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name: "David Weisbart"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/david-weisbart"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "21 January 1915"
died: "21 July 1967"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T12:48:02.645237+00:00"
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# David Weisbart

Producer. Born 21 January 1915 in Los Angeles. Died 21 July 1967.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 21 January 1915, Los Angeles
- **Died:** 21 July 1967

## Biography

David Weisbart (1915–1967) was an American film editor and producer. Born in Los Angeles, he began working as an editor for Warner Bros. in 1942 and edited around twenty films there over the following decade, including *Mildred Pierce* (1945) and *A Streetcar Named Desire* (1951). He received an Academy Award nomination for editing *Johnny Belinda* (1948).

In 1952 Weisbart became the youngest producer under contract at Warner Bros. His early producing credits include *Them!* (1954) and *Rebel Without a Cause* (1955). He later moved to 20th Century Fox, where he produced *Love Me Tender* (1956), the first Elvis Presley film, as well as three further Presley pictures and *April Love* (1957).

Weisbart created the television series *Custer* (also known as *The Legend of Custer*), which ran for seventeen episodes in 1967. He was producing *Valley of the Dolls* (1967) at the time of his death from heart failure in Los Angeles.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Rebel Without a Cause* (1955), Fi1m 84, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/rebel-without-a-cause.md)

## Also known for

- *Them!* (1954), Producer
- *Valley of the Dolls* (1967), Producer
- *Flaming Star* (1960), Producer
- *Love Me Tender* (1956), Producer
- *Rio Conchos* (1964), Producer
- *Kid Galahad* (1962), Producer
- *Follow That Dream* (1962), Producer

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