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    Ron Burgundy Guest

    Delbert Mann

    Delbert Martin Mann, Jr. (January 30, 1920 â?? November 11, 2007) was an American television and film director. He won the Academy Award for Directing the film Marty; it was the first Best Picture winner to be based on a television program, being adapted from a 1953 teleplay of the same name which he had also directed. From 1967 to 1971, he was president of the Directors Guild of America.
    Mann was born in Lawrence, Kansas, the son of Ora (née Patton), a civic worker and teacher, and Delbert Martin Mann, Sr., a college professor.[1] Mann graduated from Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. He was married to Ann Caroline Mann from 1941 until his wife's death in 2001. Mann died on November 11, 2007, at age 87, of pneumonia at a Los Angeles hospital.

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    Kathyf Guest
    I was just reading about him. I didn't realize he was president of the Guild so long.

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    Delbart Mann

    d.Nov. 11,2007
    Delbert Mann-director, who transformed Paddy Chayefsky's classic teleplays "Marty" and "The Bachelor Party" into big-screen triumphs and helped bring TV techniques to the film world, died of pneumonia on Nov. 11. He was 87. Mann's 1955 feature version of "Marty" won four Oscars: best picture and director, best actor for Ernest Borgnine and best screenplay for Chayefsky. He followed "Marty" with 1957's "The Bachelor Party." In all, Mann and famed producer Fred Coe collaborated on more than 100 of the live Sunday night "Playhouse" productions. (AP)
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    Kathyf Guest
    Cool pic I never even heard he died.

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    Jaxxx Guest
    good movie Marty, E Borgnine was excellent in this film,

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jaxxx View Post
    good movie Marty, E Borgnine was excellent in this film,
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    Danny62 Guest
    He was married to Ann Caroline Mann from 1941 until his wife's death in 2001. Mann died on Nov 11, 2007 at age 87, of pneumonia at a Los Angeles hospital!

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    Pat MaGroin Guest

    Delbert Mann Autograph 1969-03-04

    Here is Delbert's autograph from March 04, 1969.
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