| Birth: | Jul. 7, 1901
New York
New York County
New York, USA | | Death: | Aug. 4, 1973
Hollywood
Los Angeles County
California, USA | 
Motion Picture Producer, Director. Best known as "Jungle Sam," and for a long string of ultra-cheapie films at ‘Columbia’ in the 1950's. He started out working in western, crime melodramas and several serials. In 1940 he created the “East Side Kids” and one year later signed Bela Lugosi for a lucrative series of horror pictures. In the 1960s he produced Elvis Presley musicals for MGM. (bio by: MC)
Family links:
Spouse:
Hortense Petrimoulx (1904 - 1982)*
*Calculated relationship
Search Amazon for Sam Katzman | | | Burial:
Hillside Memorial Park
Culver City
Los Angeles County
California, USA
Plot: Mausoleum, Memorial Court, North Wall, Crypt 316 |
Maintained by: Find A Grave
Originally Created by: MC
Record added: Nov 30, 2004
Find A Grave Memorial# 10005486 |
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