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Occupation. Film producer. Known for. co-founder of American International Pictures. Spouse. Hilda Rusoff. Children. 2, including Donna Arkoff Roth. Samuel Zachary Arkoff (June 12, 1918 – September 16, 2001) was an American producer of B movies.
- Louis Arkoff, Donna Arkoff Roth
- Hilda Rusoff
- Film producer
- co-founder of American International Pictures
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.
- January 1, 1
- Fort Dodge, Iowa, USA
- January 1, 1
- Burbank, California, USA
Sep 18, 2001 · 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, 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, dies at age 83; photos (M)
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
Two thoughts about Samuel Z. Arkoff “ He produced those fun fun beach pictures in the 60s and he also made a version of Wuthering Heights in 1970 that should be remembered. ” — Philip Wissbeck, May 23, 2010 at 5:42 a.m. “ Samuel Z. Arkoff and James H. Nicholson were the mark of quality as far as we were concerned.
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Sep 27, 2001 · Arkoff, whose wife of 55 years died recently, is survived by his son and daughter. Samuel Z Arkoff, film producer, born June 12 1918; died September 16, 2001. Explore more on these topics