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David L. Wolper

Producer, Director, Writer
Born January 11, 1928Died August 10, 2010 (82 years)
David L. Wolper was born on January 11, 1928 in New York City, New York, USA as David Lloyd Wolper. He was a producer, known for L.A. Confidential (1997), Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971) and Imagine: John Lennon (1988). He was married to Gloria Hill, Dawn Richard and Toni Carroll. He died on August 10, 2010 in Beverly Hills, California, USA.

Known For

  • Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
  • The Devil's Brigade
  • Murder in the First
  • North and South
  • The Bridge at Remagen
  • Roots
  • Roots: The Next Generations
  • Surviving Picasso
  • The Thorn Birds
  • Alex Haley's Queen
  • Imagine: John Lennon
  • The Man Who Saw Tomorrow
  • The Hellstrom Chronicle
  • If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
  • Victory at Entebbe
  • This Is Elvis
  • Napoleon and Josephine: A Love Story
  • Murder Is Easy
  • Visions of Eight
  • Wattstax
  • Roots: The Gift
  • The Thorn Birds: The Missing Years
  • Here's Looking at You, Warner Bros.
  • Dillinger

Filmography

2002
Roots: Celebrating 25 Years · as Executive Producer
2001
The Mists of Avalon (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
1999
To Serve and Protect (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
1998
1998
A Will of Their Own (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
1998
Terror in the Mall · as Executive Producer
1997
L.A. Confidential · as Executive Producer
1996
1996
The Thorn Birds: The Missing Years · as Executive Producer
1995
Prince for a Day · as Executive Producer
1995
Murder in the First · as Executive Producer
1994
Without Warning · as Executive Producer
1993
1993
1993
Here's Looking at You, Warner Bros. · as Executive Producer
1993
Alex Haley's Queen (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
1992
Bed of Lies · as Executive Producer
1991
Dillinger · as Executive Producer
1990
When You Remember Me · as Executive Producer
1990
Murder in Mississippi · as Executive Producer
1990
The Plot to Kill Hitler · as Executive Producer
1988
Roots: The Gift · as Executive Producer
1988
Imagine: John Lennon · as Executive Producer
1987
1987
The Betty Ford Story · as Executive Producer
1986
Liberty Weekend · as Executive Producer
1985
North and South (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
1984
His Mistress · as Executive Producer
1984
The Mystic Warrior · as Executive Producer
1984
The Mystic Warrior (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
1983
Casablanca (1983) (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
1983
The Thorn Birds (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
1982
Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter · as Executive Producer
1982
Murder Is Easy · as Executive Producer
1981
This Is Elvis · as Executive Producer
1981
The Man Who Saw Tomorrow · as Executive Producer
1980
The Silent Lovers · as Executive Producer
1980
The Scarlett O'Hara War · as Executive Producer
1980
This Year's Blonde · as Executive Producer
1979
Roots: The Next Generations (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
1977
Roots (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
1976
Victory at Entebbe · as Executive Producer
1976
1975
I Will Fight No More Forever · as Executive Producer
1975
Up from the Ape · as Executive Producer
1974
Get Christie Love (TV Series)
1974
Sandburg's Lincoln (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
1973
Wattstax · as Executive Producer
1973
1973
The 500 Pound Jerk · as Executive Producer
1972
One Is a Lonely Number · as Executive Producer
1972
King, Queen, Knave · as Executive Producer
1971
1971
1970
I Love My Wife · as Executive Producer
1969
1969
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium · as Executive Producer
1968
1968
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich · as Executive Producer
1966
1965
1965
1965
National Geographic Specials (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
1964
Four Days in November · as Executive Producer
1963
Hollywood and the Stars (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
1963
Hollywood: The Great Stars · as Executive Producer
1962
Hollywood: The Fabulous Era · as Executive Producer
1962
D-Day June 6, 1944 · as Executive Producer
1961
Hollywood: The Golden Years · as Executive Producer
1961
1959
The Race for Space · as Executive Producer

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