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| − | Frankovich was the adopted son of American comedian Joe E. Brown and raised in a show business family. He graduated from UCLA and began a career in radio in the 1930s. He also acted in a few films (e.g., Rosita, Yesterday's Heroes, Buck Privates, The Great American Broadcast and Meet John Doe). In 1938 he became a screenwriter and then a film producer. | + | Frankovich was the [[adopted]] son of American comedian Joe E. Brown and raised in a show business family. He graduated from UCLA and began a career in radio in the 1930s. He also acted in a few films (e.g., Rosita, Yesterday's Heroes, Buck Privates, The Great American Broadcast and Meet John Doe). In 1938 he became a screenwriter and then a film producer. |
He spent World War II with the US Army in Europe and stayed on, from 1955 as a producer in London for Columbia Pictures. By 1962 he was in charge of all of Columbia's international production but in 1963 he returned to Hollywood as Columbia's vice-president in charge of all production. His films include Decameron Nights, Footsteps in the Fog, Bob and Carol and Ted and Alice, The Looking Glass War, Cactus Flower, There's a Girl in My Soup, Butterflies Are Free, 40 Carats and The Shootist. | He spent World War II with the US Army in Europe and stayed on, from 1955 as a producer in London for Columbia Pictures. By 1962 he was in charge of all of Columbia's international production but in 1963 he returned to Hollywood as Columbia's vice-president in charge of all production. His films include Decameron Nights, Footsteps in the Fog, Bob and Carol and Ted and Alice, The Looking Glass War, Cactus Flower, There's a Girl in My Soup, Butterflies Are Free, 40 Carats and The Shootist. | ||
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[[Category: Adoption Celebrities]] | [[Category: Adoption Celebrities]] | ||
[[Category: Adopted Persons]] | [[Category: Adopted Persons]] | ||
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[[Category: European]] | [[Category: European]] | ||
[[Category: Jewish]] | [[Category: Jewish]] | ||
Latest revision as of 20:59, 28 May 2014
Biography
Frankovich was the adopted son of American comedian Joe E. Brown and raised in a show business family. He graduated from UCLA and began a career in radio in the 1930s. He also acted in a few films (e.g., Rosita, Yesterday's Heroes, Buck Privates, The Great American Broadcast and Meet John Doe). In 1938 he became a screenwriter and then a film producer.
He spent World War II with the US Army in Europe and stayed on, from 1955 as a producer in London for Columbia Pictures. By 1962 he was in charge of all of Columbia's international production but in 1963 he returned to Hollywood as Columbia's vice-president in charge of all production. His films include Decameron Nights, Footsteps in the Fog, Bob and Carol and Ted and Alice, The Looking Glass War, Cactus Flower, There's a Girl in My Soup, Butterflies Are Free, 40 Carats and The Shootist.
References
"Mike Frankovich [Obituary]," The Times [London], 8 January 1992, p. 14 Macmillan International Film Encyclopedia. New edition, edited by Ephraim Katz. (London: Macmillan, 1994) Who Was Who in America, With World Notables, 1989-1993