Get to know about Bruce Charet

Bruce Charet, scribe at the Friars Club, is famous for his multitude of connections in show business. Commonly known as the showbiz historian, Bruce is a New York native who graduated in 1981 from Poly Prep Country Day School and subsequently attended The City College of New York. He embarked on a career in show business at an early age and, to date, has been very successful in his endeavors. 

Bruce Charet has worked for big-time companies such a William Morris Agency – a Hollywood-based talent agency that represented some of the best known 20th-century entertainers in film, television, and music. It was regarded as the first great talent agency in show business. One of his very first assignments was managing top-charting pop singer, actress, and vocalist Connie Francis at aged just 21 years old. 

He subsequently was employed in roles with CBS the American-English commercial broadcast television and radio network, and the American entertainment company Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. – commonly known as Warner Bros. He is currently the president of Bruce Charet Productions, a company which he established in 2010.

In Bruce’s time as a producer, he has become well known for his successes with animated features. The show was based around the fictional adventures of trucks that had the personalities of young children. The show was so successful that in 2007 it was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award in the Outstanding Special Class Animated Program category.

A further significant production Bruce Charet was involved with was the Broadway-bound musical adaption of the Rat Pack film Robin and the 7 Hoods. The original 1964 gangster comedy, which starred Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, and Sammy Davis Jr, is a take on the Robin Hood legend that is set in 1920’s Chicago. Bruce Charet took on the role of Executive Producer working alongside lyricist Sammy Cahn, composer James Van Heusen, and costume designer Gregg Barnes.