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David L. Wolper 
Born January 11, 1928
New York City, New York, U.S.Died August 10, 2010 (aged 82)
Beverly Hills, California, U.S.Occupation Producer David Lloyd Wolper (January 11, 1928 – August 10, 2010) was an American television and film producer, responsible for shows such as Roots, The Thorn Birds, North & South, L.A. Confidential, and the film Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971). He also produced numerous documentaries and documentary series like Biography (TV series; 1961–63), The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich (TV), Appointment with Destiny (TV series), This is Elvis, Four Days in November, Imagine: John Lennon, and others. He directed the 1959 documentary The Race for Space, which was nominated for an Academy Award. His 1971 film (as executive producer) about the study of insects The Hellstrom Chronicle won an Academy Award.
For his work on television, he had received his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
The pre-1968 library is owned by Cube Entertainment (formerly International Creative Exchange), the post-1970 library is owned by Warner Bros..
On March 13, 1974, one of his crews filming a National Geographic history of Australopithecus at Mammoth Mountain Ski Area was killed when the Corvair 440 Sierra Pacific Airlines plane exploded on take off from Eastern Sierra Regional Airport in Bishop, California killing all 35 on board including 31 Wolper crew members. The filmed segment was recovered in the wreckage and was broadcast in the television series Primal Man. The NTSB never determined the cause of the accident and the resort sold the airline.[1]
Wolper died on August 10, 2010 of congestive heart disease and complications of Parkinson's disease at his Beverly Hills home. Wolper was survived by his wife of 36 years Glorida, his 3 children from a previous marriage sons Mark and Michael Wolper and a daughter Leslie. He was also survived by 10 grandchildren.[2]
Productions
His company in the following productions. He was a distributor in early shows and became an executive producer with The Race for Space in 1958.[3][4]
Year Show 1949 Funny Bunnies (36 Episodes) 1953 Superman (90 Episodes) 1954 Baseball Hall of Fame (75 Episodes) 1954 O.S.S.[disambiguation needed 
] (32 Episodes)1954 Grand Ole Opry (39 Episodes) 1955 Congressional Investigator (26 Episodes) 1958 The Race for Space 1958 Men from Boys - The First Eight Weeks 1959 Project: Man in Space 1960 Hollywood: The Golden Years 1961 Biography of a Rookie: The Willie Davis Story 1961 The Rafer Johnson Story 1962 Hollywood: The Great Stars 1962 Hollywood: The Fabulous Era 1962 D-Day June 6, 1944 1962 Biography 1962–1963 Story of... 1963 Hollywood and the Stars 1963 Escape to Freedom 1963 Kreboizen and Cancer: Thirteen Years of Bitter Conflict 1963 The Passing Years: Rework of Story of a Year 1927 1963 The Making of the President, 1960 1963–1964 Specials for United Artists 1964 The Legend of Marilyn Monroe 1964 The Quest for Peace 1964 A Thousand Days: A Tribute to John Fitzgerald Kennedy 1964 Men in Crisis 1965 Four Days in November 1965 France: Conquest to Liberation 1965 Korea: The 38th Parallel 1965 Prelude to War (Beginning of World War II) 1965 Japan: A New Dawn over Asia (Japan in the 20th Century) 1965 007: The Incredible World of James Bond 1965 Let My People Go (The Story of Israel) 1965 October Madness: The World Series 1965 Race for the Moon 1965 Miss Television U.S.A. 1965 The Really Big Family: The Duke of Seattle & Their 18 Children 1965 Revolution in Our Time 1965 The Bold Men 1965 The General[disambiguation needed ]1965 The Teenage Revolution 1965 The Way Out Men 1965 In Search of Man 1965 Pro Football: Mayhem On A Sunday Afternoon 1965 Revolution in the 3 R's 1965 The Thin Blue Line[disambiguation needed ]1965 In Search of Man 1965 Silent Partners 1965–1966 The March of Time 1965–1975 National Geographic Society Specials 1966 The Making of the President, 1964 1966 Wall Street Where the Money Is 1966 A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the White House 1966 Destination Safety 1966 China: Roots of Madness 1966–1968 The World of Animals 1967 The Big Land 1967 A Nation of Immigrants 1967 Untamed World 1967 A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Hollywood 1967 Movin' with Nancy 1967–1968 Do Blondes Have More Fun? 1967–1968 The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau 1968 Rise and Fall of the Third Reich 1968 The Dangerous Years 1968 California 1968 With Love, Sophia 1968 Monte Carlo C'est la Rose 1968 Sophia: A Self Portrait 1968 The Highlights of the Ice Capades 1968 1968 On the Trail of Stanley and Livingstone 