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2009 Ellie Greenwich, record producer, singer, songwriter, rock and roll, pop music genres, co-wrote 'Da Doo Ron Ron', dies in Manhattan, New York, at age 68
2004 Terry Melcher, record producer, Kokomo, dies at 62 2004 Alan King, comic/producer, Friar's Club roasters, dies at 76 2003 Jenifer Estess, activist/producer, founded Project A.L.S, dies at 40 2003 John Hawkesworth, producer/writer, ", Upstairs, Downstairs, ", dies at 82 2002 Bruce Paltrow, American Producer 2002 Bruce Paltrow, producer, Saint Elsewhere, dies at 60 2002 Lew Wasserman, American Producer 2002 Julia Phillips, producer, The Sting, dies at 57 2001 Fred De Cordova, producer/director, Tonight Show, dies at 90 2001 David Angell, producer, Frasier, dies at 55 - a 9/11 terrorist murder 2001 "Jack Haley, Jr", documentary producer, That's Entertainment!, dies at 67 2001 Howard Koch, producer, The Manchurian Candidate, dies at 84 2000 Thomas Yohe, TV producer/innovator, Schoolhouse Rock, dies at 63 2000 Robert Northshield, TV news producer, Sunday Morning, dies at 78 1999 Allan Carr, "Producer, manager", Grease, dies at 62 1999 Gary Morton, producer/actor, dies at 74 1998 Lord Lew Grade, producer, The Muppet Show, dies at 91 1998 Alan J. Pakula, "director, producer", All the President's Men, dies at 70 1997 Anthea Joseph, music producer, dies at 57 1997 James Komack, producer (Courtship of Eddie's Father), dies at 67 1997 Alan Mouncer, film director/producer, dies at 68 1997 French court orders producer Jacques Charrier, ex-husband of Brigitte Bardot, to pay the former screen star $8,300 in damages 1997 Antony Kearey, television producer, dies at 77 1997 Brenda Carlin, TV producer and wife of comedian George Carlin, dies at 57 1997 Alvy Moore, actor and producer, Mr. Kimball on Green Acres, dies at 75 1997 Tomoyuki Tanaka, film maker and producer, Godzilla, dies of a stroke at 86 1997 Alexander Salkind, producer (Superman), dies at 75 1997 Alexander Salkind, producer, Superman, dies at 75 1997 Dennis Main Wilson, TV and radio producer, dies at 72 1997 Duncan Wood, television director and producer, dies at 71 1997 Sheldon Leonard, producer and director, I Spy - Dick Van Dyke, dies at 89 1996 Euphemia MacDonald May Moxon, dance producer, dies at 91 1996 Leonard Katzman, TV producer, dies at 69 1996 Humphrey Fisher, TV Producer, dies at 72 1996 Pandro S Berman, film producer, dies at 91 1996 Cubby Alberto Romolo Broccoli, movie producer, dies at 87 1996 Michael Leander Farr, record producer, dies at 55 1996 Manuel A "Manny" Greenhill, record producer, dies at 80 1996 Jay D. Miller, record producer, dies at 73 1996 Ross Hunter, U.S. producer (Airport, Madame X, Pillow Talk), dies at 75 1996 Michael Herford Wooller, TV/film producer, dies at 69 1996 Gerald Savory, actor playwright/TV producer (3 Weeks), dies at 86 1996 Bob Thiele, record producer, dies at 73 1996 Donald Simpson, film producer, dies at 52 1995 David Briggs, record producer, dies at 51 1995 Peter John Welding, record producer, dies at 60 1995 Kristian Lundin, record producer, dies at 22 1995 Jerome Berger, lawyer/Film producer, dies at 64 1995 Danny Arnold, British TV producer, dies at 70 1995 Wilbur Stark, tV/film producer, dies at 83 1995 David Begelman, film producer, dies at 73 1995 Ronald Farrow, radio producer/priest, dies at 49 1995 Anthony Joly de Lotbiniere, television producer, dies at 69 1995 Nicholas Palmer, TV writer/producer, dies at 57 1995 Cheryl Waltz, author/film producer, dies at 50 1995 Paul A Rothchild, record producer, dies at 59 1995 Norman Schwartz, record Producer, dies at 66 1995 Donald Baverstock, television Producer, dies at 71 1995 Carel Birnie, ballet producer, dies at 69 1995 George Abbott, playwright/actor/producer (Damn Yankees), dies at 105 1995 Philip H Burton, Welsh producer/Richard Burton's teacher, dies at 80 1995 Onat Kutlar, Turkish screenplay/producer (Hazal), murdered at 59 1994 Shauna McDonald Brown, British TV producer, dies at 37 1994 Jan Wiegel, director/producer (Uninhabitable Country), dies at 64 1994 Joseph H Hazen, U.S. producer/Vice President (Warner Bros), dies at 96 1994 Lester Sill, pioneer music publisher/record producer, dies at 76 1994 Jimmy Miller, pop drummer/singer/producer (Motorhead), dies at 52 1994 WIlliam Faure, producer, dies