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George W. Perkins | |
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George W. Perkins is an American producer of films and television series, most known for being one of the producers of the dramedy Desperate Housewives , of which he is one of the executive producers since 2006.
Beginning in the early 1980s Perkins produced or co-produced movies like the 1983 indie film Joysticks , Teen Wolf starring Michael J. Fox (1985), [1] the 1986 thriller movie Extremities starring Farrah Fawcett and Who's Harry Crumb? from 1989, starring John Candy. [2]
During the 1990s and 2000s, Perkins moved on to mainly producing telefilms. In addition he co-produced the 1997 action film Metro starring Eddie Murphy, [3] and in 2003 he was one of the producers for the short lived thriller series Threat Matrix starring James Denton. Since 2004, he's been involved with producing Desperate Housewives , taking over the executive producer position for the 2007–2008 season. [4]