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Harold Hecht

motion picture producer.
Harold Hecht, American motion picture producer. Recipient of year award Look magazine, 1955; recipient Academy Award for production Marty, 1955. Member Screen Producers Guild, Academy Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Films include: The Flame and the Arrow, Ten Tall Men, Apache, Marty, Trapeze, Bachelor Party, Run Silent, Run Deep, Separate Tables, Bird Man of Alcatraz, Taras Bulba, Cat Ballou, The Way West, others.

Background

  • Hecht, Harold was born on June 1, 1907 in New York City. Son of Joseph and Rose (Lowey) Hecht.

    • Education

    • Student American Laboratory Theatre.

    Career

    • 1 son, Harold W. Assistant to Richard Boleslavky. Actor in New York Theatre, 1923-1930. Dancer, choreographer, New York City, 1926-1931.

      Motion picture dance director Paramount Pictures, Warner Brothers, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Los Angeles, 1931-1936. Established literature agency, Goldstone Agency, later Hecht-Rantz Agency, Hollywood, California, 1938-1941. Partner with Burt Lancaster, Norma Prodns., 1945-1953.

      President Hecht-Lancaster Companies, 1954-1985.

    Membership

    Member Screen Producers Guild, Academy Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Films include: The Flame and the Arrow, Ten Tall Men, Apache, Marty, Trapeze, Bachelor Party, Run Silent, Run Deep, Separate Tables, Bird Man of Alcatraz, Taras Bulba, Cat Ballou, The Way West, others.

    Connections

    • Married Gloria J. Buzzell, November 1, 1947.; married second, Margaret Truefitt, 1962. Children: Steven, Duffy, Alma Virginia.
    • father: Joseph Hecht
    • mother: Rose (Lowey) Hecht
    • spouses: Gloria J. Buzzell
    • Margaret Truefitt
    • children: Steven Hecht
    • Duffy Hecht
    • Alma Virginia Hecht
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    Born June 1, 1907
    New York City
    Died March 25, 1985
    (aged 77)
    Nationality
    American

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