at 45 1994 Harry Saltzman, producer (Dr. No, Nijinski), dies at 78 1994 Jessie Kesson, author, novelist, radio producer, and playwright, dies at 77 1994 Major Bill Smith, record producer, dies at 72 1994 Eric John Crozier, producer/librettist, dies at 79 1994 Joan Harrison, English producer/Alfred Hitchcock's sect, dies at 83 1994 Amy Sacks, producer (ABC sports, Disney), dies of Lupus at 39 1994 Gottfried Reinhardt, theatre Producer, dies at 81 1994 Joseph Janni, producer, dies at 78 1994 Andrew Brown, film Producer, dies at 55 1994 Harry la Fontaine, Danish/US resistance fighter/producer, dies at 81 1994 Marlon Riggs, U.S. writer/director/producer (Ethnic notions), dies at 37 1994 Gary "BB" Coleman, blues vocal/guitarist/producer, dies at 47 1994 Ken Hall, Australian director/producer (Kokoda front line), dies at 92 1994 Harold Schneider, U.S. producer (5 Easy Pieces, War Games), dies at 55 1994 Samuel Bronston, Romanian/US producer (El Cid), dies at 85 1994 Jim Booth, New Zealand producer (Heavenly Creatures), dies at 48 1993 Arthur Dreifuss, director/producer (Murder in Amsterdam), dies at 85 1993 Andre Cerf, French actor/producer (Nana), dies at 93 1993 Ely A Landau, producer (Long Day's Journey), dies of stroke at 73 1993 William Cort, actor/producer (Ghost, Dear Heart), dies of cancer at 53 1993 Piet Wielinga, TV producer (Dutch Glory), dies at 56 1993 Robert J Glass, film producer (ET), is killed at 53 1993 Donald Alexander, System director/producer (East Valley), dies at 79 1993 John Beck, U.S. producer (Harvey, Singing Nun), dies at 83 1993 Marvin Young, producer/child actor (Player), dies at 90 1993 Mick Ronson, English guitarist/producer (Mott the Hoople), dies at 46 1993 Henny Budie, Dutch director/producer (Sterrenslag), dies 1993 Alexander Mnouchkine, French movie producer (Professional), dies at 83 1993 Ishiro Honda, Japanese director/producer (Godzilla), dies at 81 1993 Leslie Norman, English director/producer (Dunkirk), dies at 82 1993 George L George, Russian/US journalist/director/producer, dies at 85 1992 Mark Goodson, TV game show producer (Goodson-Toddman), dies at 77 1992 John Foreman, producer (Prizzi's Honor), dies at 67 of heart attack 1992 Robert Reese, producer, dies of natural causes at 66 1992 Hal Roach, producer (Keystone Kops), dies of pneumonia at 100 1992 Edgardo Pallero, Argentina producer (Los hijos de fierro), dies 1992 Franco Cristaldi, Italian producer/Claudia Cardinale's husband, dies 1992 Franco Cristaldi, Italian producer (Amarcord), dies 1992 Luigi De Laurentiis, Italian producer (Toto, Macaroni), dies 1992 Record producer Lou Adler weds Paige Hannah (Daryl's sister) 1992 Mike Frankovich, U.S. producer (Guess Who's Coming to Dinner), dies 1991 Byron Q Griffith, producer/actor, dies at 73 1991 Joseph Papp, U.S. theater producer (Chorus Line, Hair), dies at 70 1991 Joseph Papp, Broadway producer (Chorus Line), dies of cancer at 70 1991 Ken Hardin, producer, dies at 62 1991 Peter Willes, British actor/producer (Way We Live), dies 1991 Joe Pasternak, producer (Spinout, Big City), dies of Parkinson's at 73 1991 Richard Wilson, producer/writer/actor (Pay or Die), dies at 75 1991 Prudence Nesbitt, British actress/TV producer, dies 1991 Actress Sharon Gless and producer Barney Rosenzeig wed 1989 Singer Natalie Cole marries record producer Andre Fisher 1989 Entertainment Tonight's Mary Hart marries producer Burt Sugarman 1988 Joshua Logan, Broadway producer, dies at 79 of palsy 1985 Sam Spiegel, Academy Award winning producer (Betrayal), dies at 84 1984 Frederick Brisson, producer, dies at 71 after a stroke 1984 Arthur Schwartz, producer (Inside USA with Chevrolet), dies at 83 1984 Carl Foreman, producer, dies of cancer at 69 1983 Robert Aldrich, dir/producer (Last Sunset), dies at 65 1983 Bo Gentry, songwriter/producer, dies 1983 Sydney Box, academy award producer, dies at 76 1983 Harriet Parsons, producer (Susan Slept Here), dies at 76 of cancer 1982 Sol C Siegel, U.S. film producer (High Society), dies at 79 1982 Valeer van Kerkhove, Flemish writer/producer (De Weerlozen), dies 1982 Randy Rhoads, rocker, guitarist, songwriter, producer, studied classical guitar, member of Quiet Riot, played with Ozzy Ozbourne, dies in an air crash at 25 1982 Edith Ngaio Marsh, New Zealand detective writer/producer, dies at 82 1981 Ray