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Sam Katzman Biography (1901-1973)

Born July 4 (some sources say July 7), 1901 in New York, NY; died August 4, 1973, in Hollywood, CA; children: Jerry (a producer), Leonard (a producer anddirector). Career: Producer and director. Began career at age of thirteen as a prop boy for Fox studios in Fort Lee, NJ, also held other positionswithin the company; worked for Fox, First National, and Cosmopolitan in Hollywood, CA; worked as a producer for Producers Releasing Corporation.

Nationality

American

Gender

Male

Occupation

Producer, director

Birth Details

July 4, 1901

New York, New York, United States

Death Details

July 4, 1973

Hollywood, California, United States

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Film Work
• Producer, Unless Otherwise Noted
• The Ship of Wanted Men, Showmens, 1933
• A Demon for Trouble, William Steiner, 1934
• Brand of Hate, 1934
• Tombstone Terror, William Steiner, 1935
• Western Justice, William Steiner, 1935
• Suicide Squad, Puritan Pictures, 1935
• Hot off the Press, Victory, 1935
• Danger Ahead, Victory, 1935
• Taming the Wild (also known as Madcap), Victory, 1936
• Shadow of the Chinatown (also known as Yellow Phantom), Victory, 1936
• Rip Roarin' Buckaroo, Victory, 1936
• Kelly of the Secret Service, Principal, 1936
• Bars of Hate, Times Release, 1936
• Lightnin' Bill Carson, Puritan Pictures, 1936
• Aces and Eights, Puritan Pictures, 1936
• The Lion's Den, Puritan Pictures, 1936
• Put on the Spot, Victory, 1936
• Rio Grande Romance, Victory, 1936
• A Face in the Fog, Victory, 1936
• Two Minutes to Play, Victory, 1937
• Silks and Saddles, Victory, 1937
• And director, Brothers of the West, Victory, 1937
• Mystery Range, Victory, 1937
• And director, Lost Ranch, Victory, 1937
• Million Dollar Racket (also known as $1,000,000 Racket), Victory, 1937
• And director, Orphan of the Pecos, Victory, 1937
• Blake of Scotland Yard, Victory, 1937
• And director, Amateur Crook, Royal, 1937
• Cheyenne Rides Again, Victory, 1937
• The Feud of the Trail, Monogram, 1937
• Flying Fists, Victory, 1937
• Big Calibre, Supreme, 1937
• Supervising producer, The Phantom of the Range, Victory, 1938
• Lightning Carson Rides Again, Victory, 1938
• Six Gun Trail, Victory, 1938
• Trigger Fingers, Victory, 1939
• Code of the Cactus, Victory, 1939
• Texas Wildcats, Victory, 1939
• Outlaw's Paradise, Victory, 1939
• Fighting Renegade, Victory, 1939
• That Gang of Mine, Monogram, 1940
• Straight Shooter, Principal, 1940
• East Side Kids, Monogram, 1940
• Boys of the City (also known as The Ghost Creeps), Monogram, 1940
• Zis Boom Bah, Monogram, 1941
• Racing Luck, Monogram, 1941
• The Invisible Ghost (also known as The Phantom Killer), Monogram, 1941
• Pride of the Bowery (also known as Here We Go Again), Monogram, 1941
• Flying Wild, Monogram, 1941
• Bowery Blitzkrieg (also known as Stand and Deliver), Monogram, 1941
• Spooks Run Wild (also known as Ghosts on the Loose), Monogram, 1941
• Smart Alecks, Monogram, 1942
• College Sweethearts, Monogram, 1942
• Black Dragons, Monogram, 1942
• Mr. Wise Guy, Monogram, 1942
• The Corpse Vanishes (also known as The Case of the Missing Brides), Monogram, 1942
• Let's Get Tough, Monogram, 1942
• Bowery at Midnight (also known as Burial at Midnight), Monogram, 1942
• 'Neath Brooklyn Bridge, Monogram, 1942
• Spotlight Revue (also known as Spotlight Scandals), Monogram, 1943
• Clancy Street Boys, Monogram, 1943
• Kid Dynamite (also known as Queen of Broadway), Monogram, 1943
• The Ape Man (also known as Lock Your Doors), Monogram, 1943
• Ghosts on the Loose (also known as The East Side Kids Meet BelaLugosi and Ghosts in the Night), Monogram, 1943
• Mr. Muggs Steps Out, Monogram, 1943
• The Voodoo Man, Monogram, 1944
• Return of the Ape Man, Monogram, 1944
• Cookin' Up Trouble (also known as Three of a Kind), Monogram, 1944
