Richard A. Roth

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Richard A. Roth (born September 16, 1940 in Beverly Hills , Los Angeles , California - March 17, 2017 in New York City ) was an American film producer .

Life

Richard A. Roth studied law at the University of California and Berkeley and at the University of Vienna . He graduated from Stanford Law School . He then worked at a small literary agency, where he discovered the script for Summer '42 . He borrowed $ 5,000 from his father and bought the script. He then convinced Robert Mulligan to work as a director. The film, which was finally sold by Warner Bros. for the comparatively small sum of one million dollars, finally sold 32 times the box office and won an Oscar .

He then produced the drama Winter Our Love , which was released shortly after the Roe v. Wade appeared and addressed the issue of abortion . In 1975 Sherlock Holmes' clever brother followed .

In 1981 Roth produced Outland - Planet of the Damned and in 1986 Manhunter - Red Dragon, the first film adaptation of Thomas Harris ' novel Red Dragon . His last films were Back from Hell (1989) and Havana .

Roth also appeared as an actor, but only played minor roles in, among others, Frankenstein Junior , The Greatest Lover of the World and Johnny G. - Gangster Reluctantly .

Roth died of natural causes on March 17, 2017 at the age of 76.

He is often credited with producing the Oscar-nominated film Julia . He is not identical to the film producer of the same name, who was born in 1939.

Filmography

As a producer
As an actor
  • 1974: Frankenstein Junior (Young Frankenstein)
  • 1975: Sherlock Holmes 'Smarter Brother (The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother)
  • 1977: The World's Greatest Lover
  • 1980: Brazen and God-fearing (In God We Tru $ t)
  • 1984: Johnny G. - Unwilling gangster (Johnny Dangerously)
  • 1992: Gemini (dubbing)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Richard A. Roth - Obituary. Los Angeles Times , accessed January 13, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Richard A. Roth, Producer of 'Summer of' 42 'and' Sherlock Holmes 'Smarter Brother,' Dies at 76 . In: The Hollywood Reporter . ( hollywoodreporter.com [accessed January 15, 2018]).
personal data
SURNAME Roth, Richard A.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American film producer
DATE OF BIRTH September 16, 1940
PLACE OF BIRTH Beverly Hills , Los Angeles , California
DATE OF DEATH 17th March 2017
Place of death New York City