Burt topper

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Burt Topper (born July 31, 1928 in Brooklyn , New York City , New York , USA ; † April 3, 2007 in Los Angeles , California , USA) was an American film producer , film director , screenwriter and film actor .

Life

Burt Topper moved to Los Angeles with his parents when he was 8 years old. During World War II , he served in the United States Navy in the Philippines . He came to the big cinema at the age of 30 and made his directorial debut there in 1958 with Hell Squad . He made films for Sam Arkoff at American International Pictures. He became known for the low-budget cult films Rebels in Lederjacken (1967) and Wild in den Straßen (1968), which are set in the youth milieu of the 1960s and whose target group they were tailored to.

Topper was also named as Burton Topper and B. Zarkoff in the credits .

Burt Topper died of heart failure at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles at the age of 78. He left behind his wife Jennifer and his sister. His final resting place is in the Mount Sinai Memorial Park in Los Angeles.

Filmography

Director

  • 1958: Hell Squad
  • 1958: War Hero
  • 1958: Suicide Battalion
  • 1959: Panzer Command ( Tank Commandos )
  • 1959: Diary of a High School Bride
  • 1960: Order to march to hell ( War Is Hell )
  • 1964: The Boston Strangler ( The Strangler )
  • 1969: The diabolical Eight ( The Devil's 8 )
  • 1971: The Hard Ride
  • 1976: Soul Hustler
  • 1976: The Day the Lord Got Busted

producer

  • 1958: Hell Squad
  • 1959: Panzer Command ( Tank Commandos )
  • 1959: Diary of a High School Bride
  • 1960: Order to march to hell ( War Is Hell )
  • 1964: Space Probe Taurus , also: Space Monster
  • 1966: Tomorrow the devil will get you ( Fireball 500 )
  • 1967: Donner-Teufel, also: Crash Drivers - decision in the death curve ( Thunder Alley )
  • 1967: Rebels in leather jackets ( Devil's Angels )
  • 1968: Wild in the Streets ( Wild in the Streets )
  • 1969: The diabolical Eight ( The Devil's 8 )
  • 1971: The Hard Ride
  • 1976: The Day the Lord Got Busted
  • 1979: ROBODOG ( CHOMPS )

Screenwriter

  • 1958: Hell Squad
  • 1959: Tank Commandos
  • 1959: Diary of a High School Bride
  • 1960: Order to march to hell ( War Is Hell )
  • 1971: The Hard Ride

actor

  • 1958: No Place to Land
  • 1959: Killer von Dakota (Plunderers of Painted Flats)
  • 1960: Order to march to hell (War Is Hell)
  • 1967: Sadismo
  • 1967: Teenage Rebellion

Assistant director

  • 1965: Space Monster (TV movie) (2nd Unit Director) (as B. Zarkoff in the credits)
  • 1979: Robodog, also: ROBODOG ( CHOMPS ) (2nd Unit Director)

Soundtrack

  • 1976: The Day the Lord Got Busted (writer: The Lovin 'Man and Listen and Believe )

Further appearances

  • 2001: It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures : As Himself (TV Movie)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Biography. Internet Movie Database , accessed June 2, 2015 .
  2. ↑ Burt Topper, 78; directed low-budget movies aimed at teens . In: Los Angeles Times , April 6, 2007
  3. ^ Obituary on variety.com, accessed October 27, 2009
  4. ↑ Burt Topper on Find A Grave , accessed October 27, 2009
  5. ↑ a b c Burt Topper. In: Two thousand and one lexicon of international film
  6. ↑ a b Filmography on All Movie Guide, accessed October 27, 2009
personal data
SURNAME Topper, Burt
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Burton Topper, B. Zarkoff
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American film producer, film director, screenwriter and film actor
DATE OF BIRTH July 31, 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH Los Angeles , California , United States
DATE OF DEATH April 3, 2007
Place of death Brooklyn, New York City , New York, United States