Albert Zugsmith

Personal Info

Know For

Production

Gender

Male

Birthday

1910-04-24 (83 years old)

Deathday

1993-10-26

Place of Birth

Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA

Albert Zugsmith

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Albert Zugsmith (April 24, 1910 – October 26, 1993) was an American film producer, film director and screenwriter who specialized in low-budget exploitation films through the 1950s and 1960s. With a background in music promotion (Ted Weems, Paul Whitman) public relations (one of his clients in depression era Chicago was Al Copone), journalism and brokering communication properties (radio, newspaper, early television), Zugsmith became independently wealthy and began producing films at RKO during the Howard Hughes years. Zugsmith's most significant credits are a string of four genre masterpieces produced ...

Acting

1964

Fanny Hill

as Grand Duke

2008

Acting for Douglas Sirk

as Self (archive footage)

Production

1958

Touch of Evil

as Producer

1964

Fanny Hill

as Producer

1968

Sappho Darling

as Screenplay

1956

Star in the Dust

as Producer

1957

1959

1955

1960

1957

1956

Raw Edge

as Producer

1973

Violated!

as Director

1973

Violated!

as Writer

1961

Dondi

as Director

1955

1960

1971

1971

1970

1966

1952

Captive Women

as Associate Producer

1968

The Chinese Room

as Director

1952

Invasion, U.S.A.

as Producer

1956

1968

The Chinese Room

as Screenplay

1956

Red Sundown

as Producer

1961

Dondi

as Writer

1961

Dondi

as Producer

1957

1953

Sword of Venus

as Associate Producer

1953

Port Sinister

as Associate Producer

1959

The Big Operator

as Producer

1960

Platinum High School

as Executive Producer

1959

Girls Town

as Producer

1958

1958

1968

Sappho Darling

as Director

1963

Zigzag

as Producer

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