Along with David and Jerry Zucker, he revolutionized film comedy with a style of straight-faced, fast-paced parody.

Jim Abrahams, who along with Jerry and David Zucker made up the filmmaking trio behind the spoof comedies 'Airplane!' and ...

The screenwriting team of Mr. Abrahams and brothers David and Jerry Zucker often cast veteran dramatic actors in their ...

Jim Abrahams, who has died aged 80, was one of three badly behaved American schoolboys who went on to reinvent screen comedy ...

Jim Abrahams, part of the team behind such comedy touchstones as Airplane!,' the 'Naked Gun' films and Police Squad!, died ...

His work with brothers Jerry and David Zucker honed a style characterized by wild physical comedy, sight gags, double ...

Jim Abrahams, who created comedies like "Airplane!," "Hot Shots!," the "Naked Gun" series and more, died Tuesday. He was 80.

With brothers David and Jerry Zucker, Abrahams wrote and directed some of the most influential and successful comedies of the ...

The world of cinema, and especially comedy, has lost one of its great stalwarts of recent decades. Jim Abrahams, one of the ...

Jim Abrahams, the writer-director who helped create a string of much-loved comedies including Airplane! and The Naked Gun, ...

Jim Abrahams, a writer-producer-director who partnered with childhood friends Jerry and David Zucker to create slapstick ...

Jim Abrahams famously known for the comedy genre on its ear with such zany efforts as Airplane!, Police Squad! and The Naked ...