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Leon Fromkess(1901-1977)

  • Producer
  • Production Manager
  • Additional Crew
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Educated at Columbia University in New York, Leon Fromkess entered the film industry as a financial specialist for Columbia Pictures in 1929. He joined Monogram Pictures in 1938 as Treasurer, and several years later left Monogram to join PRC as vice president and general manager in charge of production. During his PRC period he worked closely with director Edgar G. Ulmer, and was responsible for many of Ulmer's now-classic pictures done at the studio. In the 1950s he entered the television field as a producer. One of his most successful series was Fury (1955), with Peter Graves and Bobby Diamond.
BornNovember 23, 1901
DiedMarch 11, 1977(75)
BornNovember 23, 1901
DiedMarch 11, 1977(75)
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Known for

Robert 'Buzz' Henry and Carl 'Alfalfa' Switzer in The Great Mike (1944)
The Great Mike
5.2
  • Producer
  • 1944
Minerva Urecal in The Adventures of Tugboat Annie (1957)
The Adventures of Tugboat Annie
7.9
TV Series
  • Producer
Claudia Drake, Edmund MacDonald, Tom Neal, and Ann Savage in Detour (1945)
Detour
7.3
  • Producer
  • 1945
Anna May Wong in Bombs Over Burma (1942)
Bombs Over Burma
5.1
  • Producer
  • 1942

Credits

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Producer

  • Rage (1972)
    Rage
  • Honky (1971)
    Honky
  • Raquel Welch in Flareup (1969)
    Flareup
  • The Great Sioux Massacre (1965)
    The Great Sioux Massacre
  • Lon Chaney Jr. and John Hart in The Long Rifle and the Tomahawk (1964)
    The Long Rifle and the Tomahawk
  • Wendell Corey, Martha Hyer, and Dale Robertson in Blood on the Arrow (1964)
    Blood on the Arrow
  • The Naked Kiss (1964)
    The Naked Kiss
    • (uncredited)
  • Shock Corridor (1963)
    Shock Corridor
    • (uncredited)
  • Lee Tracy in New York Confidential (1959)
    New York Confidential
  • Bobby Diamond, Peter Graves, and Highland Dale in Fury (1955)
    Fury
  • Minerva Urecal in The Adventures of Tugboat Annie (1957)
    The Adventures of Tugboat Annie
  • The New Adventures of Charlie Chan (1957)
    The New Adventures of Charlie Chan
  • Paul Birch in Cannonball (1958)
    Cannonball
  • Lon Chaney Jr. and John Hart in The Redmen and the Renegades (1957)
    The Redmen and the Renegades
  • Lon Chaney Jr. and John Hart in The Pathfinder and the Mohican (1957)
    The Pathfinder and the Mohican

Production Manager

  • The Adventures of Ellery Queen (1950)
    The Adventures of Ellery Queen
  • Mystery Is My Business
  • Dana Andrews, Joan Evans, Farley Granger, Adele Jergens, and Mala Powers in Edge of Doom (1950)
    Edge of Doom
  • Dana Andrews and Susan Hayward in My Foolish Heart (1949)
    My Foolish Heart
    • (uncredited)
  • Joan Evans and Farley Granger in Roseanna McCoy (1949)
    Roseanna McCoy
  • Enchantment (1948)
    Enchantment
    • (uncredited)
  • Danny Kaye, Louis Armstrong, Charlie Barnet, Tommy Dorsey, Benny Goodman, Lionel Hampton, Virginia Mayo, and Mel Powell in A Song Is Born (1948)
    A Song Is Born
    • (uncredited)
  • Cary Grant, David Niven, and Loretta Young in The Bishop's Wife (1947)
    The Bishop's Wife
    • (uncredited)
  • Danny Kaye and Virginia Mayo in The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947)
    The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
    • (uncredited)
  • Danny Kaye, Virginia Mayo, and The Goldwyn Girls in The Kid from Brooklyn (1946)
    The Kid from Brooklyn
    • (uncredited)
  • Mary Brian, Betty Compson, Isabel Jewell, Patsy Kelly, and Wanda McKay in Danger! Women at Work (1943)
    Danger! Women at Work
  • Isle of Forgotten Sins (1943)
    Isle of Forgotten Sins
  • Roger Clark, Arline Judge, and Robin Raymond in Girls in Chains (1943)
    Girls in Chains
  • James Dunn, Robert Bice, Sam McDaniel, and Florence Rice in The Ghost and the Guest (1943)
    The Ghost and the Guest
  • Glenda Farrell, Ralph Sanford, Lynn Starr, and Lyle Talbot in A Night for Crime (1943)
    A Night for Crime

Additional Crew

  • Venise Grove, Dickie Moore, Tina Thayer, Gerra Young, and Don Gallaher in Jive Junction (1943)
    Jive Junction
    • (uncredited)
  • Otto Kruger, Tina Thayer, Rick Vallin, and Herb Vigran in Secrets of a Co-Ed (1942)
    Secrets of a Co-Ed

Personal details

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    • November 23, 1901
    • New York City, New York, USA
    • March 11, 1977
    • North Hollywood, California, USA(heart attack)
  • Unsold pilot: Produced (with Harry Rothschild) a pilot for an adventure series for ABC-TV called "Knight of the South Seas" with Jon Hall playing a heroic doctor.

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