Samuel Z. Arkoff - age: 83

Samuel Z. Arkoff

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ABOUT

Producer of low-budget but popular B-movies like Blacula and I Was a Teenage Werewolf, which starred a young Michael Landon.He religiously followed his credo of never spending too much for any film, and he eschewed using established stars in favor of making his own, helping Landon and Charles Bronson break out.He worked as a lawyer in the 1950s, representing many on Hollywood's fringe with his best-known clients coming from Ed Wood.

BEFORE FAME

He was a producer on The Hank McCune Show, the sitcom that first used a laugh track instead of a live studio audience.

PERSONAL LIFE

He was born in Fort Dodge, Iowa, the son of Russian immigrants who ran a clothing store.

FUN FACTS

Film Producer Samuel Z. Arkoff were born on Wednesday, birthstone is Pearl, the seaon was Spring in the Chinese year of Horse, it is 149 days until Samuel Z. Arkoff next birthday.

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