
Richard Fleischer
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Richard O. Fleischer (December 8, 1916 – March 25, 2006) was an American film director. Fleischer was born in Brooklyn, the son of Essie (née Goldstein) and animator/producer Max Fleischer. After graduating from Brown University, he went to Yale School of Drama, where he met his future wife, Mary Dickson. His film career began in 1942 at the RKO studio, directing shorts, documentaries, and compilations of forgotten silent features. Fleischer moved to Los Angeles and was assigned his first feature, Child of Divorce (1946). In 1954, he was chosen by Walt Disney (his father's former rival as a cartoon producer) to direct 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea starring Kirk Douglas. In 1955 Fox signed Fleischer to a long term contract. He would work for that studio for the next fifteen years. His first film under his new contract with Fox was The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing (1955). Kirk Douglas hired Fleischer to make The Vikings (1958), which was another big hit. He then moved to Paris where he directed two stories for Darryl F. Zanuck starring Greco. Fleischer then signed a contract with Dino de Laurentiis to make Barabbas (1962). Back in Hollywood, Richard Zanuck had become head of production at Fox and offered Fleischer Fantastic Voyage (1966). It was a success and resurrected his Hollywood career. Che! (1969), a biopic of Che Guevera that starred Omar Sharif, was an expensive flop, as was an account of the attack on Pearl Harbor, Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970). This was his last film for 20th Century Fox. Fleischer travelled to England, where he directed an acclaimed thriller, 10 Rillington Place. See No Evil (1971) with Mia Farrow was another thriller. In Hollywood, he made The New Centurions (1972). At MGM, he made a science-fiction film, Soylent Green (1973), with Charlton Heston. He was reunited with De Laurentiis for the popular, if controversial, Mandingo (1975). The Prince and the Pauper (1977) was a version of the Mark Twain novel that featured Heston, Harrison and Scott in its cast. Fleischer was then hired on Ashanti (1979), starring Michael Caine, which turned out to be a flop. Tough Enough (1983) was about the Toughman Contest starring Dennis Quaid. He made three more for de Laurentiis. His final theatrical feature was Million Dollar Mystery (1987). Fleischer was chairman of Fleischer Studios, which today handles the licensing of Betty Boop and Koko the Clown. In June 2005, he released his memoirs of his father's career in Out of the Inkwell: Max Fleischer and the Animation Revolution. Fleischer's 1993 autobiography, Just Tell Me When to Cry, described his many difficulties with actors, writers and producers. Description above from the Wikipedia article Richard O. Fleischer, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Personal Info
Gender
Male
Birthday
1916-12-08
Place of Birth
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
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Cast
Männer im Trenchcoat, Frauen im Pelz
20040.0 / 10
Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons
19958.0 / 10
A Look at the World of 'Soylent Green'
19730.0 / 10
Operation Undersea
19542.0 / 10
Murder by Numbers
20040.0 / 10
The Reality Trip
TBA0.0 / 10
Filmmakers vs. Tycoons
20056.2 / 10
The Making of 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea
20036.0 / 10
Make Mine Memories
19450.0 / 10
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
20106.7 / 10
Out of the Inkwell: The Fleischer Story
20086.0 / 10
Crew
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
19547.0 / 10
Fantastic Voyage
19666.7 / 10
Tora! Tora! Tora!
19707.1 / 10
The Prince and the Pauper
19776.0 / 10
Armored Car Robbery
19506.6 / 10
Follow Me Quietly
19496.2 / 10
The Narrow Margin
19527.3 / 10
Soylent Green
19736.9 / 10
Barabbas
19616.9 / 10
Mr. Majestyk
19746.8 / 10
Make Mine Memories
19450.0 / 10
10 Rillington Place
19717.3 / 10
Amityville 3-D
19834.5 / 10
Conan the Destroyer
19846.1 / 10
Red Sonja
19855.4 / 10
The Boston Strangler
19686.7 / 10
Trapped
19495.8 / 10
Compulsion
19597.1 / 10
The Clay Pigeon
19495.5 / 10
The Vikings
19587.1 / 10
Mandingo
19756.7 / 10
The Jazz Singer
19805.9 / 10
The Spikes Gang
19746.6 / 10
Doctor Dolittle
19676.2 / 10
Che!
19695.0 / 10
Bodyguard
19486.0 / 10
The New Centurions
19726.7 / 10
Bandido!
19565.7 / 10
Tough Enough
19835.1 / 10
Violent Saturday
19556.8 / 10
See No Evil
19716.5 / 10
These Thousand Hills
19596.3 / 10
The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing
19556.2 / 10
The Last Run
19716.4 / 10
Million Dollar Mystery
19874.7 / 10
Between Heaven and Hell
19565.9 / 10
Ashanti
19795.8 / 10
The Don Is Dead
19736.0 / 10
Arena
19534.7 / 10
So This Is New York
19486.0 / 10
Design for Death
19486.0 / 10
The Incredible Sarah
19765.0 / 10
Mr. Bell
19470.0 / 10
Betty Boop's Hollywood Mystery
19895.3 / 10
Child of Divorce
19466.0 / 10
The Happy Time
19526.3 / 10
Banjo
19477.5 / 10
The Big Gamble
19615.7 / 10
Crack in the Mirror
19607.5 / 10
Make Mine Laughs
19495.0 / 10
Call from Space
198910.0 / 10
Flicker Flashbacks #2
19430.0 / 10
Memo for Joe
19440.0 / 10
His Kind of Woman
19516.6 / 10