---
name: "John Veitch"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/john-veitch"
fi1m_id: "john-veitch"
imdb_id: "nm0892109"
tmdb_id: 29856
wikidata_id: "Q104465829"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "22 June 1920"
died: "8 December 1998"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 75
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-04T23:52:58.272398+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."
---

# John Veitch

## Identity

John Veitch

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/john-veitch
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** john-veitch
- **IMDb ID:** nm0892109
- **TMDB ID:** 29856
- **Wikidata ID:** Q104465829
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q104465829, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0892109/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/29856

Producer. Born 22 June 1920 in Queens, New York, USA. Died 8 December 1998.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 22 June 1920, Queens, New York, USA
- **Died:** 8 December 1998
- **Active:** 1959–1994
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 4: 3 producing, 1 crew
- **Average Fi1m score:** 75, as producer, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1950s 92 (1), 1960s 62 (1), 1990s 66 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 75 to 66 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Romance 3, Horror 2, Comedy 1, Crime 1, Drama 1, Science Fiction 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $353m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q104465829, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0892109/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/29856

## Biography

John Veitch (1920–1998) was an American film producer, production manager and assistant director. He began his career as an actor in the early 1950s before moving into production roles, working as a location manager on films including *Some Like It Hot* (1959) and *The Horse Soldiers* (1959), and as unit production manager on *The Magnificent Seven* (1960).

Veitch later served as producer on *Fast Forward* (1985), *Rainbow Drive* (1990) and *Fly Away Home* (1996). He was co-producer on *Bram Stoker's Dracula* (1992) and executive producer on *Suspect* (1987). He produced *Mary Shelley's Frankenstein* (1994) alongside Francis Ford Coppola and James V. Hart.

He was married to Carol Lee Ladd from 1958 until his death and was son-in-law of actor Alan Ladd.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, tvguide.com, catalog.afi.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

### Produced (3) — the average rests on these

- *Mary Shelley's Frankenstein* (1994), Fi1m 54, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/mary-shelleys-frankenstein.md)
- *Bram Stoker's Dracula* (1992), Fi1m 79, Co-Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/bram-stokers-dracula.md)
- *Some Like It Hot* (1959), Fi1m 92, Location Manager — [page](https://film.one/film/some-like-it-hot.md)

### Crew (1)

- *Ship of Fools* (1965), Fi1m 62, Assistant Director — [page](https://film.one/film/ship-of-fools.md)

## Complete filmography (13)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Fly Away Home* (1996), Producer
- *Mary Shelley's Frankenstein* (1994), Producer — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/mary-shelleys-frankenstein.md)
- *Bram Stoker's Dracula* (1992), Co-Producer — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/bram-stokers-dracula.md)
- *Rainbow Drive* (1990), Producer
- *Suspect* (1987), Executive Producer
- *Fast Forward* (1985), Producer
- *Ship of Fools* (1965), Assistant Director — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/film/ship-of-fools.md)
- *Major Dundee* (1965), Assistant Director
- *The Magnificent Seven* (1960), Unit Production Manager
- *Guns of the Timberland* (1960), Unit Production Manager
- *The Horse Soldiers* (1959), Location Manager
- *Some Like It Hot* (1959), Location Manager — Fi1m 92, [page](https://film.one/film/some-like-it-hot.md)
- *Crime Wave* (1953), as Information Officer (uncredited)

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