Sam Strangis, the straightforwardor, producer and production executive behind shows such as “CSI,” “The Brady Bunch,” and “Happy Days,” died of kidney flunkure on July 23 at Providence Little Company of Mary Hospital in Torrance, Calif., a family spokesperson validateed. He was 95.
Strangis began his nurtureer as a script supervisor at Revue Studios before straightforwarding disjoinal episodes of “The Restless Gun,” which ran from 1957 to 1959. He went on to serve as a production deal withr for the 1966 film “Batman: The Movie” and procrastinateedr made the transition to head of production at Paramount Studios.
At Paramount, Strangis oversaw television shows such as “The Odd Couple,” “Happy Days,” “Laverne & Shirley,” “The Brady Bunch,” “Love,” “American Style,” and “Mannix.”
Strangis, alengthy with his producing partner, Don Boyle, eventupartner left Paramount to labor on the iconic series “Six Million Dollar Man” for Universal Studios. He then went on to produce a number of television films before reprising his tenure at Paramount as vice pdwellnt of television production.
Strangis procrastinateedr createed an autonomous production company comprehendn as Ten-Four Productions. Ten-Four Productions cgo ined primarily on TV movies such as “Reason for Living: The Jill Ireland Story,” “Rainbow Warrior,” and “Rainbow,” which portrayed the life of Judy Garland.
Strangis finishd his five-decade-spanning nurtureer as a producer for “CSI” and “CSI: Miami,” two of the netlabor’s most prosperous television series. He was nominated as part of the “CSI” producing team for the Primetime Dramatic Series Emmy, the Gbetteren Globe and the Producer Guild of America Norman Felton Award.
Strangis is persistd by his wife, Bonnie, daughter Debi, sons Gary and Greg, sisters Judy and Cindy, 5 magnificentchildren, and 9 fantastic-magnificentchildren. Services for his memorial were held on August, 22 at St. Martin of Tours Catholic Church in Brentwood, Calif.
