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Darryl F. Zanuck (1902–1979)

One of the kingpins of Hollywood's studio system, Zanuck was the offspring of the ill-fated marriage of the alcoholic night clerk in Wahoo, Nebraska's only hotel and the hotel owner's daughter. Both parents had abandoned him by the time he was 13. At 15, he joined the U.S. Army, and he fought in Belgium in World War I. Mustered out, he kept ... See full bio »

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Atlantin valli murtuu
Atlantin valli murtuu Producer
(1962)
Kaikki Eevasta
Kaikki Eevasta Producer
(1950)
Vihan hedelmät
Vihan hedelmät Producer
(1940)
Kuningas ja minä
Kuningas ja minä Producer
(1956)
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Filmography

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 1970 Tora! Tora! Tora! (executive producer - uncredited)
 1969 Mini-midi (Short documentary) (producer)
 1969 Le grabuge (producer - uncredited)
 1965 Tuska ja hurmio (executive producer - uncredited)
 1965 Nuo mainiot miehet lentävissä koneissaan (producer - uncredited)
 1964 Vierailu (producer - uncredited)
 1962 Tri Chapmanin raportti (producer)
 1962 Atlantin valli murtuu (producer)
 1961 Uhkapeliä Afrikassa (producer)
 1961 Syntisen tunnustus (producer)
 1960 Peilikuvadraama (producer)
 1958 Taivaan juuret (producer)
 1958 Barbaari ja geisha (executive producer - uncredited)
 1957 Ja aurinko nousee (producer)
 1957 Aurinkosaari (producer)
 1956 De Luxe Tour (Documentary) (executive producer)
 1956 Kuningas ja minä (executive producer - uncredited)
 1956 Harmaapukuinen mies (producer)
 1956 Avaruuden kynnyksellä (executive producer - uncredited)
 1956 Karuselli (executive producer - uncredited)
 1955 El Tigrero (producer)
 1955 Hyvää huomenta, miss Dove (executive producer - uncredited)
 1955 Muistojen lahti (executive producer)
 1955 Miekalla ja ristillä (executive producer - uncredited)
 1954 Rytmiä veressä (executive producer - uncredited)
 1954 Sinuhe egyptiläinen (producer)
 1954 Katkaistu peitsi (executive producer - uncredited)
 1953 Kaksintaistelu merenpohjalla (executive producer - uncredited)
 1952 Kilimanjaron lumet (producer)
 1952 Laulu sydämessäni (executive producer - uncredited)
 1952 Viva Zapata (producer)
 1951 Meistä juorutaan (producer)
 1951 Daavid ja Batseba (producer)
 1950 Kaikki Eevasta (producer)
 1950 Kaikki tiet tukossa (producer)
 1950 Suurkaupungin yö (executive producer - uncredited)
 1950 Ase kädessä (executive producer - uncredited)
 1950 Sheriffin tytär (executive producer - uncredited)
 1950 Tusinoittain halvemmalla (executive producer - uncredited)
 1950 Vaarallista elämää (executive producer - uncredited)
 1949 Ilmojen kotkat (producer)
 1949 Jos rouvani tietäisi... (executive producer - uncredited)
 1949 Father Was a Fullback (executive producer - uncredited)
 1949 Veren perintö (producer)
 1949 Varkaiden markkinat (executive producer - uncredited)
 1949 Rajumyrsky (executive producer - uncredited)
 1949 Sand (executive producer - uncredited)
 1949 Tapasimme sateessa (executive producer - uncredited)
 1949 Sattumalta sankariksi (executive producer - uncredited)
 1949 Viuhka (executive producer - uncredited)
 1949 Kielletty katu (executive producer - uncredited)
 1949 Äiti on keltanokka (executive producer - uncredited)
 1948 Etusivun sensaatio (executive producer - uncredited)
 1948 Jeftyn kapakka (executive producer - uncredited)
 1948 Käärmeenpesä (executive producer - uncredited)
 1948 Pesä kahdelle (executive producer - uncredited)
 1948 Cry of the City (executive producer - uncredited)
 1948 Jerikon muurit (executive producer - uncredited)
 1948 Give My Regards to Broadway (executive producer - uncredited)
 1948 Kovat otteet (executive producer - uncredited)
 1948 Kaikkien aikojen lapsenpiika (executive producer - uncredited)
 1948 Soittakaa Northside 777 (executive producer - uncredited)
 1947 Kastilian valloittaja (executive producer - uncredited)
 1947 Hiljainen sopimus (producer)
 1947 Aina vain Amber (executive producer - uncredited)
 1947 Painajaiskuja (executive producer - uncredited)
 1947 Korkein panoksin (executive producer - uncredited)
 1947 Kohtalokkaat ruusut (executive producer - uncredited)
 1947 Huijari rakastuu (executive producer - uncredited)
 1947 Karnevaalin pyörteissä (executive producer - uncredited)
