Samuel Z. Arkoff

Film Producer

Birthday June 12, 1918

Birth Sign Gemini

Birthplace Iowa

DEATH DATE Sep 16, 2001 (83)

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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.

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.

Trivia

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.

Family Life

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

Associated With

He worked as a lawyer in the 1950s, representing many on Hollywood's fringe with his best-known clients coming from Ed Wood.