J, born in Carson, California, singer, record producer, actor, son of gospel singer William Norwood 1980 Dore Schary, American Producer 1980 Actress Susan Dey (LA Law) weds producer Bernard Sofronski 1979 Darryl F Zanuck, film producer (20th Century Fox), dies at 77 1979 Herb Polesie, producer/playwright (20 Questions), dies at 79 1978 Josh Hartnett, born in St. Paul, Minnesota, film producer, actor, movies include 'Black Hawk Down', 'Pearl Harbor', People magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People 2002 1977 Michael Balcon, producer, dies at 81 1977 Lou Reizner, rock vocalist/producer (Rod Stewart, Tommy), dies at 43 1977 Shakira, born in Barranquilla, Columbia, singer-songwriter, record producer, dancer, Latin American musical prodigy 1976 Josh Schwartz, American Producer 1976 Adolph Zukor, Hungarian/U.S. fur trader/movie producer, dies at 103 1976 Phil Ochs, rock producer (Joe Hill), dies at 35 1975 Don Robey, U.S. gospel/impresario/producer, dies at 71 1973 Heidi Klum, born in Bergisch Gladbach, Germany, model, Victoria's Secret 'Angel', television host, fashion designer, television producer 'Project Runway' 1973 Kristian Lundin, record producer 1972 Jude Law, born in Lewisham, England, actor, producer, director, Academy Award nominee for movie 'Cold Mountain' 1971 Matt Stone, American Producer 1971 Matthew Vaughn, American Producer 1971 Mary J. Blige, born in The Bronx, New York City, New York, also known as Brook-Lynn, singer, songwriter, record producer, rhythm and blues, soul, hip hop genres, 26-time Grammy Award nominee, has sold over 48 million albums worldwide 1970 Jay Mohr, born in Verona, New Jersey, actor, stand-up comedian, executive producer, NBC's Last Comic Standing reality television program 1969 Harry Williams Millard, producer, dies of cancer at 41 1969 Jennifer Lopez, born in The Bronx, New York, nickname, J. Lo, musician, rhythm and blues genre, actress, fashion designer, television producer 1968 Walter Wanger, U.S. producer (Cleopatria), dies at 74 1968 Phil Anselmo, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, musician, focuses on heavy metal, sludge metal, hardcore punk, thrash metal genres, lead for Pantera, producer, owner Housecore Records 1968 Charles K Feldman, Gould, producer (Casino Royale), dies at 63 1968 Toby Halicki, car-crash film producer 48, killed shooting stunt 1967 Bert Berns, U.S. songwriter/producer (Twist and Shout), dies at about 38 1967 Douglas MacLean, silent film comedian turned producer, dies at 77 1967 Joe Meek, rocker (Tornados)/producer (Telstar), commits suicide 1966 Michael Garrison, producer (Crowded Sky), dies after a fall at 43 1966 Billy Rose, U.S. theater producer (Diamond Horse Show), dies at 66 1965 David O Selznick, producer (Gone With the Wind), dies at 63 1965 David O. Selznick, American Producer 1965 Suge Knight, American Producer 1964 Tony Terry, rock producer, Tony Terry 1963 Susan Gautier-Smith, TV producer 1963 Mike Myers, born in Scarborough, Canada, comedian, voice actor, screenwriter, film producer, movies include 'Wayne's World', 'Austin Powers', 'Shrek' 1962 Josh Silver, born in America, keyboardist, producer for band Type O Negative, viewed as a gothic metal band, played with Peter Steele, founding member of rock group Fallout 1962 Mike Judge, American Producer 1962 Beatles meet their producer George Martin for 1st time, they record "Besame Mucho" with Peter Best on drums 1962 Paul Webb, born in Essex, England, musician, producer, bass player, member of reggae band Eskalator, joined band TalkTalk in 1981, produced album 'The Year of the Leopard' with James Jorkston in 1996 1961 Sunny Deol, born in New Delhi, India, actor, action movie star, director, producer, winner, two National Film Awards, hit film 'Gadar: Ek Prem Katha' 1961 Andy Lau, born in Hong Kong, China, singer, film actor, producer, Cantopop genre, appeared in over 100 films, 300 TVB television mini-series 1961 David Huff, born in America, David Lyndon Huff, drummer, songwriter, producer, session musician, founder, Giant, 1980's hard rock band, member of White Heart, a Christian rock band 1961 Aaron Sorkin, American Producer 1961 Robert Griffith, producer of Pajama Game, dies 1961 Gary Dell'Abate, producer, Howard Stern Show 1960 Rick de Leeuw, Dutch singer, Trockener Kecks, songwriter/producer 