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Irving Asher

American film producer (1903-1985) · United States · On the map · Directors · Died at 81

Irving Asher was an American film producer. Born in San Francisco in September 1903, he began his film production career in Hollywood in 1919. After joining the staff of Warner Brothers he was sent over to England as the managing director of their subsidiary Teddington Studios in Middlesex in the mid-1930s.

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1985Died17 March 19851957How to Marry a MillionaireSeries, ProducerMan Without a GunSeries, 1957Producer1956Broken ArrowSeries, Producer1954Elephant WalkFilm, Producer1952The Turning PointFilm, Producer1942Mr. and Mrs. NorthFilm, Producer1941Billy the KidFilm, Producer1940Ten Days in ParisFilm, Producer1939Q PlanesFilm, Producer1938The Dark StairwayFilm, Producer1937Change for a SovereignFilm, Producer1936Educated EvansFilm, Producer1935Crime UnlimitedFilm, Producer1934Something Always HappensFilm, Producer1933Enemy of the PoliceFilm, Producer1932A Voice Said GoodnightFilm, Producer1929The AviatorFilm, Producer1903Born16 September 1903

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Flynn played his first significant part as the lead in the now-lost Murder at Monte Carlo (1935), which was produced by Asher. Asher went on to join Alexander Korda's London Film Productions where he worked on the epic The Four Feathers (1939). Subsequently, he returned to Hollywood to work as a producer for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, where he earned his only Academy Award nomination for the 1941 Greer Garson film Blossoms in the Dust.

Country
United States
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1903 to 1985 · aged 81