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Michael Todd (I) (1909–1958)


Film producer Michael Todd was one of the major contributors to technical innovation in the film industry in the 1950s. Having worked with Fred Waller and Cinerama, he got tired of the three-panel format, left the company and tried to find the process for making "Cinerama coming from one hole". He joined forces with the American Optical Co... See full bio »

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Filmography

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1956 Around the World in Eighty Days (producer)
 
1952 This Is Cinerama (documentary) (executive producer)
 
1950 The Colgate Comedy Hour (TV series) (producer)
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (2 titles)
1948 Mexican Hayride (stage producer)
 
1948 Up in Central Park (producer: musical play "Up in Central Park")
 
Show ShowSelf (5 titles)
1957 A Private Little Party for a Few Chums (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1957 Playhouse 90 (TV series)
Himself
Around the World in 90 Minutes (1957) … Himself
 
1957 What's My Line? (TV series)
Himself - Guest Panelist / Himself - Mystery Guest
Episode dated 13 October 1957 (1957) … Himself - Guest Panelist (as Mike Todd)
Episode dated 17 February 1957 (1957) … Himself - Mystery Guest (as Mike Todd)
 
1957 Person to Person (TV series documentary)
Himself
Episode #4.30 (1957) … Himself (as Mike Todd)
 
1957 The Phil Silvers Show (TV series)
Himself
Bilko Goes Round the World (1957) … Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (12 titles)
2011 Elizabeth Taylor: A Tribute (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2010 Wishful Drinking (TV documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
2007 20 to 1 (TV series documentary)
 
2003 Biography (TV series documentary)
 
2003 Return to 'Giant' (video documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
2001 Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood (TV documentary)
Himself (as Mike Todd)
 
2000 Omnibus (TV series documentary)
 
2000 Elizabeth Taylor: A Musical Celebration (TV documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1998 E! True Hollywood Story (TV series documentary)
 
1988 Faces of Torture (video documentary)
Himself
 
1968 Around the World of Mike Todd (TV documentary)
Himself
 
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Personal Details

Other Works:

The Man from Cairo (1938). Directed by Harry Wagstaff Gribble, with Helen Chandler and Charles Adler, 1938. See more »

Publicity Listings:

3 Print Biographies  | See more »

Alternate Names:

Mike Todd
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Personal Quote:

I've never been poor, only broke. Being poor is a frame of mind. Being broke is only a temporary situation. See more »

Trivia:

In the 1940s, stripper Gypsy Rose Lee fell in love with Todd, who was then famous as a Broadway theatrical impresario. Todd produced two Broadway shows starring Lee, "Star and Garter" and "The Naked Genius" (the latter of which was written by Lee). Gypsy married William Alexander Kirkland in 1942 in an attempt to make the already-married Todd jealous. They divorced in 1944. See more »

Nickname:

Mike Todd See more »

Star Sign:

Cancer