1960 Mack Sennett, director/producer (Keystone Cops), dies 1959 Peter Greene, born in Brooklyn, New York, producer, After Midnight 1959 Cecil B[lount] de Mille, producer (10 Commandments), dies at 77 1959 Cecil B. DeMille, American Producer 1958 Michael Todd, producer (Around the World in 80 Days), dies at 56 1957 John "Jellybean" Benitez, music producer 1957 Louis B Mayer, MGM producer, dies at 71 1957 Ethan Coen, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, producer, Miller's Crossing, Barton Fink 1957 2 male attorneys "stand in" as actress Sophia Loren and producer Carlo Ponti wed by proxy in Juarez, Mexico 1957 Shauna McDonald Brown, TV producer 1957 Ian Stanley, born in High Wycombe, England, Ian Christopher Stanley, keyboardist, musician, songwriter, record producer, member of Tears for Fears band, made multi-platinum selling album 'Songs from the Big Chair' 1956 Randy Rhoads, born in Santa Monica, California, rocker, guitarist, songwriter, producer, studied classical guitar, member of Quiet Riot, played with Ozzy Ozbourne 1956 David E. Kelley, American Producer 1956 Alexander Korda, English movie producer (Henry VIII), dies at 62 1955 Arthur Baker, rock producer, Afrika Banbaataa-Planet Rock 1954 Alex Cox, born in Bebington, Mereyside, England, screenwriter, film director, independent film producer, actor, author, directed film 'Repo Man', wrote book '10,000 Ways to Die' 1954 Chris Stamey, born in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, musician, rocker, songwriter, record producer, formed the dB's, founded Car Records indie record label, founded recording studio called Modern Recording where he recorded and mixed Whiskeytown 1954 Tom Blomberg, Dutch radio host/producer, Evening Rush Hour 1954 Michael Shermer, born in Glendale, California, science writer, historian, television producer of Fox series 'Exploring the Unknown', founder, The Skeptics Society 1954 J. Michael Straczynski, American Producer 1954 Jeff Apple, born in Miami, Florida, producer, In the Line of Fire 1954 Chris Hughes, born in London, England, drummer, musician, record producer, played drums for Dalek I Love You, The Blitz Brothers, member, Adam and the Ants, produced Tears for Fears, The Hurting, Songs from the Big Chair, co-produced Peter Gabriel's 'Red Rain' 1952 Clive Barker, producer, Hell Raiser 1952 David Pack, born in Los Angeles, California, musician, producer, Grammy-Award winning record producer for Wynnona, Aretha Franklin, Kenny Loggins, Phil Collins, Music Director for President Bill Clinton's Inaugurations, 1992 and 1996, cofounder, lead vocalist for band, Ambrosia 1952 Joel Silver, South Orange, New Jersey, producer, Warriors, Xanadu, Die Hard 1952 Harvey Weinstein, American Producer 1951 Dan Duva, boxing promoter/producer, Howard Stern New Years Party 1951 Ned Sublette, born in Lubbock, Texas, composer, musician, musicologist, producer, guitarist, studied classical guitar with Emilio Pujol, composition with Kenneth Gaburo, Cuban music scholar, known for mixing country-western, afro-Caribbean salsa, cumbia, rumba music styles 1950 Jeffrey Katzenberg, American Producer 1950 Dan Hartman, born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, singer, songwriter, record producer, known for "I Can Dream About You" 1950 Kid Creole, born in the Bronx, New York, born Thomas August Darnell Browder, singer, lyricist, composer, arranger, producer, founder of Kid Creole and the Coconuts 1950 Tom Werner, owner for the San Diego Padres/producer, Roseanne, Cosby Show 1949 Ray Shulman, born in Portsmouth, England, born Raymond Schulman, musician, record producer, member of Gentle Giant, British progressive rock band, produced records for The Sugarcubes 1949 Martin Duiser, pop producer, Vanessa, Lee Towers 1949 Trevor Horn, rock producer, Buggles-Video Killed, Yes, Frankie 1949 Leslie Joan Corn, theatre producer, director and writer 1949 Richard de Bois, Dutch drummer and producer 1949 Mike Batt, born in Southampton, England, singer, composer, arranger, producer, helped created ecologically sensitive fictional creatures, The Wombles, wrote hit 'Bright Eyes' 1948 D[avid] W[ark] Griffith, U.S. director/producer, dies 1947 Michael Green, English TV/video producer 1947 Richard Northcott, producer, 9 Weeks 1947 Alan Greisman, Sally Field's husband/producer, Fletch, Surrender 