toole and Jodie Foster ("Svengali", CBS 1983), James Cagney and Art Carney ("Terrible Joe Moran", CBS 1984), Kirk Douglas and Brock Peters ("The Secret", CBS 1992), George C Scott and Ali
