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Jesse Lasky Jr. (1910–1988)

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Jesse Lasky Jr. was born in the golden age of Hollywood. The son of the man who produced the film town's first feature in a barn, grew up surrounded by the greatest stars, writers, and musicians of the 1920s. After attending Dijon University in France, he returned home to Hollywood to find his world turned upside down by his father's disastrous reversal of fortune on the stock market... See full bio »

Born:

Jesse Louis Lasky Jr.
in New York City, New York, USA

Died:

(age 77) in London, England, UK
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1989 Forbidden Sun (screenplay collaboration)
 
1983-1986 Philip Marlowe, Private Eye (TV series)
– Blackmailers Don't Shoot (1986) (writer)
– Smart Aleck Kill (1983) (writer)
– The King in Yellow (1983) (writer)
 
1984 Fox Mystery Theater (TV series)
– Paint Me a Murder (1984) (writer)
 
1976 Crime and Passion
 
1976 Space: 1999 (TV series)
– The Full Circle (1976) (writer)
 
1974 Hændeligt uheld (additional dialogue)
 
1973 The Protectors (TV series)
– A Case for the Right (1973) (as Jesse Lasky)
– Talkdown (1973) (as Jesse Lasky)
– One and One Makes One (1973) (as Jesse Lasky)
 
1969 Land Raiders (story)
 
1966 Secret Agent (TV series)
– Two Birds with One Bullet (1966) (written by)
 
1965 The Saint (TV series)
– The Saint Bids Diamonds (1965) (screenplay)
 
1961-1962 The New Breed (TV series)
– Walk This Street Lightly (1962) (writer)
– Hail, Hail, the Gang's All Here (1962) (writer)
– Valley of Three Charlies (1961) (written by)
 
1961 Seven Women from Hell
 
1961 Pirates of Tortuga (screenplay)
 
1960 The Wizard of Baghdad (screenplay / as Jesse L. Lasky Jr.)
 
1959 John Paul Jones (writer)
 
1958-1959 Rescue 8 (TV series)
– If the Bough Breaks (1959) (writer)
– Danger in Paradise (1959) (written by)
– Three Men in a Vault (1959) (written by)
– Nine Minutes to Live (1959) (written by)
– A Handful of Vengeance (1959) (written by)
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1958 Naked City (TV series)
– The Explosive Heart (1958) (writer)
 
1958 The Buccaneer (as Jesse L. Lasky Jr.)
 
1956 The Ten Commandments (written for the screen by / as Jesse L. Lasky Jr.)
 
1956 Hot Blood
 
1955 Pearl of the South Pacific (screenplay / as Jesse L. Lasky Jr)
 
1955 Studio 57 (TV series)
– The Engagement Ring (1955) (teleplay)
 
1954 Waterfront (TV series)
– The Skipper's Day (1954) (as Jesse L. Lasky Jr.)
 
1954 The Iron Glove
 
1954 Hell and High Water (screenplay / as Jesse L. Lasky Jr.)
 
1953 Mission Over Korea (writer)
 
1953 The Silver Whip (screenplay / as Jesse L. Lasky Jr.)
 
1953 Salome (story / as Jesse L. Lasky Jr.)
 
1952 The Brigand (screenplay)
 
1951 Never Trust a Gambler (as Jesse L. Lasky Jr.)
 
1951 Mask of the Avenger (screenplay)
 
1951 Lorna Doone (as Jesse L. Lasky Jr.)
 
1950 The Thief of Venice
 
1950 Women Without Names (english dialogue - uncredited)
 
1949 Samson and Delilah (screenplay / as Jesse L. Lasky Jr.)
 
1949 The Sickle or the Cross (original screenplay)
 
1947 Unconquered (screenplay)
 
1942 The Omaha Trail (screenplay / story)
 
1942 Reap the Wild Wind (screenplay)
 
1941 Steel Against the Sky (story "A Bridge Built at Night")
 
1941 The Singing Hill (story)
 
1941 Back in the Saddle (original screenplay)
 
1940 North West Mounted Police (original screen play)
 
1939 Land of Liberty (writer)
 
1939 Union Pacific (screen play)
 
1938 The Buccaneer (uncredited)
 
1936 Secret Agent (additional dialogue)
 
1935 Music Is Magic (play "Private Beach")
 
1935 Redheads on Parade (contributor to screenplay construction - uncredited)
 
1934 The White Parade (screenplay)
 
1934 Redhead (screenplay)
 
1934 Coming-Out Party
 
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1986 Philip Marlowe, Private Eye (TV series) (story editor - 6 episodes)
– Red Wind (1986) (story editor)
– Trouble Is My Business (1986) (story editor)
– Guns at Cyrano's (1986) (story editor)
– Pickup on Noon Street (1986) (story editor)
– Spanish Blood (1986) (story editor)
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1980 Hollywood (TV mini-series documentary) (photograph source)
 
1947 Unconquered (production assistant - uncredited)
 
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1949 Samson and Delilah (writer: "FOR TO WIN A BRIDE", "THE FAT PHILISTINE MERCHANT")
 
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1924 The Thief of Bagdad
Undetermined Role (uncredited)
 
Show ShowSelf (4 titles)
2013 The Lost City (documentary) (post-production)
Himself
 
1980 Hollywood (TV mini-series documentary)
Himself
– Out West (1980) … Himself (as Jesse L. Lasky Jr)
– Hollywood Goes to War (1980) … Himself (as Jesse L. Lasky Jr.)
 
1978 Hollywood Greats (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Jean Harlow (1978) … Himself
– Joan Crawford (1978) … Himself
 
1957 This Is Your Life (TV series)
Himself
– Jesse L. Lasky (1957) … Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (2 titles)
2005 The Sky Is Falling: Making 'The War of the Worlds' (video documentary short)
Photo (as Jesse Lasky)
 
2004 Cecil B. DeMille: American Epic (TV documentary)
Himself - Interviewee
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

Novel: "Naked in a Cactus Garden: A Novel of Hollywood". New York: Bobbs-Merrill, 1961. See more »

Publicity Listings:

1 Print Biography  | 1 Interview  | See more »

Alternate Names:

Jesse L. Lasky Jr | Jesse L. Lasky Jr. | Jesse Lasky

Height:

5' 6" (1.68 m)
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Son of Jesse L. Lasky. See more »

Star Sign:

Virgo