• Million Dollar Kid, Monogram, 1944
• Follow the Leader (also known as East of the Bowery), Monogram, 1944
• Block Busters, Monogram, 1944
• Bowery Champs (also known as Mr. Muggs Meets a Deadline), Monogram, 1944
• Crazy Knights (also known as Ghost Crazy), Monogram, 1944
• Jungle Raiders, Columbia, 1945
• Docks of New York, Monogram, 1945
• Mr. Muggs Rides Again, Monogram, 1945
• Come Out Fighting, Monogram, 1945
• Son of the Guardsman, Columbia, 1946
• Junior Prom, Monogram, 1946
• Freddie Steps Out, Monogram, 1946
• High School Hero, Monogram, 1946
• Betty Co-Ed (also known as The Melting Pot), Columbia, 1946
• Vacation Days, Monogram, 1947
• Sweet Genevieve, Columbia, 1947
• The Sea Hound, Columbia, 1947
• Little Miss Broadway, Columbia, 1947
• Last of the Redmen (also known as Last of the Redskins), Columbia, 1947
• Brick Bradford, Columbia, 1947
• Two Blondes and a Redhead, Columbia, 1947
• Jungle Jim, Columbia, 1948
• Triple Threat, Columbia, 1948
• Glamour Girl (also known as Night Club Girl), Columbia, 1948
• Racing Luck, Columbia, 1948
• The Prince of Thieves, Columbia, 1948
• Mary Lou, Columbia, 1948
• I Surrender Dear, Columbia, 1948
• Congo Bill, 1948
• The Mutineers (also known as Pirate Ship), Columbia, 1949
• Manhattan Angel, Columbia, 1949
• The Lost Tribe, Columbia, 1949
• Chinatown at Midnight, Columbia, 1949
• Barbary Pirate, Columbia, 1949
• Pygmy Island, Columbia, 1950
• Mark of the Gorilla, Columbia, 1950
• Last of the Buccaneers, Columbia, 1950
• Captive Girl (also known as Jungle Jim and the Captive Girl), Columbia, 1950
• Cody of the Pony Express, 1950
• Pirate of the High Seas, 1950
• Tyrant of the Sea, Columbia, 1950
• State Penitentiary, Columbia, 1950
• Chain Gang, Columbia, 1950
• Revenue Agent, Columbia, 1950
• When the Redskins Rode, Columbia, 1951
• Purple Heart Diary (also known as No Time for Tears), Columbia, 1951
• Jungle Manhunt, Columbia, 1951
• Fury of the Congo, Columbia, 1951
• A Yank in Korea (also known as Letter from Korea), Columbia, 1951
• Roar of the Iron Horse, 1951
• Hurricane Island, Columbia, 1951
• The Magic Carpet, Columbia, 1951
• Voodoo Tiger, Columbia, 1952
• Target Hong Kong, Columbia, 1952
• The Pathfinder, Columbia, 1952
• Jungle Jim in the Forbidden Land, Columbia, 1952
• The Golden Hawk, Columbia, 1952
• California Conquest, Columbia, 1952
• Brave Warrior, Columbia, 1952
• A Yank in Indo-China (also known as Hidden Secret), Columbia, 1952
• Thief of Damascus, Columbia, 1952
• Last Train from Bombay, Columbia, 1952
• Valley of Head Hunters, Columbia, 1953
• Siren of Bagdad, Columbia, 1953
• Serpent of the Nile, Columbia, 1953
• Savage Mutiny, Columbia, 1953
• Killer Ape, Columbia, 1953
• Jack McCall Desperado, Columbia, 1953
• Fort Ti, Columbia, 1953
• The Lost Planet, 1953
• Prince of Pirates, Columbia, 1953
• Sky Commando, Columbia, 1953
• Slaves of Babylon, Columbia, 1953
• Flame of Calcutta, Columbia, 1953
• Conquest of Cochise, Columbia, 1953
• Prisoners of the Casbah, Columbia, 1953
• The 49th Man, Columbia, 1953
• Jungle Man-Eaters, Columbia, 1954
• Drums of Tahiti, Columbia, 1954
• Charge of the Lancers, Columbia, 1954
• Cannibal Attack, Columbia, 1954
• The Battle of Rogue River, Columbia, 1954
• The Saracen Blade, Columbia, 1954
• Jesse James versus the Daltons, Columbia, 1954
• The Law versus Billy the Kid, Columbia, 1954
• Masterson of Kansas, Columbia, 1954
• The Iron Glove, Columbia, 1954
• The Miami Story, Columbia, 1954
• Teenage Crime Wave, Columbia, 1955
• Seminole Uprising, Columbia, 1955
• Jungle Moon Men, Columbia, 1955
• Executive producer, It Came from beneath the Sea (also known as Monster from beneath the Sea), Columbia, 1955
• Inside Detroit, Columbia, 1955
• Devil Goddess, Columbia, 1955
• Executive producer, Creature with the Atom Brain, Columbia, 1955
• Pirates of Tripoli, Columbia, 1955
