Ray Stark(1915-2004)

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Ray Stark in Cubby Broccoli: The Man Behind Bond (2000)

Soon after World War II he started selling Red Ryder radio scripts written by his Shakespeare professor at Rutgers university. He was soon handling literary talent such as Raymond Chandler and Ben Hecht. He later joined Famous Artists Agency representing Lana Turner, Kirk Douglas, Richard Burton and many others. He resigned in '57 to form Seven Arts Productions with Elliot Hyman and supervised over 50 films including 'Night of the Iguana'and 'Reflections in a Golden Eye'.In 1966 he formed Rastar Productions to produce film versions of Broadway plays such as 'Funny Girl', winning an Oscar nomination for Best Picture, 'The Way We Were', 'Sunshine Boys', 'California Suite' and 'Robin and Marion'.

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Nominated for 2 Oscars
- 5 wins & 6 nominations total

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Known for

Funny Girl

7.4

Producer

1968

Annie

6.6

Producer

1982

Murder by Death

7.2

Producer

1976

Steel Magnolias

7.3

Producer(produced by)

1989

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Producer

Lost in Yonkers
6.8
- producer (produced by)
- 1993
Barbarians at the Gate
7.2
TV Movie
- producer
- 1993
Steel Magnolias
6.6
TV Movie
- co-executive producer
- 1990
Steel Magnolias
7.3
- producer (produced by)
- 1989
Biloxi Blues
6.7
- producer
- 1988
Brighton Beach Memoirs
6.8
- producer
- 1986
The Slugger's Wife
4.4
- producer
- 1985
Sylvester
6.2
- executive producer (uncredited)
- 1985
The Toy
5.8
- producer
- 1982
Annie
6.6
- producer
- 1982
Seems Like Old Times
6.7
- producer
- 1980
The Electric Horseman
6.4
- producer
- 1979
Chapter Two
6.0
- producer
- 1979
California Suite
6.2
- producer
- 1978
The Cheap Detective
6.4
- producer
- 1978

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Born
- October 3, 1915
- New York City, New York, USA
Died
- January 17, 2004
- West Hollywood, California, USA(heart failure)
Spouse
- Frances Brice (Arnstein)September 26, 1940 - May 31, 1992 (her death, 2 children)
Other works
Funny Girl (2002).
Publicity listings
- 1 Print Biography
- 3 Articles

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Trivia
In 1977, when Cliff Robertson began an investigation into financial discrepancies regarding Columbia Pictures' dealings with him that revealed Columbia president David Begelman had forged checks made out to Robertson, Stark warned him that if he pressed ahead with his investigation, Begelman would commit suicide. Robertson said he would do "what a citizen should do in this situation." Begelman was sacked from Columbia but his eventual suicide many years later wasn't connected with the incident. Stark made sure Robertson was blacklisted. The story is detailed in David McClintick's book, "Indecent Exposure.".