Darryl F. Zanuck
Born in Wahoo, Nebraska, USA — Sep 05 1902• Died Dec 22 1979
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Darryl Francis Zanuck (September 5, 1902 – December 22, 1979) was an American film producer and studio executive; he earlier contributed stories for films starting in the silent era. He played a major part in the Hollywood studio system as one of its longest survivors (the length of his career was rivaled only by that of Adolph Zukor). He produced three films that won the Academy Award for Best Picture during his tenure. Zanuck was born in Wahoo, Nebraska, the son of Sarah Louise (née Torpin), who later married Charles Norton, and Frank Harvey Zanuck, w…
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What's My Line?
Self - Mystery Guest
The Longest Day
Production
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Production
All About Eve
Production
The Grapes of Wrath
Production
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
Self (archive footage)
The King and I
Production
The Gunfighter
Production
Pinky
Production
The Rains Came
Production
Broken Lance
Production
Night and the City
Production
How Green Was My Valley
Production
The Black Swan
Production
Lifeboat
Production
The Egyptian
Production
Heidi
Production
Dragonwyck
Production
Young Mr. Lincoln
Production
The Agony and the Ecstasy
Production
Jesse James
Production
Les Misérables
Production
I'll Give a Million
Production
Nightmare Alley
Production
Viva Zapata!
Production
Little Caesar
Production
The Return of Frank James
Production
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
Production
Call Northside 777
Production
Noah's Ark
Writing
The Walls of Jericho
Production
Cry of the City
Production
Drums Along the Mohawk
Production
The Working Man
Production
No Way Out
Crew
Blood and Sand
Production
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Production
Baby Face
Writing
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Production
'G' Men
Writing
The Sun Also Rises
Production
Gentleman's Agreement
Production
Frank Capra's American Dream
Self (archive footage)
The House of Rothschild
Production
The Snows of Kilimanjaro
Production
Filmmakers vs. Tycoons
Self (archive footage)
The Public Enemy
Production
Tail Spin
Production
Tall, Dark and Handsome
Production
Tobacco Road
Production
A Ticket to Tomahawk
Production
Clive of India
Production
People Will Talk
Production
Moss Rose
Production
Sitting Pretty
Production
The Razor's Edge
Production
Leave Her to Heaven
Production
Love Is News
Production
Happy Landing
Production
Forever Amber
Production
The Road to Glory
Production
Rat Pack
Self (archive footage)
Swanee River
Production
The Bowery
Production
The Chapman Report
Production
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
Self (archive footage)
Boomerang!
Production
Claudia and David
Production
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
Production
Winged Victory
Production
Moontide
Production
Crash Dive
Production
Wilson
Production
Apartment for Peggy
Production
Stanley and Livingstone
Production
The Gorilla
Production
Western Union
Production
Captain from Castile
Production
International Settlement
Production
In Old Chicago
Production
20,000 Years in Sing Sing
Production
The Snake Pit
Production
The Pied Piper
Production
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
Directing
Lady Killer
Writing
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
Self
Call of the Wild
Production
The Doorway to Hell
Production
That Wonderful Urge
Production
Fury at Furnace Creek
Production
Three on a Match
Production
The Affairs of Cellini
Production
The Barbarian and the Geisha
Production
This Above All
Production
Chad Hanna
Production
Man Hunt
Production
Show Them No Mercy!
