Frank Pace (born February 14, 1950) is an American television producer and writer.

Background and personal life

Pace was born in White Plains,

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, the son of Rose and Dominick Pace. Frank has two brothers, Bruce and Douglas. Pace graduated from Valhalla High School and went on to attain a BS degree in business from

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, where he served on the University Board of Trustees (2006 -2016). Pace lives in

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with his wife Karen (Huggins). They have one daughter, Erin.

Career

Television

Pace has more than 700 episodes of network television to his credit. He has produced 16 television pilots, of which 12 were ordered as series and five were sold into syndication. His Warner Brother TV credits include ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. He also served as Co-Executive Producer on the TV Series, ''Shake it Up''! and Co-Executive Producer on Girl Meets World, for which he was nominated for an Emmy in 2014, 2015 and 2016. Previously, Pace received an Emmy nomination for "Outstanding Comedy Series" (''Murphy Brown''), in 1988. Pace also produced the

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movie ''Babe Ruth'' (1991) starring

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, the

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Live Special '' George Lopez – America's Mexican'', and the

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Premier feature film, '' Mr. Troop Mom'', as well as the movie ''Shake It Up'': ''Made In Japan''''.'' In 2017, he produced the documentary '' Jacksonville WHO?'' which starred Emmy award winner Jay Thomas and NBA Hall of Famer Artis Gilmore. In 2018/9 he produced the revival of ''

'' on CBS. He is currently a Production Executive at Warner Bros TV. He also is the Executive Producer and co-host of the weekly video podcast, ''A Mic A Mook and A Mic'' with Billy O’Connor. And is a member of

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and

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Advertising

Pace spent eight years as Vice President of The Phillips Organisation, Ltd, a

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-based Marketing/PR firm. At TPO, Pace supervised a young

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, who today is Chief Investigative Reporter for CBS News. Their collaboration on a variety of projects has continued for more than 30 years. At TPO, Pace and Keteyian were credited with creating the blueprint for short-course

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racing on behalf of Carl Thomas, their client at

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SportsWear. Their 1.5 kilometer swim, 40 km bike and 10 km run event is now a full-fledged

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Sport. A meeting in the spring of 1979 with Bill Rasmussen, founder of

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prior to that network's launching, set in motion Pace’s transition from advertising to television.

Sports

Pace began his career in the now-defunct

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(WFL) on the staffs of the

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, the

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and the

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. Pace serves as advisor to baseball Hall of Famer Rod Carew and Basketball Hall of Famer Artis Gilmore. He has coached high school

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in Southern California for Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy in La Canada Flintridge for 15 seasons. He coached the team to California CIF Championships in 2010 and 2011, and they went undefeated from December 2009 to January 2011. In 2011 he led the team to a #1 National Ranking. He was elected to the school Hall of Fame in 2014.

Writing

Pace and Billy O’Connor have written three books, all published by Acclaim Press: ''If These Lips Could Talk'', ''Lamar’s Gamble- A Tale of the AFL/NFL Merger'' and ''Combustible''. In 2012, Pace Co-Authored Rod Carew's ''Hit To Win'' with Rod Carew and Armen Keteyian. He had previously co-authored Rod Carew's ''Art and Science of Hitting'' along with Keteyian and Carew in 1986. He has also been published in Sports Illustrated, Emmy Magazine, The Florida Times Union, The Los Angeles Times, Soccer Journal and Hall of Fame Magazine. Pace was the credited writer (and producer) on eight segments of ''Inside the NFL'' (the George Lopez segments) and an episode of ''George Lopez'' entitled ''The Unnatural''.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Pace, Frank 1950 births Living people People from White Plains, New York Television producers from New York (state) Jacksonville University alumni