1947 Tommy James, born in Dayton, Ohio, born Thomas Gregory Jackson, musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, led rock band Tommy James and the Shondells 1947 Linda Bloodworth-Thomason, TV producer, Designing Women, Murphy Brown 1947 Mike Chapman, Australian songwriter/producer, Chinn and Chapman 1947 Bruce Gilbert, producer, China Syndrome, 9 to 5, On Golden Pond 1947 Gary "BB" Coleman, blues vocal/guitarist/producer 1946 Dick Wolf, American Producer 1946 Ivan Reitman, director/producer, Private Parts, Ghostbusters, Dave 1946 Russ Thacker, born in Washington D.C., producer, Golden Seal 1946 Cher, born in El Centro, California, born Cherilyn Sarkisian, singer, songwriter, director, record producer, won Academy Award, sold over 100 million records 1946 Ronald Farrow, radio producer and priest 1946 Tony Ashton, born in Blackburn, England, singer, composer, rock pianist, producer, artist 1946 David Green, English TV/video producer 1945 Eric Boom, Dutch guitarist/producer 1945 Jerry Bruckheimer, American Producer 1945 Cheryl Waltz, author/film producer 1945 Nicky Chinn, English songwriter/producer, Chinn and Chapman 1945 Don Ohlmeyer, American Producer 1944 Rick Berman, Richard, producer, Star Trek Generations 1944 Jonathan King, born in London, England, Kenneth George King, singer, songwriter, pop music producer, wrote song 'Everyone's Gone to the Moon', successful writer, producer for other musical artists 1944 Marcia "Marcy" Carsey, TV executive/producer 1944 Ted Templeman, born in Santa Cruz, musician, record producer, guitarist, vocalist, drummer, produced 'The Doobie Brothers' for Warner Brothers, 'Montrose', Carly Simon's 'Another Passenger', Van Halen's first album 1944 Bill Boggs, born in Philadelphia, TV host/producer, Midday, Morton Downey, Jr. Show 1944 Bruce Johnston, born in Peoria, Illinois, born Benjamin Baldwin, rocker, musician, singer, record producer, Grammy-Award winning songwriter, member of The Beach Boys, composed I Write The Songs 1944 Jon Hiseman, born in Woolwich, London, musician, drummer, record producer and music publisher, formed bands Colosseum, Coloseeum II with Don Airey, Gary Moore and Tempest with Alan Holdsworth 1944 Albert Hammond, born in London, England, rocker, musician, songwriter, producer, collaborated with Mike Hazelwood on The Air That I Breathe for the Hollies, wrote hits for Tina Turner 1944 Roger Daltrey, English rocker, actor, producer, The Who, Tommy 1944 David Briggs, record producer 1943 Kenny Vance, born in New York City, New York, musician, singer, producer, member of Jay and the Americans, guest singer on Saturday Night Live, supervised music for film Animal House 1943 Mike Smith, born in Edmonston, England, born Michael George Smith, singer, songwriter, keyboardist, music producer, played for The Dave Clark Five 1943 Chas Hodges, born in Edmonton, London, rocker, pianist, guitarist, vocalist, member of English duo Chas & Dave, worked with producer Joe Meek, backed Jerry Lee Lewis 1943 Bruce Paltrow, American Producer 1943 Donald Simpson, film producer 1943 Yoran Ben Ami, born in Israel, producer/president, Triumph Pictures 1943 Harve Brosten, comedy writer/producer/director, All in the Family 1943 David Geffin, born in Brooklyn, New York, record producer, Geffin, Asylum 1942 Gus Dudgeon, British pop producer, Joan Armatrading, David Bowie 1942 Robbe de Deer, Flemish director/producer, Fugitive Cinema, Bomb 1942 Isaac Hayes, born in Memphis, Tennessee, singer, songwriter, musician, producer, actor, Academy-Award winner 1942 Kim Fowley, Philippines/US rock vocalist/producer/songwriter 1942 Peter Guber, producer, Flashdance 1942 Tony Colton, rock producer, On the Boards 1941 Maurice White, born in Memphis, Tennessee, nicknamed Reese, rocker, singer, songwriter, record producer, founded band Earth, Wind and Fire 1941 Dan Penn, U.S. songwriter/producer/gospel singer, Out in Left Field 1941 Martha Stewart, publisher, producer and celebrity 1941 Jack Jersey, de Nijs, Indonesian/Dutch singer/producer 1941 Mike Leander Farr, record producer 1941 David Puttnam, London, film producer/CEO, Columbia Pictures 1941 Brian Holland, U.S. pianist/producer, Holland/Dozier/Holland 1941 Stephen J Cannell, producer, Rockford Files 1940 James Burrows, TV producer/director, Mary Tyler Moore Show, Cheers 1940 Pete Brown, born in Ashtead, England, poet, lyricist, musical producer, worked with The Battered Ornaments, created Pete Brown & Piblokto! 