Darryl F. Zanuck

Personal Info

Birthday

September 5, 1902

Day of Death

1979-12-22

(77 years old)

Place of Birth

Wahoo, Nebraska, USA

Also Known As

Darryl Francis Zanuck

Darryl Zanuck

Mark Canfield

Melville Crossman

Gregory Rogers

Darryl F. Zanuck

Biography

Darryl Francis Zanuck (September 5, 1902 – December 22, 1979) was an American film producer and studio executive; he earlier contributed stories for films starting in the silent era. He played a major part in the Hollywood studio system as one of its longest survivors (the length of his career was rivaled only by that of Adolph Zukor).

He produced three films that won the Academy Award for Best Picture during his tenure. Zanuck was born in Wahoo, Nebraska, the son of Sarah Louise (née Torpin), who later married Charles Norton, and Frank Harvey Zanuck, who owned and operated a hotel in Wahoo. He had an older brother, Donald (1893–1903), who died in an accident when he was only 9 years old.

Known For

Filmography

2022
Rat Pack
as Self (archive footage)
2009
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
as Self (archive footage)
2006
42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
as Self (archive footage)
2005
Filmmakers vs. Tycoons
as Self (archive footage)
2001
Backstory: 'Gentleman's Agreement'
as Self (archive footage)
Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
2000
Backstory: 'How Green Was My Valley'
as Self (archive footage)
1997
Frank Capra's American Dream
as Self (archive footage)
1995
Darryl F. Zanuck: 20th Century Filmmaker
as Self (archive footage)
1988
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
as Self (archive footage)
1968
D-Day Revisited
as Self
1951
The CinemaScope Parade
as Self
1950
The Screen Writer
as Self (uncredited)
1943
Show-Business at War
as Self
1940
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
as Self
1933
The 42nd Street Special
as Self