---
name: "Robert D. Wachs"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/robert-d-wachs"
fi1m_id: "robert-d-wachs"
imdb_id: "nm0905160"
tmdb_id: 911
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "1 May 1940"
died: "2 December 2013"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 52
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-04T21:17:03.065725+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."
---

# Robert D. Wachs

## Identity

Robert D. Wachs

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/robert-d-wachs
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** robert-d-wachs
- **IMDb ID:** nm0905160
- **TMDB ID:** 911
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0905160/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/911

Producer. Born 1 May 1940 in New York City, New York, USA. Died 2 December 2013.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 1 May 1940, New York City, New York, USA
- **Died:** 2 December 2013
- **Active:** 1986–1990
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 4: 1 writing, 3 producing
- **Frequently works with:** [Eddie Murphy](https://film.one/person/eddie-murphy.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 52, as producer, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 55 (3), 1990s 38 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 52 to 41 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 2 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 3, Action 2, Adventure 1, Crime 1, Romance 1
- **Screen time:** 5 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $522m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0905160/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/911

## Streaming the US now

- **AMC+:** [*Coming to America*](https://film.one/film/coming-to-america.md) (76)

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

## Biography

Robert D. Wachs was an American film producer and talent manager. He co-founded the Comic Strip comedy club in New York in 1975 and discovered Eddie Murphy there, later managing the comedian for more than a decade.

Wachs produced several of Murphy's films, including *The Golden Child* (1986), *Beverly Hills Cop II* (1987), on which he also received a story credit, *Eddie Murphy Raw* (1987), *Coming to America* (1988), *Harlem Nights* (1989) and *Another 48 Hrs.* (1990). He had previously worked as an entertainment lawyer after graduating from the College of William and Mary and Harvard Law School.

Wachs died in Manhattan on 2 December 2013.

*Sources: imdb.com, nytimes.com, variety.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

### Wrote (1)

- *Beverly Hills Cop II* (1987), Fi1m 48, Story, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/beverly-hills-cop-ii.md)

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

- *Another 48 Hrs.* (1990), Fi1m 38, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/another-48-hrs.md)
- *Coming to America* (1988), Fi1m 76, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/coming-to-america.md)
- *The Golden Child* (1986), Fi1m 42, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-golden-child.md)

## Complete filmography (6)

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

- *Another 48 Hrs.* (1990), Producer — Fi1m 38, [page](https://film.one/film/another-48-hrs.md)
- *Harlem Nights* (1989), Producer
- *Coming to America* (1988), Producer — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/coming-to-america.md)
- *Eddie Murphy Raw* (1987), Producer
- *Beverly Hills Cop II* (1987), Story, Executive Producer — Fi1m 48, [page](https://film.one/film/beverly-hills-cop-ii.md)
- *The Golden Child* (1986), Producer — Fi1m 42, [page](https://film.one/film/the-golden-child.md)

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