Harry Saltzman

Producer

27 oktober 1915 — 28 september 1994 (78 years)
Herschel "Harry" Saltzman (October 27, 1915 – September 28, 1994) was a Canadian theatre and film producer. He is best remembered for co-producing the first nine of the James Bond film series with Albert R. Broccoli. He lived most of his life in Denham, Buckinghamshire, England.

Saltzman was born in a hospital in Sherbrooke, Quebec, the son of Jewish immigrants Abraham Saltzman and Dora Horstein. He was raised in Saint John, New Brunswick for the first seven years of his life. His father, a horticulturalist, immigrated to the US in 1905 from Kozienice, Poland (then the Russian Empire), marrying Dora in 1909. The couple moved to Canada in 1910 where their four oldest children (Minnie, Florence, Harry and Isadore) were born, before moving the family to Cleveland, Ohio where their youngest son, David, was born. Harry ran away from home at the age of 15. Saltzman was 30 when he learned where he had actually been born.

At about age 17, Saltzman joined a circus and travelled with them for some years.

In 1932, Saltzman moved to Paris to study political science and economics. However within a year, he was "hand-picking talent for 40 two-a-day vaudeville houses all over Europe." Saltzman claimed that he had worked as an assistant for French film director René Clair, who came to the United States in 1940 to make the film The Flame of New Orleans.

In 1942, Saltzman signed a booking contract with Fanchon & Marco Enterprises. Saltzman went to the West Coast to sign big picture names. Saltzman sought the Ritz Brothers, but due to film commitments, they could not sign. In 1943, Saltzman was managing The Gilbert Brothers' Combined Circus. According to an advert, the 1943 season began 26 May in Clifton, New Jersey, and was booked solid through the Eastern American states until mid-October.

Shortly after World War II began, he enlisted with the Royal Canadian Air Force in Vancouver. He received a medical discharge in Trenton, Ontario in 1943, and joined the U.S. Psychological Warfare Bureau, because he wanted to get back to Europe. Saltzmann was initially stationed at the North African theatre in 1943 before being reassigned to London.

In 1945, Saltzman helped Lin Yutang establish UNESCO's film division, which was initially focused on trying to mediate the Chinese Civil War between the Communist Party and the Kuomintang. He eventually quit due to "east-west differences" which to him seemed "so hopeless". Saltzman spent a year with the French government's Ministry of Reconstruction. At that point, he decided he wanted back in show business. ...

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Movies & Shows on Plex

  • De Humorist
    De Humorist1960

Known For

  • Goldfinger
    Goldfinger1964
  • On Her Majesty's Secret Service
    On Her Majesty's Secret Service1969
  • Dr. No
    Dr. No1962
  • You Only Live Twice
    You Only Live Twice1967
  • Live and Let Die
    Live and Let Die1973
  • Diamonds Are Forever
    Diamonds Are Forever1971
  • From Russia with Love
    From Russia with Love1963
  • The Man with the Golden Gun
    The Man with the Golden Gun1974
  • Ipcress... Streng geheim
    Ipcress... Streng geheim1965
  • Time of the Gypsies
    Time of the Gypsies1988
  • Battle of Britain
    Battle of Britain1969
  • Chimes at Midnight
    Chimes at Midnight1965
  • Funeral in Berlin
    Funeral in Berlin1966
  • Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
    Saturday Night and Sunday Morning1960
  • Billion Dollar Brain
    Billion Dollar Brain1967
  • De Humorist
    De Humorist1960
  • Play Dirty
    Play Dirty1969
  • Nijinsky
    Nijinsky1980
  • The Iron Petticoat
    The Iron Petticoat1956
  • Toomorrow
    Toomorrow1970

Cinematografie

2023
Mcaine. An Anagram of Cinema · as Self - Film Producer (archive Footage)
2022
Sean Connery vs James Bond · as Self - Producer
2017
Becoming Bond · as Self - Producer
2012
Everything or Nothing · as Self (archive Footage)
2002
2000
1999
1997
Sean Connery: An Intimate Portrait · as Self (archive Footage)
1997
1995
1995
1995
The 67th Annual Academy Awards · as Self (memorial Tribute)
1969
1965
The Incredible World of James Bond · as Self (archive Footage)
1963
Telescope · as Self - Producer
1959
Whicker's World · as Self
1956
Cinépanorama · as Self

1967
Shock Troops · as Presents
1956
The Iron Petticoat · as Story