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David L. Wolper (1928–2010)

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Received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for television. See more trivia »

Born:

David Lloyd Wolper
in New York City, New York, USA

Died:

(age 82) in Beverly Hills, California, USA
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2002 Roots: Celebrating 25 Years (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
2001 The Mists of Avalon (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
2000 Legends, Icons & Superstars of the 20th Century (video documentary) (executive producer)
 
1999 Celebrate the Century (TV mini-series documentary) (producer)
 
1999 To Serve and Protect (TV mini-series) (executive producer - 2 episodes)
– Episode #1.1 (1999) (executive producer)
– Episode #1.2 (1999) (executive producer)
 
1998 Terror in the Mall (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
1998 Warner Bros. 75th Anniversary: No Guts, No Glory (TV documentary) (executive producer)
 
1998 A Will of Their Own (TV mini-series) (executive producer - 1 episode)
– Episode #1.2 (1998) (executive producer)
 
1997 L.A. Confidential (executive producer)
 
1996 Surviving Picasso (producer)
 
1996 The Thorn Birds: The Missing Years (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
1995 Prince for a Day (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
1995 Murder in the First (executive producer)
 
1994 Without Warning (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
1994 Golf: The Greatest Game (TV documentary) (executive producer)
 
1994 On Trial (TV documentary) (executive producer)
 
1994 Heaven & Hell: North & South, Book III (TV mini-series) (executive producer - 3 episodes)
– Episode #1.3 (1994) (executive producer)
– Episode #1.2 (1994) (executive producer)
– Episode #1.1 (1994) (executive producer)
 
1994 Heroes of the Game: Sam Snead (TV documentary) (executive producer)
 
1994 Heroes of the Game: Patty Berg (TV documentary) (executive producer)
 
1994 Heroes of the Game: Mickey Wright (TV documentary) (executive producer)
 
1994 Heroes of the Game: Lee Trevino (TV documentary) (executive producer)
 
1994 Heroes of the Game: Jack Nicklaus (TV documentary) (executive producer)
 
1994 Heroes of the Game: Heroes of Open (TV documentary) (executive producer)
 
1994 Heroes of the Game: Gene Sarazen (TV documentary) (executive producer)
 
1994 Heroes of the Game: Byron Nelson (TV documentary) (executive producer)
 
1994 Heroes of the Game: Bobby Jones (TV documentary) (executive producer)
 
1994 Heroes of the Game: Ben Hogan (TV documentary) (executive producer)
 
1994 Heroes of the Game: Babe Didrikson Zaharias (TV documentary) (executive producer)
 
1994 Heroes of the Game: Arnold Palmer (TV documentary) (executive producer)
 
1993 Fatal Deception: Mrs. Lee Harvey Oswald (TV movie) (producer)
 
1993 The Flood: Who Will Save Our Children? (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
1993 Celebration of a Life: Steven J. Ross Chairman of Time Warner (TV documentary) (executive producer)
 
1992 Celebrations (TV documentary) (executive producer)
 
1992 Bed of Lies (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
1991 Best of the Worst (TV series) (executive producer)
 
1991 Dillinger (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
1990 When You Remember Me (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
1990 Murder in Mississippi (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
1990 The Plot to Kill Hitler (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
1990 Warner Bros. Celebration of Tradition, June 2, 1990 (TV documentary) (executive producer)
 
1988 Roots: The Gift (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
1988 Imagine: John Lennon (documentary) (executive producer, producer)
 
1988 What Price Victory (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
1987 Napoleon and Josephine: A Love Story (TV mini-series) (executive producer - 3 episodes)
– Episode #1.3 (1987) (executive producer)
– Episode #1.2 (1987) (executive producer)
– Episode #1.1 (1987) (executive producer)
 
1987 The Betty Ford Story (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
1986 Liberty Weekend (TV special documentary) (executive producer, producer)
 
1986 North and South, Book II (TV mini-series) (executive producer - 6 episodes)
– Episode #1.6 (1986) (executive producer)
– Episode #1.5 (1986) (executive producer)
– Episode #1.4 (1986) (executive producer)
– Episode #1.3 (1986) (executive producer)
– Episode #1.2 (1986) (executive producer)
See all 6 episodes »
 
1985 North and South (TV mini-series) (executive producer - 6 episodes)
– Episode #1.6 (1985) (executive producer)
– Episode #1.5 (1985) (executive producer)
– Episode #1.4 (1985) (executive producer)
– Episode #1.3 (1985) (executive producer)
– Episode #1.2 (1985) (executive producer)
See all 6 episodes »
 
1984 His Mistress (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
1984 The Mystic Warrior (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
1984 Los Angeles 1984: Games of the XXIII Olympiad (TV series) (producer)
 
1983 Casablanca (TV series) (executive producer - 5 episodes)
– Divorce Casablanca Style (1983) (executive producer)
– The Cashier and the Belly Dancer (1983) (executive producer)
– Jenny (1983) (executive producer)
– Master Builder's Woman (1983) (executive producer)
– Who Am I Killing (1983) (executive producer)
 
