Known for Production
Born
January 12, 1916
Died
April 9, 1992 (age 76)
Birthplace
Los Angeles, California, USA
Filmography
20 films


Hi-Riders
1978 · 1h 30m
country: United States
A group of denim-clad drag-racers find themselves in trouble when a wealthy rancher's son dies during one of their competitions.


The Other Side of Hell
1978 · 2h 29m
country: United States
A disturbed, but highly intelligent man is sent to a criminally insane hospital to serve time and rehabilitate. But when he arrives, he discovers it's in fact a closed world where brutality is an everyday occurrence.


Eaten Alive
1976 · 1h 31m
country: United States
A psychotic redneck owns a dilapidated hotel in rural East Texas, where he murders those who upset him or his business, and then feeds their remains to his pet crocodile in the swamp beside his hotel.


Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway
1976 · 1h 40m
country: United States
15-year-old Dawn runs away from what she feels is an intolerable home life. In the big city, she ends up turning to prostitution when she is unable to get a job due to her age. She meets Alexander, a young male hustler who takes her in, but when she starts working for a pimp, Alexander becomes a target.


Psychic Killer
1975 · 1h 29m
country: United States
Hospitalized for a murder he didn't commit, Arnold Masters learns astral projection–the art of leaving one's physical body and transporting the soul elsewhere. Upon release, Arnold uses his new powers to take out those he holds responsible for his arrest, his mother's death while imprisoned, and the price of meat!


Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies
1973 · 1h 29m
country: United States
The story of Ace Eli Walford, a 1920s stunt flyer who barnstorms around the country, taking his eleven-year-old son Rodger with him as he goes from town to town. The place is rural Kansas, and the time is midsummer in the early nineteen-twenties, not long after World War I. Eli (Cliff Robertson), a barn storming pilot who has the emotional make-up of an 11-year-old, and Rodger (Eric Shea), his 11-year-old son who possesses the wisdom of the ancients, set off to see the world, which means flying all the way to San Willow. To Eli, San Willow seems to be as fabled as Xanadu and quite as remote. In essence, "Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies" is about the adventures of Rodger and Eli getting from nowhere to nowhere. Eli, a killer with the ladies at first, always leaves them unsatisfied. He seems to have a sex problem. Rodger spends a lot of his time getting his dad out of scrapes. He also drinks, smokes and goes to sleep at night crying for his deceased mom.


The Patsy
1964 · 1h 41m
country: United States
Eccentric bellhop Stanley Belt is recruited unexpectedly by the comedy team of a recently deceased entertainer. Stanley struggles to become a song-and-dance man as the team grooms him to become a star. But as the date of a high-stakes appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show grows near, they begin to fear that the only astonishing thing about Stanley is his utter lack of talent.


The Nutty Professor
1963 · 1h 47m
country: United States
A timid, nearsighted chemistry teacher discovers a magical potion that can transform him into a suave and handsome Romeo. The Jekyll and Hyde game works well enough until the concoction starts to wear off at the most embarrassing times.


The Bellboy
1960 · 1h 12m
country: United States
Stanley is a bellboy at the Fountainbleau Hotel in Miami Beach, where he performs his duties quietly and without a word to anyone. All he displays are facial expressions and a comedic slapstick style. And anything that can go wrong, does go wrong when Stanley is involved. One day, Jerry Lewis arrives at the hotel and some of the staff notice the striking resemblance.


Walk Like a Dragon
1960 · 1h 35m
country: United States
California, 1870s. The cowboy Lincoln 'Linc' Bartlett finds out there's a slave auction of Chinese women in San Francisco and he intervenes and purchases the Chinese Kim Sung from the auction with the intent of setting her free. But it doesn't occur to Linc that setting her free isn't enough. Where is she going to go? Kim doesn't speak English and she's just going to be exploited by somebody else. Linc takes Kim home to serve as a housekeeper. Ma Bartlett Linc's mother, is not happy that a Chinese girl is living in her home, and even less happy when Kim and her son fall in love. Their affair also arouses the jealousy of Cheng Lu, a Chinese immigrant.


Last Train from Gun Hill
1959 · 1h 38m
country: United States
A marshal tries to bring the son of an old friend, an autocratic cattle baron, to justice for the rape and murder of his wife.


The Black Orchid
1959 · 1h 34m
country: United States
An aging widower fights family disapproval when he falls in love with a gangster's widow.


The Matchmaker
1958 · 1h 41m
country: United States
Thornton Wilder's tale of a matchmaker who desires the man she's supposed to be pairing with another woman.


The Sad Sack
1957 · 1h 38m
country: United States
Private Meredith Bixby is so out of step in the Army that his six weeks of planned basic training has now stretched to 17 months. After he loses a tank, WAC Major Shelton, a psychologist, is assigned to make a good soldier out of him. She requests Corporal Dolan and Private Stan Wensalawsky to help with the training. Dolan and Stan both have scores to settle with Bixby and their "guidance" leads to more mishaps. Sergeant Pulley has them shipped out to Morocco. On leave in North Africa, Bixy wanders alone into a bar, has a few Moroccan Delights, which he thinks are malted milks, and becomes convinced that exotic singer-dancer Zita is THE girl for him.


Loving You
1957 · 1h 41m
country: United States
Deliveryman Deke Rivers is discovered by publicist Glenda Markle and country-western musician Tex Warner who want to promote him to fame and fortune, giving him every break he deserves. Romantic complications arise as Susan, another singer in the group, offers him devoted admiration as Glenda leads him on with promises of a golden future.


The Man Who Knew Too Much
1956 · 2h 1m
country: United States
An American doctor and his wife, a former singing star, witness a murder while vacationing in Morocco, and are drawn into a twisting plot of international intrigue when their young son is kidnapped.


Artists and Models
1955 · 1h 50m
country: United States
A struggling painter begins taking inspiration from the dreams of his friend and roommate, a comic book fan who narrates an adventure story while he sleeps, but unbeknownst to the latter, the artist of his favorite comic book lives in the same building as they do with the model for her drawings.


Leprechauns Gold
1949 · 10m
country: United States
A song-filled Noveltoon featuring the antics of the Irish Leprechauns during their annual gold-washing ceremony. It depicts the wee people of Ireland who flavor its traditions with laughs and legend.