• The Gun that Won the West, Columbia, 1955
• New Orleans Uncensored (also known as Riot on Pier 6), Columbia, 1955
• The Crooked Web, Columbia, 1955
• The Werewolf, Columbia, 1956
• Rumble on the Docks, Columbia, 1956
• Miami Expose, Columbia, 1956
• The Houston Story, Columbia, 1956
• Executive producer, Earth versus the Flying Saucers (also known asInvasion of the Flying Saucers), Columbia, 1956
• Don't Knock the Rock, Columbia, 1956
• Blackjack Ketchum, Desperado, Columbia, 1956
• Rock around the Clock, Columbia, 1956
• Uranium Boom, Columbia, 1956
• Cha-Cha-Cha Boom!, Columbia, 1956
• Zombies of Mora Tau (also known as The Dead That Walk), Columbia, 1957
• Utah Blaine, Columbia, 1957
• The Tijuana Story, Columbia, 1957
• The Night the World Exploded, Columbia, 1957
• The Man Who Turned to Stone, Columbia, 1957
• The Giant Claw (also known as The Mark of the Claw), Columbia, 1957
• Escape from San Quentin, Columbia, 1957
• Calypso Heat Wave, Columbia, 1957
• The World Was His Jury, Columbia, 1958
• Life Begins at 17, Columbia, 1958
• The Last Blitzkrieg, Columbia, 1958
• Going Steady, Columbia, 1958
• Crash Landing, Columbia, 1958
• Juke Box Rhythm, Columbia, 1959
• The Flying Fontaines, Columbia, 1959
• The Wizard of Baghdad, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1960
• The Enemy General, Columbia, 1960
• Twist around the Clock, Columbia, 1961
• Pirates of Tortuga, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1961
• Let's Twist Again, 1962
• Don't Knock the Twist, Columbia, 1962
• The Wild Westerners, Columbia, 1962
• Kissin' Cousins, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1963
• Hootenanny Hoot, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1963
• Your Cheatin' Heart (also known as The Hank Williams Story), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1964
• Get Yourself a College Girl (also known as Go-Go Set), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1964
• When the Boys Meet the Girls (also known as Girl Crazy), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1965
• Harum Scarum (also known as Harem Holiday), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1965
• Hold On! (also known as There's No Place by Space), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1966
• Riot on Sunset Strip, American International Pictures, 1967
• The Love-Ins, Columbia, 1967
• Hot Rods to Hell (also known as 52 Miles to Midnight and 52 Miles to Terror), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1967
• The Fastest Guitar Alive, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1967
• A Time to Sing, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1968
• The Young Runaways, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1968
• For Singles Only, Columbia, 1968
• Executive producer, Angel, Angel, Down We Go (also known as Cult of the Damned), 1969
• Executive producer, The Loners, FunFare, 1972
• Executive producer, How to Succeed with Sex, 1972
• Producer; Serials
• Hop Harrigan, Columbia, 1946
• Son of Zorro, 1947
• Jack Armstrong, 1947
• Superman, Columbia, 1948
• Bruce Gentry (also known as Bruce Gentry, Daredevil of the Skies), Columbia, 1949
• Batman and Robin (also known as The Adventures of Batman and Robin, An Evening with Batman and Robin, and The New Adventures of Batman and Robin), Columbia, 1949
• The Adventures of Sir Galahad, Columbia, 1949
• Atom Man versus Superman, Columbia, 1950
• Mysterious Island, Columbia, 1951
• Captain Video, 1951
• King of the Congo (also known as The Mighty Thunda and Thunda), Columbia, 1952
• Gunfighters of the Northwest, Columbia, 1954
• Adventures of Captain Africa, Columbia, 1954

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Books:

• International Dictionary of Film and Filmmakers, Volume 4: Writers and Production Artists, St. James (Detroit, MI), 1997.*