1940 Anthea Joseph, music producer 1940 Stanley Jaffe, producer, Fatal Attraction 1940 James L. Brooks, producer/director, Broadcast News, Taxi, Critic 1940 James L. Brooks, Producer 1939 [Harvey] Phil Spector, record producer, Wall of Sound 1939 Bob James, born in Marshall, Missouri, rocker, smooth jazz, fusion, arranger, producer, wrote "Nautilus" and "Take Me To Mardi Gras", two of the most sampled songs in hip hop history 1939 Ellie Greenwich, born in Brooklyn, New York, record producer, singer, songwriter, rock and roll, pop music genres, co-wrote 'Da Doo Ron Ron' 1939 Carl Laenmie, film producer, dies 1939 Peter Bogdanovich, born in Kingston, New York, director/producer, Last Picture Show 1939 Phillip Adams, born in Maryborough, Australia, Australian writer, producer, broadcaster, and satirist 1939 Robert Courtneidge, British theater producer, dies 1939 Ron Nagle, rock producer, Riding with the King 1939 Michael Rudman, English theater director/producer, Donkeys' Years 1938 Andrew Brown, film Producer 1938 Prince Buster, Jamaican reggae musician/producer, Madness 1937 Rob Houwer, Dutch director/producer/actor, OK, Professor Columbus 1937 Jimmy Bowen, born in Santa Rita, New Mexico, record producer, pop music performer, famous for 'I'm Stickin' With You', produced chart hits for Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis, Jr. 1937 Nicholas Palmer, television writer/producer 1937 David Behrman, born in Salzburg, Austria, composer, producer, Music of Our Time series, Columbia Records, founding member, Sonic Arts Union 1937 Bobby Scott, born in Mt. Pleasant, New York, jazz singer, producer, songwriter, instrumentalist, toured with Louis Prima, No. 13 Billboard hit 'Chain Gang' 1956 1936 Ismail Merchant, Bombay India, producer, Householder 1936 Irving Thalberg, U.S. producer (MGM), dies 1936 Wies Andersen, Alois de Bois, Belgian actor/producer, Maigret 1936 Michael White, theater/film producer, From Russia With Love 1935 Norma Rae Beatty Ashby, broadcaster/TV producer 1935 Verity A Lambert, film producer, Clockwise, Link, Sweeney 1935 Peter John Welding, record producer 1935 Michael Winner, producer/director, Big Sleep, Death Wish 1935 Barbara Brilliant, TV host/producer 1935 Paul A Rothchild, record producer. 1934 Richard Darryl Zanuck, film producer/executive 1934 Michael Wayne, producer, McQ, Chisum, Green Berets, McLintock 1934 Robert Towne, producer/screenwriter, Chinatown 1934 Garry Marshall, New York City, producer, Laverne and Shirley 1934 Sydney Pollack, born in Indiana, American film director, producer, actor in over 30 films 1934 Don Kirshner, rock and roll producer, invented bubblegum music 1934 Robert Stigwood, producer, Saturday Night Fever, Grease 1933 Garnett Mimms, born in Ashland, West Virginia, singer, songwriter, record producer, worked with Bert Berns, Jimi Hendrix, recorded on MGM, Verve Records, funk, rhythm and blues music 1933 Eric Salzman, born in America, author, composer, record producer, music critic, wrote for the New York Times, New York Herald Tribune 1933 John Gale, theatrical producer 1933 John Boorman, producer/dir, Exorcist II, Deliverance, Zardoz 1933 Elliot Kastner, New York City, producer, Bobo, Big Sleep, Ffolkes 1932 George Schlatter, TV producer, Laugh-in 1932 Florenz Ziegfeld, U.S. theatre producer (Ziegfeld Follies), dies 1932 Hans Boskamp, Johan HG Hoelscher, actor/producer, Oh My Papa 1931 John de Mol, Dutch vocalist/composer/producer 1931 Ike Turner, born in Mississippi, American musician, bandleader, record producer, talent scout, Grammy Award winner 1931 Peter Batty, TV/movie producer 1930 Jerry Ragavoy, U.S. songwriter/producer, Wonderful Dream 1930 Michael Codron, theatrical producer 1929 Jan Wiegel, director/producer, Classroom of Anne Frank, Myrada 1929 Alan Mouncer, film director/producer 1929 Lee Hazlewood, born in Oklahoma, singer, baritone, songwriter, record producer 1929 Chuck Barris, American Producer 1929 Gerrit den Braber, Dutch composer/producer 1928 Andrew Gordon Speedie-Pask, cybernetician stage producer/lyricist 1928 James Ivory, producer/director, Howard's End, Remains of the Day 1928 Aaron Spelling, TV executive producer, Charlie's Angels 