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Irvin Kershner Biography (1923-)

Born April 29, 1923, in Philadelphia, PA. Addresses: Contact: Diane Golden, Silverberg, Katz, Thompson et al., 11766 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 700, LosAngeles, CA 90025-6538.

Nationality

American

Gender

Male

Occupation

Director, actor, producer, screenwriter, cinematographer

Birth Details

April 29, 1923

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Film Director
• Stakeout on Dope Street, Warner Bros., 1958
• The Young Captives, Paramount, 1959
• The Hoodlum Priest, United Artists, 1961
• A Face in the Rain, Embassy, 1963
• The Luck of Ginger Coffey, Continental Distributing, 1964
• A Fine Madness, Warner Bros., 1966
• The Flim-Flam Man (released in England as One Born Every Minute), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1967
• Loving, Columbia, 1970
• Up the Sandbox, National General, 1972
• S*P*Y*S, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1974
• The Return of a Man Called Horse, United Artists, 1976
• Eyes of Laura Mars, Columbia, 1978
• The Empire Strikes Back (also known as Star Wars: Episode V--The Empire Strikes Back and Star Wars V: The Empire Strikes Back), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1980
• Never Say Never Again, Warner Bros., 1983
• (Film extract from Eyes of Laura Mars) Terror in the Aisles, 1984
• Robocop 2, Orion, 1990
• Cecilia, 2000
• Film Producer
• American Perfekt, American Perfekt Productions, Inc., 1997
• Great Sex, 2000
• Film Executive Producer
• Wildfire, 1988
• Film Appearances
• Zebedee, The Last Temptation of Christ, Universal, 1988
• Walters, On Deadly Ground, 1994
• Mr. Stoff, Angus (also known as Angus-Voll Cool), 1996
• Television Work
• Series
• Director and cinematographer (documentary segments), Confidential File (also known as Paul Coates's Confidential File), syndicated, 1953-1955
• Television Director
• Movies
• Raid on Entebbe, NBC, 1977
• Traveling Man, HBO, 1989
• Pilots
• SeaQuest DSV, 1993
• Episodic
• The Rebel, ABC, c. 1959 and 1961
• Naked City, ABC, c. 1960 and 1963
• Ben Casey, ABC, c. 1961 and 1966
• "Hell Toupee," Amazing Stories, 1986
• WRITINGS
• Screenplays
• (And story) Stakeout on Dope Street, Warner Bros., 1958
• (Uncredited) A Man Called Horse, National General Pictures, 1970

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals

• American Film, January/February, 1981, pp. 45-51