Arthur Gardner

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Arthur Gardner (* 7. June 1910 in Marinette , Wisconsin as Arthur Goldberg ; † 19th December 2014 in Beverly Hills , California ) was an American film and television producer and actor.

Life

Arthur Gardner was born into a Jewish family in the small town of Marinette. He graduated from Marinette High School in 1927. He was discovered by future star director George Cukor while hitchhiking on a Hollywood street. Gardner had one of his earliest roles as a student in the classic 1930s West Nothing New . At his death he was the last living person who was involved in the film (both cast and film crew ). In 1937 he was the leading actor in the exploitation film Assassin of Youth , which is about the negative effects of drug use. Although he played in over 20 films, his acting career was not very successful overall. During World War II he was a member of the First Motion Picture Unit, a unit for filmmakers in the United States Army Air Forces , which was stationed at Hal Roach Studios . During this time he also met the younger soldiers Jules V. Levy (1923-2003) and Arnold Laven (1922-2009). They agreed to open their own film production company.

After the war, Gardner initially worked as an assistant director and production assistant for a few smaller films before founding the Levy-Gardner-Laven production company with Levy and Laven in 1951 . In total they produced around 25 films by 1982, mostly westerns, crime films or war films. They worked with John Wayne on the films McQ Strikes and Brannigan in the mid-1970s . Levy-Gardner-Laven were also responsible for the popular series West of Santa Fé and Big Valley . After retiring from the film industry in 1982, he was primarily in demand as an interview partner for various documentaries.

Arthur Gardner lived in Beverly Hills with his wife Marcia Grant Gardner until she died in 2002 after 60 years of marriage. The widower was the father of two sons. He died in December 2014 at the age of 104.

Filmography

actor

  • 1929: The Rivals
  • 1929: Cross Country Run
  • 1930: on the Western Front (All Quiet on the Western Front)
  • 1930: The King of Jazz
  • 1935: Shipmates Forever
  • 1937: Assassin of Youth
  • 1938: Mr. Moto and the Gamble (Mr. Moto's Gamble)
  • 1938: Religious Racketeers
  • 1938: Dramatic School
  • 1938: Heart of the North
  • 1939: Waterfront
  • 1939: Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever
  • 1939: dread at every dawn (Each Dawn I Die)
  • 1941: I Wanted Wings
  • 1941: Navy Blues
  • 1941: Hard Guy
  • 1941: Terror of the Second Company (You're in the Army Now)
  • 1941: I Killed That Man
  • 1942: Rubber Racketeers
  • 1943: I Escaped from the Gestapo
  • 1946: The tire of death (Suspense)
  • 1946: The Brute Man
  • 1957: Always at Nightfall (The Vampire)

producer

  • 1944: Roger Touhy, gangster
  • 1950: Taking Life (Southside 1-1000)
  • 1952: Warning ... blondes = gangsters (Without Warning)
  • 1953: Vice-Squad
  • 1954: Down Three Dark Streets
  • 1957: Always at Nightfall (The Vampire)
  • 1957: Alarm for exclusion zone 7 (The Monster That Challenged the World)
  • 1958: Adventures in the Wild West (TV series, episode)
  • 1958: Draculas Blutnacht (The Return of Dracula)
  • 1958–1963: West of Santa Fé ( The Rifleman ; TV series, 166 episodes)
  • 1958: The Flame Barrier
  • 1959–1960: Law of the Plainsman (TV series, 26 episodes)
  • 1959–1962: No case for the FBI (TV series, 97 episodes)
  • 1962: Tonight, Dick Powell! (TV series, an episode)
  • 1962: The last command (Geronimo)
  • 1965–1969: Big Valley (TV series, 112 episodes)
  • 1965: The Glory Guys (The Glory Guys)
  • 1967: Clambake
  • 1968: With Fists of Iron (The Scalphunters)
  • 1969: Sam Whiskey
  • 1970: In the network of defense (underground)
  • 1970: Breakout of 28 (The McKenzie Break)
  • 1971: The Wind of Death blows softly (The Hunting Party)
  • 1972: The Honkers
  • 1972: Round Up
  • 1973: The Tiger Chases the Pack (White Lightning)
  • 1974: McQ strikes (McQ)
  • 1975: Brannigan - A Man of Steel (Brannigan)
  • 1976: My name is Gator (Gator)
  • 1982: Eine mad Safari (Safari 3000) also author

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Donn Williams: Arthur Gardner MHS Drama Scholarship established . ( Memento of the original from July 26, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Farmers & Merchants Bank & Trust Education Newsletters, January 24, 2011. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.fmmarinette.com
  2. ↑ Steven Zeitchik: Oscars' oldest voter, 101, offers link to Hollywood's Golden Age . Interview with Arthur Gardner in the Los Angeles Times , February 21, 2012
  3. ↑ Deborah Vankin: Arthur Gardner dies at 104; produced TV's' Rifleman, '' Big Valley . Los Angeles Times, December 20, 2014.
personal data
SURNAME Gardner, Arthur
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Goldberg, Arthur
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American film and television producer and actor
DATE OF BIRTH June 7, 1910
PLACE OF BIRTH Marinette , Wisconsin
DATE OF DEATH 19th December 2014
Place of death Beverly Hills , California