David Susskind
Profile info
Known forProduction
GenderMale
Birthday19 December 1920
Died22 February 1987 (age 66)
Place of birthNew York City, New York, USA
Known credits99
Biography
David Howard Susskind (December 19, 1920 – February 22, 1987) was an American producer of TV, movies, and stage plays and also a TV talk show host. His talk shows were innovative in the genre and addressed timely, controversial topics beyond the scope of others of the day. His first job after the war was as a press agent for Warner Brothers. Next, he was a talent agent for Century Artists, ultimately ending up in the Music Corporation of America's newly minted television programming department, managing Dinah Shore, Jerry Lewis, and others. In New York, Susskind formed Talent Associates, repr…
David Susskind Archive: I Was a Hitman for the Mafia
2020 · Director
The Trials of Muhammad Ali
2013 · Self (archive footage)
The David Susskind Show: Give 'em Hell Harry
2012 · Self
Ike
1986 · Executive Producer
J.F.K.: A One-Man Show
1984 · Executive Producer
Rita Hayworth: The Love Goddess
1983 · Executive Producer
Rita Hayworth: The Love Goddess
1983 · Producer
Casey Stengel
1981 · Executive Producer
The Bunker
1981 · Producer
Dear Liar
1981 · Executive Producer
Fort Apache, the Bronx
1981 · Executive Producer
Crisis at Central High
1981 · Executive Producer
Father Figure
1980 · Executive Producer
Loving Couples
1980 · Executive Producer
Mom, the Wolfman and Me
1980 · Executive Producer
The Plutonium Incident
1980 · Producer
Simon
1980 · Himself
The Family Man
1979 · Executive Producer
Sex and the Single Parent
1979 · Executive Producer
Blind Ambition
1979 · Executive Producer
Walking Through the Fire
1979 · Executive Producer
Transplant
1979 · Executive Producer
Who'll Save Our Children?
1978 · Executive Producer
Lovey: A Circle of Children, Part II
1978 · Executive Producer
Tom and Joann
1978 · Executive Producer
Home to Stay
1978 · Executive Producer
The World Beyond
1978 · Executive Producer
Breaking Up
1978 · Executive Producer
Tell Me My Name
1977 · Executive Producer
On Our Own
1977 · Executive Producer
World of Darkness
1977 · Executive Producer
Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years
1977 · Executive Producer
Johnny, We Hardly Knew Ye
1977 · Executive Producer
Harry S. Truman: Plain Speaking
1976 · Producer
Alice
1976 · Producer
Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson
1976 · Executive Producer
Eleanor and Franklin
1976 · Executive Producer
Saturday Night Live
1975 · Self (uncredited)
Fear on Trial
1975 · Self
A Moon for the Misbegotten
1975 · Producer
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
1974 · Producer
Crown Matrimonial
1974 · Producer
The Country Girl
1974 · Producer
The Glass Menagerie
1973 · Producer
Howard Hughes: the Watergate Connection
1973 · Director
If You Give a Dance, You Gotta Pay the Band
1972 · Producer
Harvey
1972 · Producer
All the Way Home
1971 · Producer
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