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Samuel Z. Arkoff

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Samuel Z. Arkoff
  • Birth Name:
    Samuel Zachary Arkoff
  • Date of Birth:
    June 12, 1918
  • Zodiac Sign:
    Gemini
  • Place of Birth:
    Fort Dodge, Iowa
  • Place of Death:
    Burbank, California, USA
  • Date of Death:
    September 16, 2001
  • Sex:
    Male
  • Nationality:
    American
  • Education:
    Loyola Law School in Los Angeles

Family

Samuel Z. Arkoff
  • Spouse:
    Hilda

Career

Samuel Z. Arkoff

Trivia

Samuel Z. Arkoff
  • In 2000, Arkoff was featured alongside former collaborators including Roger Corman, Dick Miller and Peter Bogdanovich in the documentary SCHLOCK! The Secret History of American Movies, a film about the rise and fall of American exploitation cinema.
  • Arkoff began his career in Hollywood as a producer of The Hank McCune Show, a seminal sitcome produced in 1951.
  • In the 1950s, he and Nicholson founded the American Releasing Corporation, which later became known as American International Pictures and produced over 125 films before the company's demise in the 1980s.
  • Along with business partner James H. Nicholson and producer-director Roger Corman, he produced eighteen films.
  • Was an American producer of B movies.

Filmography

Samuel Z. Arkoff

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