Production
Blonde Crazy
Production
Doctor X
Production
Second Fiddle
Production
Private Number
Production
Sally, Irene and Mary
Production
Somewhere in the Night
Production
Sing, Baby, Sing
Production
Father Was a Fullback
Production
Seven Cities of Gold
Production
Lady Windermere's Fan
Production
On the Avenue
Production
Blood Money
Production
David and Bathsheba
Production
Brigham Young
Production
The Blue Bird
Production
The First Auto
Production
Road House
Production
Ladies in Love
Production
Life Begins
Production
I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now
Crew
Slattery's Hurricane
Production
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
Production
To Mary - with Love
Production
The Mark of Zorro
Production
Twelve O'Clock High
Production
Public Deb No. 1
Production
The Singing Fool
Production
Lloyd's of London
Production
Kentucky Moonshine
Production
China Girl
Writing
42nd Street
Production
Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
Advice to the Lovelorn
Production
Hotel for Women
Production
A Broadway Butterfly
Writing
Three Blind Mice
Production
Buffalo Bill
Production
Moon Over Miami
Production
The Shocking Miss Pilgrim
Production
Thunder Birds
Writing
Kentucky
Production
The Prisoner of Shark Island
Production
The Purple Heart
Production
Cardinal Richelieu
Production
42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
Self (archive footage)
Sand
Production
Know For Sure
Production
Seventh Heaven
Production
The Visit
Production
The Fan
Production
That Night in Rio
Production
The Rich Are Always with Us
Production
Wee Willie Winkie
Production
Beneath the 12-Mile Reef
Production
Metropolitan
Production
Wake Up and Live
Production
This Is My Affair
Production
The Forbidden Street
Production
Looking for Trouble
Production
Thin Ice
Production
Ex-Lady
Production
The Show of Shows
Production
The Foxes of Harrow
Production
Illicit
Production
Good Morning, Miss Dove
Production
Sanctuary
Production
Little Old New York
Production
Maryland
Production
Poor Little Rich Girl
Production
Under My Skin
Production
Hudson's Bay
Production
Half Angel
Production
Suez
Production
Star Dust
Production
Lillian Russell
Production
Four Sons
Production
Disraeli
Production
Angel's Holiday
Production
Submarine Patrol
Production
It Happens Every Spring
Production
You're My Everything
Production
Slave Ship
Production
The Roots of Heaven
Production
Hollywood Cavalcade
Production
Gateway
Production
Crack in the Mirror
Writing
Josette
Production
Show-Business at War
Self
Pigskin Parade
Production
Lights of New York
Production
Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back
Production
Born to Be Bad
Production
My Man
Writing
Wife, Husband and Friend
Production
Sex Hygiene
Production
Backstory: 'How Green Was My Valley'
Self (archive footage)
Down Argentine Way
Production
The Iron Curtain
Crew
The Great Profile
Production
Island in the Sun
Production
Jaws of Steel
Writing
Rose of Washington Square
Production
Centennial Summer
Production
The Cabin in the Cotton
Production
The Dark Horse
Production
White Fang
Production
Song of the Islands
Production
My Lucky Star
Production
The Homestretch
Production
Ramona
Production
So This Is Paris
Production
The Big Gamble
Production
Under Two Flags
Production
Always Goodbye
Production
The Great American Broadcast
Production
Love and Hisses
Production
Nancy Steele Is Missing!
Production
Professional Soldier
Production
A Yank in the R.A.F.
Writing
A Message to Garcia
Production
Darryl F. Zanuck: 20th Century Filmmaker
Self (archive footage)
Lancer Spy
Production
Little Miss Broadway
Production
To the Shores of Tripoli
Production
Wife, Doctor and Nurse
Production
The Terror
Production
Wintertime
Production
Simple Sis
Writing
Hogan's Alley
Writing
Seven Sinners
Writing
Everybody Does It
Production
Parachute Jumper
Production
Sun Valley Serenade
Production
Hollywood Invasion
On the Threshold of Space
Production
State Street Sadie
Writing
Reunion
Production
White Hunter
Production
It Had to Happen
Production
The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo
Production
Susannah of the Mounties
Production
Fighting Blood
Writing
The Man Who Played God
Production
Too Busy to Work
Production
The Man I Married
Production
The Littlest Rebel
Production
The Last Gentleman
Production
Eve's Lover
Writing
Carnival in Costa Rica
Production
Thanks a Million
Production
Week-End in Havana
Production
Tenderloin
Writing
Wild Geese Calling
Production
The Screen Writer
Self (uncredited)
The Life of the Party
Writing
Backstory: 'Gentleman's Agreement'
Self (archive footage)
Old San Francisco
Writing
Here I Am a Stranger
Production
The View from Pompey's Head
Production
The Country Beyond
Production
Across the Pacific
Writing
Strange Triangle
Production
Footloose Widows
Writing
The Lighthouse by the Sea
Writing
On With the Show!
Production
Banjo on My Knee
Production
Moulin Rouge
Production
The Little Irish Girl
Writing
Just Around the Corner
Production
The Cave Man
Writing
Madonna of Avenue A
Writing
Maybe It's Love
Writing
The Mighty Barnum
Production
Tracked by the Police
Writing
Folies Bergère de Paris
Production
Oh! What a Nurse!
Writing
The Black Diamond Express
Writing
Fighting Blood
Writing
On Thin Ice
Writing
The Midnight Taxi
Writing
Red Hot Tires
Writing
The Better 'Ole
Writing
Wolf's Clothing
Writing
Hardboiled Rose
Writing
Gallant Lady
Production
Fighting Blood
Writing
D-Day Revisited
Self
Give My Regards to Broadway
Production
The 42nd Street Special
Self
Three Faces East
Production
Find Your Man
Writing
The Desired Woman
Production
Irish Hearts
Writing
The CinemaScope Parade
Self
The Missing Link
Writing
Pay as You Enter
Writing
Ham and Eggs at the Front
Writing
The Limited Mail
Writing
Money to Burns
Writing
Sherlock's Home
Writing
Hung Up
Production
The Social Highwayman
Writing