Percy Guth(1897-1969)
- Production Manager
Percy Guth was born and brought up in St. Louis, Missouri, and attended
public schools there. After graduating from Washington University, he
served in the U. S. Navy during World War One. Following the war, he
was associated with the U.S. Railroad Railraod Administration as a
traveling auditor. Later he worked as a statistician for the U. S.
Steel Corporation. Subsequently, he held business and production
managerial positions with a number of film studios and independent
companies, including Walter Wanger Productions, 20th Century-Fox,
British & Dominion Films, Ltd., International Pictures RKO and
Universal-International.