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name: "Ross Hunter"
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born: "6 May 1920"
died: "10 March 1996"
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# Ross Hunter

Producer. Born 6 May 1920 in Cleveland. Died 10 March 1996.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 6 May 1920, Cleveland
- **Died:** 10 March 1996
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross_Hunter, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2754518, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0403022/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/41408

## Biography

Ross Hunter (born Martin Terry Fuss; 6 May 1920 – 10 March 1996) was an American film and television producer and actor. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, he taught English and drama before serving in US Army Intelligence during the Second World War. He began his Hollywood career as an actor in the mid-1940s, appearing in several B-movies, before turning to producing in the early 1950s.

Hunter produced more than sixty films, many for Universal Pictures, specialising in romantic comedies and glamorous melodramas. His credits include *Magnificent Obsession* (1954), *All That Heaven Allows* (1955), *Pillow Talk* (1959), *Imitation of Life* (1959), *Midnight Lace* (1960), *Thoroughly Modern Millie* (1967) and *Airport* (1970). The latter earned him his only Academy Award nomination for Best Picture. He later produced made-for-television films.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Imitation of Life* (1959), Fi1m 86, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/imitation-of-life.md)

## Complete filmography (59)

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

- *The Best Place to Be* (1979), Producer
- *Suddenly, Love* (1978), Producer
- *A Family Upside Down* (1978), Producer
- *Arthur Hailey's The Moneychangers* (1976), series, Producer
- *The Lives of Jenny Dolan* (1975), Executive Producer
- *Lost Horizon* (1973), Producer
- *Airport* (1970), Producer
- *Rosie!* (1967), Executive Producer
- *Thoroughly Modern Millie* (1967), Producer
- *The Pad and How to Use It* (1966), Producer
- *Madame X* (1966), Producer
- *The Art of Love* (1965), Producer
- *I'd Rather Be Rich* (1964), Producer
- *The Chalk Garden* (1964), Producer
- *The Thrill of It All* (1963), Producer
- *Tammy and the Doctor* (1963), Producer
- *If a Man Answers* (1962), Producer
- *Flower Drum Song* (1961), Producer
- *Back Street* (1961), Producer
- *Tammy Tell Me True* (1961), Producer
- *Midnight Lace* (1960), Producer
- *Portrait in Black* (1960), Producer
- *Pillow Talk* (1959), Producer
- *Imitation of Life* (1959), Producer — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/imitation-of-life.md)
- *A Stranger in My Arms* (1959), Producer
- *The Restless Years* (1958), Producer
- *This Happy Feeling* (1958), Producer
- *Interlude* (1957), Producer
- *My Man Godfrey* (1957), Producer
- *Tammy and the Bachelor* (1957), Producer
- *Battle Hymn* (1957), Producer
- *There's Always Tomorrow* (1956), as Producer
- *The Spoilers* (1955), Producer
- *All That Heaven Allows* (1955), Producer
- *One Desire* (1955), Producer
- *Captain Lightfoot* (1955), Producer
- *The Yellow Mountain* (1954), Producer
- *Naked Alibi* (1954), Producer
- *Magnificent Obsession* (1954), Producer
- *Taza, Son of Cochise* (1954), Producer
- *Tumbleweed* (1953), Producer
- *All I Desire* (1953), Producer
- *Take Me to Town* (1953), Producer
- *The Duel at Silver Creek* (1952), Associate Producer
- *Son of Ali Baba* (1952), Associate Producer
- *The Battle at Apache Pass* (1952), Associate Producer
- *Steel Town* (1952), Associate Producer
- *Flame of Araby* (1951), Associate Producer
- *When I Grow Up* (1951), Script Supervisor
- *The Groom Wore Spurs* (1951), as Austin Tindale (uncredited)
- *Woman on the Run* (1950), Dialogue
- *Sweetheart of Sigma Chi* (1946), as Ted Sloan
- *The Bandit of Sherwood Forest* (1946), as Robin Hood's Man (uncredited)
- *Out of the Depths* (1945), as Clayton Shepherd
- *Hit the Hay* (1945), as Ted Barton
- *A Guy, a Gal and a Pal* (1945), as Jimmy Jones
- *She's a Sweetheart* (1944), as Paul
- *Ever Since Venus* (1944), as Bradley Miller
- *Louisiana Hayride* (1944), as Gordon Pearson

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 1971: Best Picture (nominated), for *Airport*

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

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