Thomas Meehan (I) (1929–2017)

Writer | Producer | Actor

Thomas Meehan was born on August 14, 1929 in Ossining, New York, USA. He was a writer and producer,...

Born: August 14, 1929
Died: August 21, 2017 (age 88)

Filmography

Known For

Spaceballs Writer (1987)
The Producers Writer (2005)
Hairspray Writer (2007)
Known For

Annie Writer (1982)
Writer

Annie Live! (2021)
Hairspray Live! (2016)
National Archive (2015)
Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas (2014)
Annie (2014)
Spaceballs: The Animated Series (2008-2009)
Hairspray (2007)
1984 (2006)
The Producers (2005)
Bombay Dreams (2002)
Great Performances (2001)
The 55th Annual Tony Awards (2001)
The 54th Annual Tony Awards (2000)
The Wonderful World of Disney (1999)
The 53rd Annual Tony Awards (1999)
The 52nd Annual Tony Awards (1998)
The 51st Annual Tony Awards (1997)
The 50th Annual Tony Awards (1996)
Annie: A Royal Adventure! (1995)
The 49th Annual Tony Awards (1995)
A Child's Garden of Verses (1992)
The 45th Annual Tony Awards (1991)
Spaceballs (1987)
One Magic Christmas (1985)
To Be or Not to Be (1983)
Annie (1982)
The Annie Christmas Show (1977)
Ball Four (1976)
That Was the Year That Was - 1976 (1976)
Cos: The Bill Cosby Comedy Special (1975)
When Things Were Rotten (1975)
Annie and the Hoods (1974)
Comedy Tonight (1970)
Annie, the Women in the Life of a Man (1970)
Writer

That Was the Week That Was (1964)
Soundtrack

Glee (2013)
So You Think You Can Dance (2012)
Soundtrack

Camp Nowhere (1994)
Actor

The Producers Max's Attorney (2005)
Actor

Spaceballs King Roland's Aide (1987)
Producer

Spaceballs: The Animated Series (2008-2009)
Additional Crew

Annie (1982)
Archive footage

The 72nd Annual Tony Awards (2018)

Videos

Awards

Did You Know

Has won three Tony Awards as Best Book (Musical): in 1977, for "Annie"; in 2001, with collaborator Mel Brooks for "The Producers, the new Mel Brooks musical; and in 2003, with collaborator Mark O'Donnell, for "Hairspray".

Quotes

The shameful fact is that I'm not remotely musical. I don't sing well. I don't play any instrument ...... Every once in a while, I think about going back to playwriting, frankly. I have a couple of ideas, but once I got on track of doing musicals, I...