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name: "Jack H. Skirball"
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roles: ["Producer"]
born: "23 June 1896"
died: "8 December 1985"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T12:12:48.302588+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Jack H. Skirball

Producer. Born 23 June 1896 in Homestead. Died 8 December 1985.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 23 June 1896, Homestead
- **Died:** 8 December 1985

## Biography

Jack H. Skirball (1896–1985) was an American film producer. He trained for the rabbinate at Hebrew Union College and served Reform congregations in Cleveland, Ohio, and Evansville, Indiana, before entering the film industry in the 1930s.

After moving to Los Angeles in 1938 he worked with Educational Films Corporation of America and later produced features, including *This Woman is Mine* (1941). He served as associate producer on Alfred Hitchcock’s *Saboteur* (1942) and as producer on *Shadow of a Doubt* (1943). Other credits include *Magnificent Doll* (1946), *The Secret Fury* (1950) and *Payment on Demand* (1951).

In later decades Skirball developed real estate projects and supported Jewish educational and cultural institutions.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, the.hitchcock.zone, catalog.afi.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Shadow of a Doubt* (1943), Fi1m 88, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/shadow-of-a-doubt.md)

## Also known for

- *Saboteur* (1942), Associate Producer

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