---
name: "Richard A. Roth"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/richard-a-roth"
fi1m_id: "richard-a-roth"
imdb_id: "nm0004345"
tmdb_id: 11790
wikidata_id: "Q22162554"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "14 August 1939"
died: "24 March 2017"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 77
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-26T17:49:21.805621+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."
---

# Richard A. Roth

## Identity

Richard A. Roth

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/richard-a-roth
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** richard-a-roth
- **IMDb ID:** nm0004345
- **TMDB ID:** 11790
- **Wikidata ID:** Q22162554
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22162554, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004345/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/11790

Producer. Born 14 August 1939 in Beverly Hills. Died 24 March 2017.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 14 August 1939, Beverly Hills
- **Died:** 24 March 2017
- **Active:** 1977–1986
- **Also known as:** Richard Roth 
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Average Fi1m score:** 77, as producer, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 60 (1), 1980s 86 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 77 to 75 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Crime 2, Thriller 2, Drama 1, History 1, Horror 1, Mystery 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $38m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22162554, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004345/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/11790

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Manhunter*](https://film.one/film/manhunter.md) (84)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Blue Velvet* (1986), Fi1m 88, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/blue-velvet.md)
- *Manhunter* (1986), Fi1m 84, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/manhunter.md)
- *Julia* (1977), Fi1m 60, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/julia.md)

## Complete filmography (11)

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

- *Havana* (1990), Producer
- *Blue Velvet* (1986), Executive Producer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/blue-velvet.md)
- *Manhunter* (1986), Producer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/manhunter.md)
- *Johnny Dangerously* (1984), as Prisoner Rabbi
- *Outland* (1981), Producer
- *The World's Greatest Lover* (1977), as Chico
- *Julia* (1977), Producer — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/julia.md)
- *The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother* (1975), Producer
- *Young Frankenstein* (1974), as Inspector Kemp's Aide
- *Our Time* (1974), Producer
- *Summer of '42* (1971), Producer

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 1978: Best Picture (nominated), for *Julia*

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

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