 1947 Saarroksissa (executive producer - uncredited)
 1947 Ihannesihteeri (executive producer - uncredited)
 1946 Ryhmä 77 (executive producer - uncredited)
 1946 Veitsen terällä (producer)
 1946 Home, Sweet Homicide (executive producer - uncredited)
 1946 Musiikin voimalla (executive producer - uncredited)
 1946 Centennial Summer (executive producer - uncredited)
 1946 Takaa-ajettuna yössä (executive producer - uncredited)
 1946 Strange Triangle (executive producer - uncredited)
 1946 Turha oli unelmani (producer - uncredited)
 1946 Sinä ja minä (executive producer - uncredited)
 1945 Minun on kosto (executive producer - uncredited)
 1944 Siivekäs voitto (producer)
 1944 Wilson (producer)
 1944 Buffalo Bill (executive producer - uncredited)
 1944 Purppurasydän (producer)
 1944 Pelastusvene (executive producer - uncredited)
 1943 Iloinen hotelli (executive producer - uncredited)
 1943 Merten vinttikoirat (executive producer - uncredited)
 1943 At the Front in North Africa with the U.S. Army (Documentary short) (producer)
 1942 Kiinalaistyttö (producer - uncredited)
 1942 Musta joutsen (executive producer - uncredited)
 1942 Ukkoslintuja (executive producer - uncredited)
 1942 Yhdennellätoista hetkellä (executive producer - uncredited)
 1942 Yli kaiken ymmärryksen (producer)
 1942 Kaunis Sally (executive producer - uncredited)
 1942 Hyökyaalto (executive producer - uncredited)
 1942 To the Shores of Tripoli (producer)
 1942 Sex Hygiene (Short) (producer)
 1942 Etelämeren laulu (executive producer - uncredited)
 1942 Pako Etelämeren saarille (producer)
 1941 Know for Sure (Short) (producer - uncredited)
 1941 En unhoita sinua milloinkaan (executive producer - uncredited)
 1941 Rise and Shine (executive producer - uncredited)
 1941 Maihinnousu uhkaa (producer - uncredited)
 1941 Vihreä oli laaksoni (producer)
 1941 Suursuon salaisuus (executive producer - uncredited)
 1941 Viikonloppu Havannassa (executive producer - uncredited)
 1941 Meidän lentäjien kesken (producer)
 1941 Swingin tahdissa (executive producer - uncredited)
 1941 Villihanhia (executive producer)
 1941 Ihmismetsästystä (executive producer - uncredited)
 1941 Kesäloma Miamissa (executive producer - uncredited)
 1941 For Beauty's Sake (producer - uncredited)
 1941 Verta ja hiekkaa (producer)
 1941 Avaruuden säveliä (producer)
 1941 Yö Riossa (executive producer - uncredited)
 1941 Tupakkatie (producer)
 1941 He olivat urheita miehiä (executive producer - uncredited)
 1941 Tall, Dark and Handsome (executive producer - uncredited)
 1940 Chad Hanna (producer - uncredited)
 1940 Turkismetsästäjien kuningas (producer)
 1940 Zorron merkki (executive producer - uncredited)
 1940 Tanssi, senorita (producer)
 1940 Public Deb No. 1 (producer)
 1940 The Great Profile (producer)
 1940 Hänellä oli 20 vaimoa (producer)
 1940 Frank Jamesin paluu (producer)
 1940 The Man I Married (producer)
 1940 Satuloin ja kannuksin (producer)
 1940 Four Sons (producer)
 1940 Primadonna (producer - uncredited)
 1940 Pikku valehtelijatar (producer)
 1940 Satamakorttelin herttuatar (producer)
 1940 Vihan hedelmät (producer)
 1940 Sininen lintu (producer)
 1939 Swanee River (producer)
 1939 Too Busy to Work (producer)
 1939 Liekehtivä erämaa (producer)
 1939 Hollywood Cavalcade (producer)
 1939 Here I Am a Stranger (producer)
 1939 Kun sateet tulivat (producer)
 1939 Sherlock Holmes: Moriartyn kukistaja (producer - uncredited)
 1939 Mies joka löysi Livingstonen (producer)
 1939 Tyttö Pohjolasta (executive producer)
 1939 Reipas Susanna (executive producer - uncredited)
 1939 Kansan sankari (producer - uncredited)
 1939 Rose of Washington Square (producer)
 1939 Kestävä rakkaus (producer)
 1939 Baskervillen koira (executive producer - uncredited)
 1939 Vaimonsa herra (producer - uncredited)
 1939 Naislentäjät (producer)
 1939 Jesse James, suuri seikkailija (producer)
 1938 Kentucky (executive producer - uncredited)
 1938 Sinetöity määräys (producer)
 1938 Nuoruuden kevät (producer)
 1938 Gateway (producer)
 1938 Broadwayn pikku veitikka (producer - uncredited)
 1938 Kulkurimiljonääri (producer)
 1938 Naisen tulikoe (producer - uncredited)
 1938 Elämänhaluisia tyttöjä (producer - uncredited)
 1938 Josette (executive producer)
 1938 Kolme kivaa kaveria (producer)
 1938 Rebecca (producer - uncredited)
 1938 Sally, Irene and Mary (executive producer - uncredited)
