What is Gerry Anderson?
{{Infobox person | name = Gerry Anderson | honorific_suffix = [[Member of the Order of the British Empire|MBE]] | image = Gerry Anderson.jpg | caption = Anderson in 2009 | birth_name = Gerald Alexander Abrahams | birth_date = {{Birth date|1929|04|14|df=no}} | birth_place = [[Feltham]], [[Middlesex]], [[England]]<ref name=telegraph/> | death_date = {{Death date and age|2012|12|26|1929|04|14|df=yes}} | death_cause = Dementia | residence = | nationality = [[United Kingdom|British]] | occupation = movie and television producer, writer and director | years_active = 1957 – 2012 | employer = [[Lew Grade]] (1961 – 1976) | organization = [[AP Films]]<br>[[AP Films#Century 21|Century 21]]<br>[[AP Films#End of the line|Group Three]]<br>Anderson Burr<br>Gerry Anderson Productions | known_for = ''[[Stingray (TV series)|Stingray]]''<br>''[[Thunderbirds (TV series)|Thunderbirds]]''<br>{{Nowrap|''[[Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons]]''}}<br>''[[UFO (TV series)|UFO]]''<br>''[[Space: 1999]]'' | spouse = Betty Wrightman<br>(m. 1952–1960, [[divorce]]d)<br>[[Sylvia Anderson]]<br>(m. 1960-1981, divorced)<br>Mary Robins<br>(m. 1981–2012, his death) | children = 4 | parents = Joseph Abrahams<br>Deborah Abrahams (née Leonoff) | relatives = }} '''Gerry Anderson''' [[Order of the British Empire|MBE]] (14 April 1929 – 26 December 2012<ref name=telegraph/>) was a British [[television]] and [[movie]] [[film producer|producer]], [[film director|director]] and [[screenwriter|writer]] of Jewish origin. He is famous for the [[science fiction]] television [[Television programme|programme]]s he created. The most well known of these was ''[[Thunderbirds]]''.<ref name=telegraph/> Most of the programmes he created used [[marionette]]s. He also worked with puppeteer [[Christine Glanville]]. He was married to actress and producer [[Sylvia Anderson]]. ==References== {{reflist|refs= <ref name=telegraph>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/9766390/Obituary-Gerry-Anderson.html|title=Obituary: Gerry Anderson|accessdate=26 December 20