Cause of death Lung cancer Years active 1939–1959 | Name Buddy Adler Role Film producer | |
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Full Name E. Maurice Adler Born June 22, 1909 ( 1909-06-22 ) New York City, New York, U.S. Awards Academy Award for Best Picture, Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award, Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award Nominations Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy Movies From Here to Eternity, Bus Stop, Love Is a Many‑Splendored Thing, Anastasia, The Inn of the Sixth Happiness Similar People Daniel Taradash, Anita Louise, Burnett Guffey, Fred Zinnemann, Joshua Logan | ||
On the Waterfront Wins Best Picture: 1955 Oscars
E. Maurice "Buddy" Adler (June 22, 1909 – July 12, 1960) was an American film producer and a former production head for 20th Century Fox studios.
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Born in New York City, New York, he married actress Anita Louise Fremault (1915–1970) in 1940. They had two children together.
In 1954, his production of From Here to Eternity won the Academy Award for Best Picture and in 1956, his Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing was nominated for best picture. Adler also produced the 1956 film Bus Stop, starring Marilyn Monroe.
Awards
He was the recipient of the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award in 1957. The following year he received the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award for lifetime achievement in motion pictures.
Death
Buddy Adler died of lung cancer, aged 51, in Los Angeles and was interred in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California. His widow, who was buried there as well, died ten years later.