Harry Saltzman

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Nationality: Canadian
Birthdate: 10/27/1915
Birthplace: St John, New Brunswick, Canada
Death Date: 09/21/1994

biography

Canadian-born producer who began in theater and TV in the 1940s and was working in the film industry by mid-decade. Aside from providing the unoriginal story for "The Iron Petticoat" (1956), a "Ninotchka" rip-off which starred the incredibly mismatched team of Bob Hope and Katharine Hepburn, Saltzman did little to receive screen credit, though he did cut his producer's teeth on TV with installments of "Robert Montgomery Presents" and "Captain Gallant of the Foreign Legion".

Saltzman made his name when he became one of the co-founders (with director Tony Richardson and playwright John Osborne) Continued

Credits

Producer
1988
Producer
1973
Producer
1969
Producer
1968
Producer
1967
Producer
1966
Producer
1965
Producer
1965
Producer
1964
Executive Producer
1960
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milestones

Year
Milestone
 
Emigrated to the USA with his family when he was still an infant
 
Began working in the theater and in TV in the 1940s
1945 
Entered the film industry
1958 
Was one of the co-founders, along with director Tony Richardson and playwright/screenwriter John Osborne, of the production company, Woodfall Film Productions
1956 
Provided story basis for the screenplay of the film, "The Iron Petticoat"
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