Laslo Benedek

Director

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Also Known As

Laszlo Benedek

Birth Place

Budapest, HU

Born

March 05, 1905

Died

March 11, 1992

Biography

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Began his career at UFA and, after brief stints in France and England, arrived in the US in 1937. Benedek made his directorial debut a decade later with the Frank Sinatra vehicle "The Kissing Bandit" (1948) and teamed up with producer Stanley Kramer twice, for a faithful, if pedestrian adaptation of Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman" (1951) and "The Wild One" (1954), which remains a s...

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Assault On Agathon (1976)

The Night Visitor (1971)

Daring Game (1968)

Namu, the Killer Whale (1966)

Affair in Havana (1957)

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Night Visitor, The (1971) -- (Movie Clip) I'm The Insane One

Night Visitor, The (1971) -- (Movie Clip) It's Your Paperweight

Family & Companions

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Danielle DeMers

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Biography

Began his career at UFA and, after brief stints in France and England, arrived in the US in 1937. Benedek made his directorial debut a decade later with the Frank Sinatra vehicle "The Kissing Bandit" (1948) and teamed up with producer Stanley Kramer twice, for a faithful, if pedestrian adaptation of Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman" (1951) and "The Wild One" (1954), which remains a signature film of the 1950s, largely thanks to the charismatic presence of Marlon Brando as the silent, rebel biker. From the mid-1950s Benedek worked primarily in TV.

Filmography

Director (Feature Film)

Assault On Agathon (1976)

The Night Visitor (1971)

Daring Game (1968)

Namu, the Killer Whale (1966)

Affair in Havana (1957)

Kinder, Mutter und ein General (1955)

The Wild One (1954)

Bengal Brigade (1954)

Death of a Salesman (1952)

Port of New York (1949)

The Kissing Bandit (1949)

Song of Russia (1944)

Fill-in and retake Director

Cast (Feature Film)

Milky Way (2007)

King Kongs Faust (1985)

English Collector

Writer (Feature Film)

Kinder, Mutter und ein General (1955)

Producer (Feature Film)

Namu, the Killer Whale (1966)

Storm over Tibet (1952)

Editing (Feature Film)

A Little Bit of Heaven (1940)

Misc. Crew (Feature Film)

Heavy Petting (1988)

Life Events

1937

Moved to Hollywood; worked as montage editor; renewed association with Joe Paternak and served as associate producer on some of his musical films

1948

Film directing debut, "The Kissing Bandit"

1959

Second unit director on "Ben-Hur"; worked on the famed chariot sequence

1962

Second unit director on "The Longest Day"

1976

Directed last TV film, "Assault on Agathon"

1983

Became visiting professor of film at the Annenberg School of Communication at the University of Pennsylvania

Videos

Night Visitor, The (1971) -- (Movie Clip) I'm The Insane One Trevor Howard as the never-named “Inpsector” is visiting asylum inmate and innocent-but-framed murderer Salem (Max Von Sydow), who insists he couldn’t have escaped to commit revenge murders, though we know he did, in the English-language Swedish-made thriller released by Warner Bros., The Night Visitor, 1971.

Night Visitor, The (1971) -- (Movie Clip) It's Your Paperweight Joining a conversation in which Swedish country doctor Anton (Per Oscarsson) and wife Ester (Liv Ullmann) have revealed their own foul play in earlier family dramas, and after an unexplained murder, they elect to spy on her sister, who could be a threat, with shocking result, in The Night Visitor, 1971.

Night Visitor, The (1971) -- (Movie Clip) Open, Salem Probably an unexpected dude in underwear (Max Von Sydow), first thing to appear in a snowbound coastal landscape (established in the credits), centered on what we’ll learn is an asylum in Sweden, Hungarian-born Laslo Benedek directing, in the Swedish-made English-language thriller The Night Visitor, 1971, also starring Trevor Howard and Liv Ullmann.

Wild One, The (1954) -- (Movie Clip) Whadda Ya Got? Scene which maybe over-emphasizes the famous line in which Johnny (Marlon Brando) is asked what he and the Black Rebels are rebelling against, in The Wild One, 1954, Brando more interested in waitress Kathie (Mary Murphy).

Wild One, The (1954) -- (Movie Clip) This Is The Main Event Improbably articulate Chino (Lee Marvin) has led his rival bike gang into town and is itching for a fight with ex-pal Johnny (Marlon Brando), leader of the Black Rebels, in The Wild One, 1954.

Kissing Bandit, The (1948) -- (Movie Clip) Son Of A Bandit? In Spanish colonial California, J. Carrol Naish as under-boss Chico reassures his band that the son of their captured chief will arrive from Boston to lead them, and star Frank Sinatra making his comic entrance, in MGM’s The Kissing Bandit, 1948, co-starring Kathryn Grayson.

Kissing Bandit, The (1948) -- (Movie Clip) Tomorrow Means Romance First appearance of Kathryn Grayson as colonial California Spanish girls’ school graduate Teresa, song by Nacio Herb Brown, Earl Brent and Edward Heyman, early in MGM’s comedy-musical The Kissing Bandit,1948, also starring Frank Sinatra.

Kissing Bandit, The (1948) -- (Movie Clip) What's Wrong With Me? Young Teresa (Kathryn Grayson) is pouting because the notorious, but actually novice, title character (Frank Sinatra as Ricardo) failed to romance her in his bungled first robbery, and they share a song by Nacio Herb Brown, Earl Brent and Edward Heyman, in The Kissing Bandit, 1948.

Kissing Bandit, The - (Original Trailer) A timid young man (Frank Sinatra) is forced to follow in his father's footsteps as a notorious outlaw - The Kissing Bandit (1948).

Song Of Russia - (Original Trailer) An American symphonic conductor (Robert Taylor) trapped in Russia during World War II helps with the resistance.

Family

Melinda Benedek

Daughter

Executive. Executive vice president at Showtime Networks.

Barbara Benedek

Daughter

Consultant. Independent consultant in television co-productions based in London based in London.

Antonia "Tonda" Benedek

Daughter

Companions

Danielle DeMers

Companion

Bibliography

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