1968 Hollywood: The Selznick Years 1968 The Devil's Brigade 1968 The Making of the President, 1968 1969 The Bridge at Remagen 1969 If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium 1969 Los Angeles: Where It's At 1970 The Unfinished Journey of Robert F. Kennedy 1970 I Love My Wife 1970–1972 The Plimpton Specials 1971 Say Goodbye 1971 They've Killed President Lincoln 1971 The Hellstrom Chronicle 1971 Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory 1971–1973 Appointment With Destiny 1972 King, Queen, Knave 1972 One Is a Lonely Number 1972 Here Comes Tomorrow: The Fear Fighters 1972 Republican Party Films 1972 Make Mine Red, White and Blue 1972 Top of The Month (3 half-hour specials) 1972 Of Thee I Sing 1972–1973 Explorers[disambiguation needed ]1973 The 500 Pound Jerk 1973 Wattstax 1973 Visions of Eight 1973–1974 Primal Man Specials 1973–1975 The American Heritage Specials 1974 This Week In The NBA (Series of 20 half-hours) 1974 NBA Game of the Week Featurettes 1974 Get Christie Love! 1974 Judgment Specials 1974 The Morning After 1974 Unwed Father 1974 Men of the Dragon 1974 The First Woman President 1974 Love from A to Z 1974 Birds Do It, Bees Do It 1974 The Animal Within 1974 Yes Virgina, There Is A Santa Claus 1974–1975 Get Christie Love! 1974–1975 Smithsonian Specials 1974–1975 Sandburg's Lincoln 1974–1976 Chico and the Man 1975 Death Stalk 1975 I Will Fight No More Forever 1975–1976 Welcome Back, Kotter 1976 Brenda Starr 1976 Collision Course 1976 Celebration: The American Spirit 1976 The Unexplained 1976 Victory At Entebbe 1976 Mysteries of the Great Pyramids 1977 Roots 1978 Roots: One Year Later 1978 Roots: The Next Generations 1980 The Man Who Saw Tomorrow: Nostradamus 1980 Moviola 1980 The Thorn Birds 1981 This Is Elvis 1981 Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter 1981 Small World 1981 Murder Is Easy 1982 The Mystic Warrior 1982 Casablanca 1984 XXIIIrd Olympiad, Los Angeles 1984 1984 His Mistress 1985 North And South - Book I 1986 North And South - Book II 1986 Liberty Weekend 1987 The Betty Ford Story 1987 Napoleon and Josephine: A Love Story 1988 What Price Victory 1988 Imagine: John Lennon 1988 Roots: The Gift 1989 The Plot to Kill Hitler 1989 Murder In Mississippi 1990 Warner Bros. Celebration of Tradition, June 2, 1990 1990 Dillinger 1990 When You Remember Me 1991 Best of the Worst 1991 Bed of Lies 1992 Celebrations 1992 Fatal Deception: Mrs. Lee Harvey Oswald 1993 Celebration of a Life: Steven J. Ross Chairman of Time Warner 1993 River of Rage: The Texas Flood Tragedy - The Flood: Who Will Save Our Children? 1993 Heaven And Hell: North And South Book III 1994 On Trial 1994 Golf - The Greatest Game 1994 Heroes of the Game 1994 Without Warning 1994 Murder in the First 1995 Prince for a Day 1996 The Thorn Birds: The Missing Years 1996 Surviving Picasso 1997 L.A. Confidential 1998 Terror at the Mall 1998 Warner Bros. 75th Anniversary Show 1998 A Will of Their Own 1998 Confirmation 1998 Legends, Icons and Superstars 1999 To Serve and Protect 1999 Celebrate the Century References
- ^ http://www.check-six.com/Crash_Sites/PrimalMan-N4819C.htm
- ^ "David Wolper, producer of 'Roots,' has died". Associated Press. 2010-08-11. http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jS9NDMWghDda11zVwnU0CgtAYA6AD9HHE5T01. Retrieved 2010-08-11.
- ^ http://www.davidlwolper.com/shows/filmography.cfm
- ^ David L. Wolper at the Internet Movie Database
External links
- Official website
- David L. Wolper at the Internet Movie Database
- David Wolper Archive of American Television video interview from 1998
Academy Awards Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award Y. Frank Freeman (1956) · Samuel Goldwyn (1957) · Bob Hope (1959) · Sol Lesser (1960) · George Seaton (1961) · Steve Broidy (1962) · Edmond L. DePatie (1965) · George Bagnall (1966) · Gregory Peck (1967) · Martha Raye (1968) · George Jessel (1969) · Frank Sinatra (1970) · Rosalind Russell (1972) · Lew Wasserman (1973) · Arthur B. Krim (1974) · Jules C. Stein (1975) · Charlton Heston (1977) · Leo Jaffe (1978) · Robert Benjamin (1979) · Danny Kaye (1981) · Walter Mirisch (1982) · M. J. Frankovich (1983) · David L. Wolper (1984) · Charles “Buddy” Rogers (1985) · Howard W. Koch (1989) · Audrey Hepburn / Elizabeth Taylor (1992) · Paul Newman (1993) · Quincy Jones (1994) · Arthur Hiller (2001) · Roger Mayer (2005) · Sherry Lansing (2007) · Jerry Lewis (2009)
Categories:- 1928 births
- 2010 deaths
- Academy Honorary Award recipients
- American television producers
- Deaths from heart failure
- Deaths from Parkinson's disease
- University of Southern California alumni
- American television producer stubs
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