---
name: "Marvin Worth"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/marvin-worth"
fi1m_id: "marvin-worth"
imdb_id: "nm0941703"
tmdb_id: 68493
wikidata_id: "Q3850417"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "6 June 1925"
died: "22 April 1998"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 73
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-20T05:39:33.337481+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."
---

# Marvin Worth

## Identity

Marvin Worth

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/marvin-worth
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** marvin-worth
- **IMDb ID:** nm0941703
- **TMDB ID:** 68493
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3850417
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvin_Worth, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3850417, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0941703/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/68493

Producer. Born 6 June 1925 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. Died 22 April 1998.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 6 June 1925, Brooklyn, New York, USA
- **Died:** 22 April 1998
- **Active:** 1974–1992
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Average Fi1m score:** 73, as producer, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 67 (1), 1990s 79 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvin_Worth, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3850417, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0941703/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/68493

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Lenny*](https://film.one/film/lenny.md) (67)

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## Biography

Marvin Worth (6 June 1925 – 22 April 1998) was an American film producer, screenwriter and actor. He began his career as a teenager promoting jazz concerts in New York and later managed comedians including Lenny Bruce.

Worth produced the 1974 biographical film *Lenny*, which earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Picture. He spent over two decades developing a project about Malcolm X, acquiring the rights to the autobiography in 1967; this resulted in the 1972 documentary *Malcolm X*, nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, and the 1992 feature film directed by Spike Lee.

Among his other productions were *The Rose* (1979), *See No Evil, Hear No Evil* (1989), *Diabolique* (1996) and the television film *Gia* (1998). He received further award nominations including an Emmy for *Gia*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, latimes.com, nytimes.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Malcolm X* (1992), Fi1m 79, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/malcolm-x.md)
- *Lenny* (1974), Fi1m 67, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/lenny.md)

## Complete filmography (25)

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

- *James Dean* (2001), Executive Producer
- *Gia* (1998), Executive Producer
- *Norma Jean & Marilyn* (1996), Executive Producer
- *Diabolique* (1996), Producer
- *Malcolm X* (1992), Producer — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/malcolm-x.md)
- *Running Mates* (1992), Producer
- *Flashback* (1990), Producer
- *See No Evil, Hear No Evil* (1989), Producer, Story
- *Patty Hearst* (1988), Producer
- *Less Than Zero* (1987), Producer
- *Falling in Love* (1984), Producer
- *Rhinestone* (1984), Producer
- *Unfaithfully Yours* (1984), Producer
- *Soup for One* (1982), Producer
- *Up the Academy* (1980), Producer
- *The Rose* (1979), Producer
- *Fire Sale* (1977), Producer
- *Lenny* (1974), Producer — Fi1m 67, [page](https://film.one/film/lenny.md)
- *Malcolm X* (1972), Producer
- *The Sheriff* (1971), Executive Producer
- *Where’s Poppa?* (1970), Producer
- *Three on a Couch* (1966), Story
- *Promise Her Anything* (1966), Original Story
- *Get Smart* (1965), series, Writer
- *Boys' Night Out* (1962), Story

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 1975: Best Picture (nominated), for *Lenny*

### Other awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Picture 1985: Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Picture (nominated), for *Rhinestone*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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