1928 Larry Gelbart, writer/producer/actor, Oh God!, M*A*S*H 1928 Harold Prince, U.S. producer/director, West Side Story, Evita 1928 Mitch Leigh, born in Brooklyn, New York, Irwin Michnick, graduated from Yale, composer, musical theater composer, theatrical producer, known for show Man Of La Mancha, composed jingle 'Nobody Doesn't Like Sara Lee' 1928 David L Wolper, producer, Devil's Brigade 1927 John Buller, born in England, composer, known for Proenca, written for electric guitar, mezzo-soprano and orchestra, one of his sons is Ed Buller, a record producer 1927 Leonard Katzman, TV producer 1927 Andy Warhol, born in McKeesport, Pennsylvania, artist/producer, Frankenstein, Bad 1927 Michael Herford Wooller, TV/film producer 1926 Bryan Forbes, director/producer, Endless Games, King Rat 1926 David Attenborough, producer/TV host/scientist 1926 Roger Corman, born in Detroit, producer and director, Little Shop of Horrors 1926 Bud Yorkin, producer, All in the Family, 1959, 1960 Emmy 1926 George Martin, record producer, The Beatles 1925 Duncan Wood, TV director/producer 1925 Anthony Joly de Lotbiniere, TV producer 1924 Zelda Fichandler, Boston, theater director/producer, Raisin, K2 1924 Daniel Melnick, born in New York City, producer, Get Smart 1924 Stanley Donen, South Carolina, film director/producer, Bedazzled, Damn Yankees 1924 Donald Baverstock, TV producer 1923 Leonard Stern, New York City, producer/TV writer, Phil Silvers Show, Get Smart 1923 Humphrey Fisher, TV producer 1923 Mauritius H Binger, director/producer (Living Ladder), dies 1923 Stephen J Cannell, TV producer/writer 1922 Don Hewitt, New York City, CBS news executive producer, 60 Minutes 1922 Bob Thiele, record producer 1922 Norman Lear, TV writer/producer, All in The Family 1922 Jay D. Miller, record producer 1921 David Begelman, film producer 1921 Gene Roddenberry, El Paso Texas, executive producer, Star Trek 1921 Joseph Papp, born in Brooklyn, stage producer/director, Pirates of Penzance 1921 Alexander Salkind, producer, Superman 1921 Ross Hunter, born in Cleveland, Ohio, producer, Airport, Madame X, Pillow Talk 1920 Alexander H Cohen, New York City, Broadway producer, Beyond the Fringe 1920 Antony Kearey, TV producer 1919 Ernest H Martin, Markowitz, producer, Feuer and Martin-Chorus Line 1919 James Quinn, film producer/actor, Joey, Hammett, Overlord 1919 Dino De Laurentiis, Torre Annunziata Italy, producer, King Kong 1919 Valeer [Valerius V] van Kerkhove, Flemish writer/producer 1918 Robert Aldrich, U.S. director/producer, Dirty Dozen 1918 Ingmar Bergman, born in Sweden, director, writer, producer for stage, film and television, Academy Award winner 1918 Anthony Craxton, British TV producer 1918 Dwayne Andreas, born in Worthington, Minnesota, called the 'Soybean King', CEO of Archer Daniels Midland - ADM, largest producer of farm commodities in the U.S. for over 30 years 1918 Ida Lupino, actress screenwriter director/producer, Jennifer 1918 Lester Sill, pioneer music publisher/record producer 1917 Ezra Stone, U.S., actor/producer, Henry Aldrich 1917 Joe Pasternak, Transylvania Hungary, producer, Spinout, Big City 1917 Mel Ferrer, born in New Jersey, actor in television, film and theater, film director and film producer 1917 Johnny Hoes, Dutch musician/producer, Wished I'd stayed with my Mom 1917 Jerry Wexler, born in New York, music journalist, music producer, in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 1916 Jessie Kesson, born in Scotland, Jessie Grant McDonald, author, novelist, radio producer, and playwright 1916 Ivan Tors, TV producer, Sea Hunt, Flipper 1916 Joseph Janni, producer 1916 Dugo D Schenker, Suriname/Antillian producer 1916 Howard Koch, producer/director, Frankenstein, Airplane II 1916 Mort Abrahams, producer, Dr. Doolittle, Planet Of Apes 1916 Manuel A "Manny" Greenhill, record producer 1915 Harry Saltzman, St. Johns NB Canada, producer, Goldfinger 1914 Eric John Crozier, producer/librettist 1913 Stanley E Kramer, New York City, producer/director, Inherit the Wind 1913 George H Brown, film producer 1913 Gottfried Reinhardt, theatre producer 1913 Max Youngstein, born in New York City, producer, United Artists 1913 Lew Wasserman, American Producer 1912 David Merrick, Hong Kong, Broadway producer, Hello Dolly 1912 Garson Kanin, born in Rochester, New York, playwright/producer, Double