 1938 Shanghain pommitus (producer)
 1938 Tunturimaan tytär (producer)
 1938 Chicago palaa (producer)
 1937 Yvette (producer - uncredited)
 1937 Vakoilija 33 (executive producer)
 1937 Life Begins in College (executive producer)
 1937 Me ihmiset (producer)
 1937 Kummituslaulaja (producer)
 1937 Rykmentin maskotti (producer - uncredited)
 1937 Orjalaiva (producer - uncredited)
 1937 Angel's Holiday (producer)
 1937 Liukkaalla jäällä (producer - uncredited)
 1937 Seitsemännessä taivaassa (producer)
 1937 Nancy Steele Is Missing! (executive producer)
 1937 On the Avenue (producer - uncredited)
 1936 Mississippin villikissa (executive producer)
 1936 Tohtorin suojatit (executive producer)
 1936 Pigskin Parade (producer)
 1936 Ramona (executive producer)
 1936 Sing, Baby, Sing (executive producer)
 1936 To Mary - with Love (producer)
 1936 White Fang (executive producer)
 1936 Rikas tyttöraukka (producer - uncredited)
 1936 Teräskypärän miehet (producer in charge of production)
 1936 Half Angel (producer)
 1936 Under Two Flags (producer - uncredited)
 1936 The Country Beyond (producer)
 1936 Sotilaskarkuri (producer)
 1936 It Had to Happen (producer)
 1936 Hai-saaren vanki (producer)
 1935 Professional Soldier (producer)
 1935 Show Them No Mercy! (producer)
 1935 Thanks a Million (producer)
 1935 Metropolitan (producer)
 1935 Erämaan kutsu (producer)
 1935 Richelieu (producer)
 1935 Les Misérables (producer)
 1935 Folies Bergère de Paris (producer)
 1935 Clive of India (producer)
 1934 Sirkus Barnum (producer)
 1934 The Affairs of Cellini (producer - uncredited)
 1934 Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back (producer)
 1934 Born to Be Bad (producer)
 1934 The Last Gentleman (producer)
 1934 Looking for Trouble (producer)
 1934 The House of Rothschild (producer - uncredited)
 1934 Tyttö Montmartrelta (producer)
 1933 Gallant Lady (producer)
 1933 Advice to the Lovelorn (producer)
 1933 Blood Money (producer)
 1933 Broadway Thru a Keyhole (producer)
 1933 Nyrkin voimalla (producer)
 1933 Ex-Lady (producer - uncredited)
 1933 The Working Man (producer - uncredited)
 1933 42. katu (producer - uncredited)
 1933 Parachute Jumper (producer - uncredited)
 1932 20 000 vuotta Sing-Singissä (producer - uncredited)
 1932 Hänen vaimonsa rikos (producer - uncredited)
 1932 The Cabin in the Cotton (producer - uncredited)
 1932 Life Begins (executive producer - uncredited)
 1932 Doctor X (executive producer - uncredited)
 1932 The Dark Horse (producer - uncredited)
 1932 The Rich Are Always with Us (producer - uncredited)
 1932 The Man Who Played God (producer - uncredited)
 1931 Blonde Crazy (executive producer - uncredited)
 1931 Yhteiskunnan vihollinen (producer - uncredited)
 1931 Illicit (producer - uncredited)
 1931 Pikku Caesar (producer - uncredited)
 1930 The Doorway to Hell (executive producer - uncredited)
 1930 Maybe It's Love (executive producer - uncredited)
 1930 Three Faces East (producer)
 1929 The Show of Shows (producer)
 1929 On with the Show! (producer - uncredited)
 1928 Noakin arkki (associate producer - uncredited)
 1928 The Terror (producer)
 1928 Naisen ase (producer)
 1927 Jazzilaulaja (supervising producer - uncredited)
 1927 The Desired Woman (associate producer)
 1927 The First Auto (producer - uncredited)
 1927 Old San Francisco (producer - uncredited)
 1926 So This Is Paris (producer)
 1925 Lady Windermere's Fan (producer - uncredited)
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Personal Details

Other Works:

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3 Biographical Movies | 5 Print Biographies | 11 Portrayals | 2 Articles | See more »

Alternate Names:

Mark Canfield | Melville Crossman | Gregory Rogers | Darryl Francis Zanuck | Darryl Zanuck

Height:

5' 6" (1.68 m)

Spouse:

Virginia Fox  (his death)  (3 children)

Relatives:

Harrison Zanuck (grandchild) | See more »
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

There is nothing duller on the screen than being accurate but not dramatic. See more »

Trivia:

One David Lean wanted to make was 'Roots of Heaven' but Daryl F Zanuck bought it and planned to do the film on Ghandi with Robert Bolt doing the screenplay. See more »

Trademark:

Oversized cigar; oversized libido

Star Sign:

Virgo
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