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Ross Hunter

Film Producer / Actor / Teacher / Television Producer | * 05/06/1920 († 75, 03/10/1996) | Cleveland, Ohio (United States of America (USA))
Ross Hunter (born Martin Terry Fuss; May 6, 1920 – March 10, 1996) was an American film and television producer and actor. He is best known for producing light comedies such as Pillow Talk (1959), and the glamorous melodramas Magnificent Obsession (1954), Imitation of Life (1959), and Back Street (1961). Over the course of his career, Hunter produced films of various genres but found his greatest success with light-hearted comedies, musicals and melodramatic "tear jerkers" that were high on romance and glamour. ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Romance / Love

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Two different social classes collide when Cary Scott, a wealthy upper-class widow, falls in love with her much younger and down-to-earth gardener, prompting disapproval and criticism from her children ...

All That Heaven Allows

NR

1955 | 3.7/5 | 1h 29min
Drama, Romance / Love
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Melodrama about a bomber on board an airplane, an airport almost closed by snow, and various personal problems of the people involved. ...

Airport

PG

1970 | 3.2/5 | 2h 17min
Action, Drama, Thriller
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Steve Kostain, nephew of the owner, begins working at a steel mill to learn the business from the bottom up. He rooms with a steel working family, the McNamaras, and falls for the daughter, "Red", who ...

Steel Town

NR

1952 | 3.0/5 | 1h 25min
Drama
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Two ambitious vice presidents become rivals when an imminent board room vacancy arises. ...

Arthur Hailey's The Moneychangers

TV-MA

1976 | 2.5/5 | 1h 30min per episode
Drama
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Awards & Nominations for Ross Hunter

Academy Award for Best Picture
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Movies with Ross Hunter as Actor(12)

as himself1991 Doris Day: A Sentimental Journey
as himself1975 Mitzi & 100 Guys
1956 There's Always Tomorrow
as Austin Tindale (uncredited)1951 The Groom Wore Spurs
as Ted Sloan1946 Sweetheart of Sigma Chi
as Robin Hood's Man (uncredited)1946 The Bandit of Sherwood Forest
as Jimmy Jones1945 A Guy, a Gal and a Pal
as Clayton Shepherd1945 Out of the Depths
as Ted Barton1945 Hit the Hay
as Gordon Pearson1944 Louisiana Hayride
as Bradley Miller1944 Ever Since Venus
as Paul1944 She's a Sweetheart

Movies with Ross Hunter as Crew(48)

Production/Producer1979 The Best Place to Be
Production/Producer1978 Suddenly, Love
Production/Producer1978 A Family Upside Down
Production/Executive Producer1975 The Lives of Jenny Dolan
Production/Producer1973 Lost Horizon
Production/Producer1970 Airport
Production/Executive Producer1967 Rosie!
Production/Producer1967 Thoroughly Modern Millie
Production/Producer1966 Madame X
Production/Producer1966 The Pad and How to Use It
Production/Producer1965 The Art of Love
Production/Producer1964 The Chalk Garden
Production/Producer1964 I'd Rather Be Rich
Production/Producer1963 Tammy and the Doctor
Production/Producer1963 The Thrill of It All
Production/Producer1962 If a Man Answers
Production/Producer1961 Back Street
Production/Producer1961 Flower Drum Song
Production/Producer1961 Tammy Tell Me True
Production/Producer1960 Portrait in Black
Production/Producer1960 Midnight Lace
Production/Producer1959 A Stranger in My Arms
Production/Producer1959 Imitation of Life
Production/Producer1959 Pillow Talk
Production/Producer1958 The Restless Years
Production/Producer1958 This Happy Feeling
Production/Producer1957 My Man Godfrey
Production/Producer1957 Tammy and the Bachelor
Production/Producer1957 Interlude
Production/Producer1957 Battle Hymn
Production/Producer1956 There's Always Tomorrow
Production/Producer1955 All That Heaven Allows
Production/Producer1955 Captain Lightfoot
Production/Producer1955 One Desire
Production/Producer1955 The Spoilers
Production/Producer1954 Naked Alibi
Production/Producer1954 Magnificent Obsession
Production/Producer1954 Taza, Son of Cochise
Production/Producer1954 The Yellow Mountain
Production/Producer1953 All I Desire
Production/Producer1953 Take Me to Town
Production/Producer1953 Tumbleweed
Production/Associate Producer1952 Son of Ali Baba
Production/Associate Producer1952 Steel Town
Production/Associate Producer1952 The Battle at Apache Pass
Directing/Script Supervisor1951 When I Grow Up
Production/Associate Producer1951 Flame of Araby
Writing/Dialogue1950 Woman on the Run

TV Shows/Series with Ross Hunter as Crew(1)

Production/Producer1976 Arthur Hailey's The Moneychangers

Full Name: Ross Hunter
Born: Thursday, 05/06 1920 (May) in Cleveland, Ohio (United States of America (USA))
Died: Sunday, 03/10 1996 (March) in Los Angeles (aged: 75)
Zodiac sign: Taurus (Chinese zodiac sign: Monkey)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Educated at: Glenville High School
Ross Hunter frequently works together with these people:
Bud Westmore (28x, Crew)
Alexander Golitzen (23x, Crew)
Milton Carruth (19x, Crew)
Russell Metty (18x, Crew)
Russell A. Gausman (18x, Crew)
Joseph Gershenson (17x, Crew)
Leslie I. Carey (16x, Crew)
Frank Skinner (14x, Crew)
Hayden Rorke (12x, Actor)
Larry Germain (11x, Crew)
Bill Thomas (11x, Crew)
Dean Riesner (2x, Crew)
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