Life 1912 John de Mol, Dutch accordianist/producer, Baantjer, Pril Geluk 1912 Jerry Wald, New York City, producer, Mildred Pierce, Johnny Belinda 1912 Roy Winsor, born in Chicago, producer, Search for Tomorrow, Love of Life 1911 Peter Saunders, English theater producer, Legend of the Werewolf 1911 Gunther Rennert, born in Essen, Germany, opera director and producer 1911 Cy Feuer, New York City, Bdwy producer, Feuer and Martin-Chorus Line 1910 John Hammond Sr, New York City, rock/jazz producer, I Can Tell, So Many Roads 1910 Fred de Cordova, film/TV producer, Tonight Show 1910 Irene Mayer Selznick, producer, Street Car Named Desire 1910 Roger L. Stevens, producer, Giant 1909 Gerald Savory, actor playwright/TV producer, Heart of the Matter 1909 Alberto Romero "Cubby" Broccoli, born in New York City, film producer, James Bond 1908 Joshua Logan, Broadway producer, South Pacific 1908 Sidney Gilliat, producer 1908 Paula Wessely, Austrian actress/producer, Masquerade 1908 Akkineni LV Lakshmi Varaprasada Rao Prasad, producer 1907 Michael Blankfort, U.S., writer/producer/director 1907 William Marshall, producer/director/actor/singer, Blackmail 1906 Lew Grade, British TV mogul, ATV, movie producer, Boys from Brazil 1905 Otto Preminger, Austria, director/producer, Laura, Exodus 1905 Euphemia MacDonald, dance producer 1905 Michael Powell, English director/screen writer/producer, Red Shoes 1905 Dore Schary, producer/writer/director, Act 1, Boys Town, Big City 1905 Charles K. Feldman, Gould, New York City, producer, Casino Royale 1905 Pandro S. Berman, film producer 1904 Kermit Bloomgarden, producer, Diary of Anne Frank, Music Man 1904 George Balanchine, dancer/choreographer/ballet producer 1903 Michael Kalatozov, Russian producer, When the Cranes Fly 1903 Sol C Siegel, U.S., producer, High Society, Gentlemen prefer blondes 1902 Cheryl Crawford, producer, Touch of Venus, Brigadoon 1902 Leland Hayward, U.S. producer, Spirit of St. Louis 1902 David O Selznick, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, producer, Gone With the Wind 1902 David O. Selznick, American Producer 1901 Sam Spiegel, producer, On the Waterfront, Bridge over River Kwai 1901 Joseph Pasternak, film producer, Anchors Aweigh, Date With Judy 1901 Harold Clurman, producer/director, Deadline at Dawn 1901 Michael Todd, producer, Around the World in 80 Days 1900 Mervyn LeRoy, movie producer, Devil at 4 O'Clock 1900 Jed Harris, producer/director, Billy Rose Show, Operation Mad Ball 1899 Hal Wallis, movie producer, Maltese Falcon, Barefoot in the Park 1899 Billy Rose, theatrical producer, Diamond Horse Show 1899 George Cukor, producer/director, Adam's Rib, Philadelphia Story 1899 Irving Thalberg, U.S. producer, MGM 1896 Howard Hawks, Goshen, Indiana, director/producer, Rio Bravo, Scarface 1896 Michael Balcon, Birmingham England, producer/father of Jill Balcon 1895 Ken Maynard, born in Texas, cowboy/actor/producer, Bigfoot 1894 Arthur Freed, American Producer 1894 Walter Wanger, Feuchtwanger, U.S. producer, Stagecoach 1893 Leroy B Shield, U.S. pianist/producer/composer, Laurel and Hardy 1893 Alexander Korda, British movie producer, 3rd man 1893 Guthrie McClintic, born in Seattle, Washington Broadway producer/dir, Winterset 1892 Hal Roach, early film director/producer, 1 Million BC 1890 Douglas MacLean, Philadelphia, silent film comedian/producer, Going Up 1889 Wesley Ruggles, actor/producer/director, Keystone Kops 1888 Marie Rambert, Warsaw, English ballet producer/director/teacher 1887 George Abbott, born in Forestville, New York, producer, Damn Yankees, Pajama Game 1884 Albert Warner, U.S. producer, Warner Bros 1883 Tom Walls, Kingsthorpe England, actor/producer, Undercover 1882 Samuel Goldwyn, movie producer, MGM 1881 Cecil B. DeMille, American Producer 1877 Harley Granville-Barker, London, dramatist/producer/critic 1875 D. W. Griffith, movie producer/director, Birth of a Nation 1873 Lee Shubert, producer, theatres in New York and LA named after him 1873 Adolph Zukor, Hungary, movie producer/director/executive, Paramount 1869 Florenz Ziegfeld, producer, Ziegfield Follies 1819 Henry Tate, English sugar producer Tate Gallery 1779 Jean Coralli, Paris, ballet producer/choreographer 1717 David Garrick, actor/producer/writer, Aboan-Oroonoko |
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