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Lou Adler
Producer, Director, Actor, Additional CreditsBorn December 13, 1933 (91 years)
Lester Louis Adler (born December 13, 1933) is an American record and film producer and the co-owner of the Roxy Theatre in West Hollywood, California. Adler has produced and developed a number of high-profile musical artists, including the Grass Roots, Jan & Dean, the Mamas & the Papas, and Carole King. King's album Tapestry, produced by Adler, won the 1972 Grammy Award for Album of the Year and has been called one of the greatest pop albums of all time.
Adler is an executive producer of The Rocky Horror Picture Show and discovered and produced comedy albums and films for Cheech & Chong. In 2006, he was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his achievements in music. He was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2013 as the recipient, alongside Quincy Jones, of the Ahmet Ertegun Award.
Adler is an executive producer of The Rocky Horror Picture Show and discovered and produced comedy albums and films for Cheech & Chong. In 2006, he was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his achievements in music. He was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2013 as the recipient, alongside Quincy Jones, of the Ahmet Ertegun Award.
Known For
Lou Adler Filmography
| 2023 | |
| 2016 | The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let's Do the Time Warp Again · as Executive Producer |
| 2013 | |
| 1992 | American Me · as Executive Producer |
| 1981 | Shock Treatment · as Executive Producer |
| 1978 | |
| 1975 | The Rocky Horror Picture Show · as Executive Producer |
| 1974 | |
| 1970 | |
| 1968 |
| 2025 | |
| 2024 | Cheech & Chong's Last Movie · as Self |
| 2021 | 1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2020 | |
| 2020 | Herb Alpert Is... · as Self |
| 2019 | |
| 2018 | Echo in the Canyon · as Self |
| 2017 | Clive Davis: The Soundtrack of Our Lives · as Self |
| 2016 | Carole King: Natural Woman · as Self |
| 2015 | Kareem: Minority of One · as Self |
| 2015 | Meat Loaf: In and Out of Hell · as Self - Producer, The Rocky Horror Show |
| 2013 | Jimi Hendrix: Hear My Train a Comin' · as Self - Music Producer |
| 2013 | The Last Impresario · as Self - Interviewee |
| 2013 | Twenty Feet from Stardom · as Self |
| 2012 | Sunset Strip · as Self |
| 2011 | Troubadours · as Self |
| 2009 | Kate Garraway’s Life Stories (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2008 | The Wrecking Crew! · as Self - Producer |
| 2007 | Keeping Up with the Kardashians (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2006 | A/k/a Tommy Chong · as Himself |
| 2005 | |
| 2005 | Soul Deep (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2005 | |
| 2004 | |
| 2004 | Tavis Smiley (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2003 | Sam Cooke: Legend · as Self |
| 2002 | Hollywood Rocks the Movies: The 1970s · as Self |
| 2001 | Walk on By: The Story of Popular Song (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1997 | Behind the Music (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1997 | Split Screen (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1996 | E! True Hollywood Story (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1990 | Intimate Portrait (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1987 | Biography (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1985 | American Masters (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1979 | CBS Sunday Morning With Jane Pauley (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1973 | AFI Life Achievement Award (TV Series) · as Self - Audience Member |
| 1971 | Great Performances (TV Series) · as Self - Honoree |
| 2024 | Adam Sandler: Love You · as Booth Technician |
| 2022 | |
| 2022 | Legacy: The True Story of the LA Lakers (TV Series) · as Lakers Fan |
| 2015 |
| 2013 | Cheech & Chong's Animated Movie · as Music Supervisor |
| 1987 | Shake! Otis at Monterey · as Festival Producer |