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Lou Adler

Record Producer / Songwriter / Film Producer / Talent Manager / Film Director | * 12/13/1933 (90) | Chicago, Illinois (United States of America (USA))
Lester Louis Adler (born December 13, 1933) is an American record and film producer and the co-owner of the Roxy Theatre in West Hollywood, California. Adler has produced and developed a number of high-profile musical artists, including The Grass Roots, Jan & Dean, The Mamas & the Papas, and Carole King. King's album Tapestry, produced by Adler, won the 1972 Grammy Award for Album of the Year and has been called one of the greatest pop albums of all time. Adler is an executive producer of The Rocky Horror Picture Show and discovered and produced comedy albums and films for Cheech & Chong. In 2006, he was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his achievements in music. He was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2013 as the winner, alongside Quincy Jones, of the Ahmet Ertegun Award. ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Documentaries | Music | Comedies

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An unemployed pot-smoking slacker and amateur drummer, Anthony Stoner ditches his strict parents and hits the road, eventually meeting kindred spirit Pedro de Pacas. While the drug-ingesting duo is so ...

Up in Smoke

R

1978 | 3.4/5 | 1h 26min
Comedy
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When teen-socialite Kelly Van Ryan and troubled bad girl Suzie Toller accuse guidance counselor Sam Lombardo of rape, he's suspended by the school, rejected by the town, and fighting to get his life b ...

Wild Things

R

1998 | 3.2/5 | 1h 48min
Mystery, Thriller, Drama
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A sheltered Amish child is the sole witness of a brutal murder in a restroom at a Philadelphia train station, and he must be protected. The assignment falls to a taciturn detective who goes undercover ...

Witness

R

1985 | 3.5/5 | 1h 53min
Crime, Drama, Romance / Love, Thriller
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Sweethearts Brad and Janet, stuck with a flat tire during a storm, discover the eerie mansion of Dr. Frank-N-Furter, a transvestite scientist. As their innocence is lost, Brad and Janet meet a housefu ...

The Rocky Horror Picture Show

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1975 | 3.8/5 | 1h 40min
Comedy, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror
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Awards & Nominations for Lou Adler

Star On Hollywood Walk of Fame Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
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Movies with Lou Adler as Actor(13)

as himself2020 Herb Alpert Is...
as himself2019 Echo in the Canyon
as himself2016 Carole King: Natural Woman
as Himself - Producer, The Rocky Horror Show2015 Meat Loaf: In and Out of Hell
2014 You've Got A Friend: The Carole King Story
as Self - Music Producer2013 Jimi Hendrix: Hear My Train a Comin'
as himself2013 20 Feet from Stardom
as himself2008 The Wrecking Crew
as himself2006 a/k/a Tommy Chong
as himself2005 California Dreamin': The Songs of The Mamas & The Papas
as himself2003 Sam Cooke: Legend
as himself1999 Making of The Fabulous Stains
as himself1995 The Rocky Horror Double Feature Video Show

TV Shows/Series with Lou Adler as Actor(2)

as himself2006 Legends
as himself1997 Behind the Music

Movies with Lou Adler as Crew(12)

Production/Producer2023 Carole King: Home Again
Production/Producer2013 Cheech & Chong's Animated Movie
Crew/Thanks2010 I'm Still Here
Crew/Thanks1995 The Rocky Horror Double Feature Video Show
Production/Executive Producer1992 American Me
Directing/Director1982 Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains
Production/Executive Producer1981 Shock Treatment
Directing/Director1978 Up in Smoke
Production/Producer1978 Up in Smoke
Production/Executive Producer1975 The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Production/Producer1970 Brewster McCloud
Production/Producer1968 Monterey Pop

Full Name: Lester Louis Adler
Born: Wednesday, 12/13 1933 (December) in Chicago, Illinois (United States of America (USA)) (current age: 90 years + 136 days)
Zodiac sign: Sagittarius (Chinese zodiac sign: Rooster)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: Fairfax High School, Theodore Roosevelt High School
Spouses (current/former): Shelley Fabares, Page Hannah
Other names for Lou Adler (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Lester Louis Adler"
Lou Adler frequently works together with these people:
Richard O'Brien (9x, Actor)
Casey Affleck (6x, Actor)
Cheech Marin (5x, Actor)
Tommy Chong (5x, Actor)
Jim Sharman (5x, Crew)
George Scott (5x, Crew)
Edward James Olmos (4x, Actor)
Michelle Phillips (4x, Actress)
Richard Hartley (4x, Crew)
Jerrell Conner (4x, Crew)
Patricia Quinn (3x, Actress)
Jeff Lynne (2x, Actor)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:124276, Added: 06/28/2018, Last updated: 04/23/2024