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Samuel Z. Arkoff - Wikipedia. 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.
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.
- January 1, 1
- Fort Dodge, Iowa, USA
- January 1, 1
- Burbank, California, USA
Dec 14, 2012 · 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 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.
- June 12, 1918
- September 16, 2001
Sep 18, 2001 · Arkoff, Samuel Z. died September 16 at 7 a.m. at Providence St. Joseph Medical Center in Burbank, of natural causes, at the age of 83. Arkoff is survived by his son Lou Arkoff and his wife,...
Sep 18, 2001 · Samuel Z. Arkoff, the offbeat producer responsible for all of that, as exemplified in his hundreds of films from “I Was a Teen-Age Werewolf” to “The Amityville Horror,” has died. He was 83.
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