1983 The Thorn Birds (TV mini-series) (executive producer - 4 episodes)
– Part 4 (1983) (executive producer)
– Part 3 (1983) (executive producer)
– Part 2 (1983) (executive producer)
– Part 1 (1983) (executive producer)
 
1982 Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter (TV documentary) (executive producer)
 
1982 Murder Is Easy (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
1981 This Is Elvis (executive producer)
 
1981 Small World (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
1981 The Man Who Saw Tomorrow (executive producer)
 
1980 The Silent Lovers (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
1980 The Scarlett O'Hara War (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
1980 This Year's Blonde (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
1979 Roots: The Next Generations (TV mini-series) (executive producer - 7 episodes)
– Episode #1.7 (1979) (executive producer)
– Episode #1.6 (1979) (executive producer)
– Episode #1.5 (1979) (executive producer)
– Episode #1.4 (1979) (executive producer)
– Episode #1.3 (1979) (executive producer)
See all 7 episodes »
 
1978 Roots: One Year Later (TV documentary) (executive producer)
 
1965-1978 National Geographic Specials (TV series documentary) (executive producer - 29 episodes)
– The Great Whales (1978) (executive producer)
– The Animal Nobody Loved (1976) (executive producer)
– Search for the Great Apes (1976) (executive producer)
– This Britain: Heritage of the Sea (1975) (executive producer)
– Bushmen of the Kalahari (1974) (executive producer)
See all 29 episodes »
 
1977 Roots (TV mini-series) (executive producer - 1 episode)
– Episode #1.1 (1977) (executive producer)
 
1976 Victory at Entebbe (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
1976 Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
1975 I Will Fight No More Forever (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
1974-1975 Get Christie Love! (TV series) (executive producer - 22 episodes)
– I'm Your New Neighbor (1975) (executive producer)
– A Few Excess People (1975) (executive producer)
– A Fashion Heist (1975) (executive producer)
– From Paris with Love (1975) (executive producer)
– The Big Rematch (1975) (executive producer)
See all 22 episodes »
 
1975 The Legendary Curse of the Hope Diamond (TV movie) (producer)
 
1975 The Honorable Sam Houston (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
1974-1975 Lincoln (TV series) (executive producer - 6 episodes)
– The Last Days (1975) (executive producer)
– Mrs. Lincoln's Husband (1974) (executive producer)
– The Unwilling Warrior (1974) (executive producer)
– Prairie Lawyer (1974) (executive producer)
– Crossing Fox River (1974) (executive producer)
See all 6 episodes »
 
1974 Monsters! Mysteries or Myths? (TV documentary) (producer)
 
1974 Flight: The Sky's the Limit (TV documentary) (producer)
 
1974 Up from the Ape (documentary) (executive producer)
 
1973 Visions of Eight (documentary) (producer)
 
1973 Wattstax (documentary) (executive producer)
 
1973 The 500 Pound Jerk (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
1972 Of Thee I Sing (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
1972 Make Mine Red, White and Blue (TV movie) (executive producer, producer)
 
1972 Two Is a Happy Number (executive producer)
 
1972 King, Queen, Knave (producer)
 
1972 The Crucifixion of Jesus (TV documentary) (producer)
 
1971 Appointment with Destiny (TV series) (producer)
 
1971 Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (producer)
 
1971 The Hellstrom Chronicle (documentary) (executive producer)
 
1970 I Love My Wife (executive producer)
 
1970 The Unfinished Journey of Robert Kennedy (TV documentary) (executive producer, producer)
 
1969 Frank Sinatra Jr. with Family and Friends (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
1969 Making of the President 1968 (TV documentary) (executive producer)
 
1969 The Bridge at Remagen (producer)
 
1969 If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium (executive producer)
 
1968 Sophia: A Self-Portrait (TV documentary) (executive producer)
 
1968 Hemingway's Spain: A Love Affair (TV documentary) (producer)
 
1968 The Devil's Brigade (producer)
 
1968 The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich (TV documentary) (co-executive producer)
 
1967 A Nation of Immigrants (TV documentary) (executive producer)
 
1967 The Big Land (TV documentary) (executive producer)
 
1966 The Making of a President: 1964 (TV documentary) (producer)
 
1966 The Legend of Marilyn Monroe (documentary) (producer)
 
1966 A Laurel and Hardy Cartoon (TV series) (producer)
 
1965 The Incredible World of James Bond (TV documentary) (producer)
 
1964-1965 Men in Crisis (TV series) (executive producer - 3 episodes)
– Pershing vs Ludendorff (1965) (executive producer)
– Hitler vs Hindenburg (1965) (executive producer)
– Churchill vs Goering (1964) (executive producer)
 
1965 Miss Television U.S.A. (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
1964 A Thousand Days: A Tribute to John Fitzgerald Kennedy (TV documentary) (executive producer)
 
