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Samuel Z. Arkoff. Samuel Zachary Arkoff (June 12, 1918 – September 16, 2001) was an American producer of B movies. [1] Life and career. Arkoff was born in Fort Dodge, Iowa, to Russian Jewish parents. He was the son of Helen (Lurie) and Louis Arkoff, who ran his Louis Clothing Co. [2] [3] Arkoff first studied to be a lawyer.
Samuel Z. Arkoff. Producer: Dressed to Kill. By the early 1950s, future movie mogul Samuel Z. Arkoff was a brash 30-ish lawyer scratching out a living by representing his in-laws and the Hollywood fringe, which included many of now infamous director/angora-clad transvestite Edward D. Wood Jr.'s social circle.
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- Fort Dodge, Iowa, USA
- January 1, 1
- Burbank, California, USA
Sep 18, 2001 · Roger Ebert September 18, 2001. Tweet. Samuel Z. Arkoff, who in some ways invented modern Hollywood, died Sunday of natural causes in a Burbank hospital. The co-founder of American-International Pictures and the godfather of the beach party and teenage werewolf movies was 83.
Samuel Z. Arkoff, the low-budget movie mogul who enticed two generations of teenagers into drive-in theaters with movies like ''I Was a Teenage Werewolf'' and ''Wild in the Streets,'' died on...
Samuel Zachary Arkoff. Nickname. Sam. Mini Bio. By the early 1950s, future movie mogul Samuel Z. Arkoff was a brash 30-ish lawyer scratching out a living by representing his in-laws and the Hollywood fringe, which included many of now infamous director/angora-clad transvestite Edward D. Wood Jr. 's social circle.
- June 12, 1918
- September 16, 2001
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Find the location of Samuel Z. Arkoff's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, read a biography, see related stars and browse a map of important places in their career. Born June 12, 1918 in...
Sep 16, 2001 · Biography. Read More. Arkoff is the co-founder (with James H. Nicholson) of American International Pictures and has served as producer or executive on over 200 of the low-budget exploitation films--monster movies, motorcycle films and beach-party pictures geared to the teenage audience--that made the studio famous.