Abby Singer

Abner E. "Abby" Singer worked as a production manager and assistant director in film between the 1950s and the 1980s. He is famous for misleading his crew into thinking that the second-to-last shot of the day was actually the last shot. For this reason, the second-to-last shot of the day on a film set is now called an "Abby Singer."

Abby Singer is also the name of a 2003 film revolving around a casting director experiencing an emotional crisis.

Selected filmography

As assistant director

• Death of a Salesman (1951) (Second AD)
• Income Tax Sappy (1954) (as Abner Singer)
• Shot in the Frontier (1954) (as Abner E. Singer)
• 7th Cavalry (1956) (as Abner E. Singer)
• The Guns of Fort Petticoat (1957) (as Abner E. Singer)

As production manager

• Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974)

In television

Singer also worked as production manager on Something for Joey (1974), Columbo: Columbo Goes to the Guillotine and Columbo: Murder, Smoke and Shadows (both 1989). He also worked as production manager on the TV western Gunsmoke.