1964 Four Days in November (documentary) (executive producer)
 
1963-1964 Hollywood and the Stars (TV series) (executive producer - 30 episodes)
– The Wild and Wonderful Thirties (1964) (executive producer)
– The Great Directors (1964) (executive producer)
– What a Way to Go: An Extravaganza in the Making (1964) (executive producer)
– The Odyssey of Rita Hayworth (1964) (executive producer)
– The Oscars - Moments of Greatness: Part 2 (1964) (executive producer)
See all 30 episodes »
 
1964 Krebiozen and Cancer: Thirteen Years of Bitter Conflict (TV documentary) (executive producer)
 
1963 The Making of the President 1960 (documentary) (executive producer)
 
1963 Project: Man in Space (TV documentary) (executive producer)
 
1963 Biography of a Rookie: The Willie Davis Story (TV documentary) (executive producer)
 
1963 The Yanks Are Coming (documentary) (executive producer)
 
1963 Escape to Freedom (TV documentary) (executive producer)
 
1963 Hollywood: The Great Stars (TV documentary) (executive producer)
 
1963 Story of a Rodeo Cowboy (documentary) (executive producer - uncredited)
 
1961-1963 Biography (TV series documentary) (executive producer - 64 episodes)
– Admiral William Halsey (1963) (executive producer)
– Colonel John Glenn (1963) (executive producer)
– David Ben-Gurion (1963) (executive producer)
– Dwight D. Eisenhower (1963) (executive producer)
– Eamon De Valera (1963) (executive producer)
See all 64 episodes »
 
1962 Hollywood: The Fabulous Era (TV documentary) (executive producer)
 
1962 D-Day June 6, 1944 (TV documentary) (executive producer)
 
1962 Story Of... (TV series documentary) (executive producer - 1 episode)
– Story of an Actress (1962) (executive producer)
 
1962 D-Day (TV short) (producer)
 
1961 The Rafer Johnson Story (TV documentary) (executive producer)
 
1961 Hollywood: The Golden Years (TV documentary) (executive producer - uncredited, producer)
 
1959 The Race for Space (TV documentary) (executive producer)
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (3 titles)
1971 Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (presenter)
 
1969 The Bridge at Remagen (presenter)
 
1968 The Devil's Brigade (presenter)
 
Show ShowWriter (2 titles)
1962 D-Day June 6, 1944 (TV documentary)
 
1959 The Race for Space (TV documentary)
 
Show ShowDirector (2 titles)
1961 Hollywood: The Golden Years (TV documentary)
 
1959 The Race for Space (TV documentary)
 
Show ShowThanks (5 titles)
2005 Citizen Candy Man: A Chocumentary (short) (everlasting thanks)
 
2004 The History of North and South (video documentary short) (special thanks - as David Wolper)
 
2002 Remembering 'Roots' (video documentary short) (special thanks)
 
1998 L.A. Confidential: Off the Record... (video documentary short) (special thanks)
 
1990 The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic (TV documentary) (acknowledgment)
 
Show ShowSelf (15 titles)
2004 The History of North and South (video documentary short)
Himself - Producer (as David Wolper)
 
2004 Emmy's Greatest Moments (TV documentary)
Himself (as David Wolper)
 
2003 The Thorn Birds: Old Friends New Stories (video)
Himself (as David Wolper)
 
2002 Inside TV Land: African Americans in Television (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2002 Remembering 'Roots' (video documentary short)
Himself - Executive Producer
 
2001 Pure Imagination: The Story of 'Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory' (video documentary short)
Himself
 
1998 L.A. Confidential: Off the Record... (video documentary short)
Himself - Executive Producer
 
1997 28th NAACP Image Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
1992 Color Adjustment (documentary)
Himself
 
1991 Make It Happen (video short)
Himself
 
1985 The 57th Annual Academy Awards (TV special documentary)
Himself - Hersholt Award Recipient
 
1983 The 55th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Presenter: Best Documentary Short and Best Documentary Feature
 
1979 The 31st Annual Emmy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Winner: Best Limited Series & Presenter: Best Informational Program & Best Program Achievement - Special Class
 
1979 The 51st Annual Academy Awards (TV special documentary)
Himself - Co-Presenter: Best Documentary: Short Subjects & Features
 
1977 The 3rd Annual People's Choice Awards (TV special)
Himself - Accepting Special Award to Roots
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (2 titles)
2011 The 83rd Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Memorial Tribute
 
2010 The 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Memorial Tribute
 

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In 1973 he served as the executive producer for an unsold television pilot based on his TV movie The 500 Pound Jerk. The comedy included scenes from the telefilm as well as new footage that told the story of how the American weightlifter and the Russian gymnast adjust to life in the U.S. following the Olympics... See more »

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A producer is a person who dreams. Good producers make dreams come true. See more »

Trivia:

Received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for television. See more »

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