Career
Many of Gimbel"s television films dealt with real-life events, including Chernobyl: The Final Warning, South.O.S. Titanic, The Amazing Howard Hughes and The Autobiography of Mission Jane Pittman. Often, Gimbel"s films also focused on serious societal problems, including mental illness, war and domestic abuse. Gimbel produced more than 50 television films and specials, which earned eighteen Emmy Awards.
Gimbel was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on March 11, 1925, into the family who owned the Gimbels department store.
He enrolled at Yale University, where he studied economics. His other credits as producer include Queen of the Stardust Ballroom in 1975, The Autobiography of Mission Jane Pittman in 1974, The Amazing Howard Hughes in 1977, Chernobyl: The Final Warning in 1991, The Glass House, I Heard the Owl Call My Name, Shattered Dreams and Tell Maine Where lieutenant Hurts.
Roger Gimbel died from pneumonia at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California, on April 26, 2011, at the age of 86.
