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Nationality
  
US

Other names
  
Jacob Jerome Gross


Name
  
Jack Gross

Role
  
Television producer


Born
  
July 29, 1902
New York City

Occupation
  
motion picture and television producer

Died
  
March 12, 1964, London, United Kingdom

Spouse
  
Hilda Ruth Gross (m. 1929–1964)

Parents
  
George Gross, Pauline Gross

Movies
  
The Big Steal, Rachel and the Stranger, Crack‑Up, The Woman on Pier 13, Destination 60 - 000

Similar People
  
Philip N Krasne, George Waggner, Norman Foster, Irving Reis, Robert Stevenson

for the American film and screenwriter please see Jack Gross

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Jack J. Gross (born July 29, 1902 in New York City, died March 12, 1964, age 61, London, England) was a motion picture and television producer.

Early years

Jack Gross was the son of George and Pauline Gross, Jewish immigrants from Hungary and Romania, respectively. The oldest of three brothers, Jack Gross began working as an usher after school in New York City, as a projectionist in St. Joseph, Missouri, and as a theater manager in South Bend, Indiana, Eldorado, Kansas, Minneapolis, San Francisco, and Los Angeles, before being appointed western division manager of RKO Theaters.

Producer

In 1939, Gross became a producer at Universal Pictures, remaining there until 1943, when he was appointed executive producer at RKO. Gross joined Philip N. Krasne in 1952 to form Gross-Krasne, Inc, a pioneer American independent producer of television films. They produced, among other programs, the Big Town and Mayor of the Town. Gross-Krasne also acquired the rights to O. Henry's stories and filmed 39 half-hour O. Henry Playhouse television shows. In 1952, Gross-Krasne bought the California Studios (now the Raleigh Studios) where many of their productions were filmed.

Death

In the Connaught Hotel, Gross died suddenly of basilar cerebral thrombosis while on a business trip to London. His remains were cremated and dispersed in the Garden of Rest Cemetery, London.

Selected filmography

  • Return of the Bad Men (1948)
  • References

    Jack J. Gross Wikipedia


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