Matthew Rapf

Producer

About

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Birth Place
New York City, New York, USA
Born
October 22, 1920
Died
December 11, 1991
Cause of Death
Influenza

Biography

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Screenwriter-turned-producer who made his feature film debut writing and directing "Adventures of Gallant Bess" in 1948. Rapf then joined the ranks as an associate producer at MGM and produced "The Sellout" (1951), "Desperate Search" (1952) and "The Big Leaguer" (1953) before turning exclusively to TV production. As producer mainly for Columbia Pictures TV and Universal TV, Rapf made the...

Filmography

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The Sellout (1952)
Story
Adventures of Gallant Bess (1948)
Screenwriter
Oklahoma City Dolls (1981)
Producer
Crime Club (1975)
Executive Producer
One of Our Own (1975)
Executive Producer
The Marcus-Nelson Murders (1973)
Producer

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Big Leaguer - (Original Trailer)
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Half a Hero - (Original Trailer)

Family & Companions

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Carol Rapf
Wife

Biography

Screenwriter-turned-producer who made his feature film debut writing and directing "Adventures of Gallant Bess" in 1948. Rapf then joined the ranks as an associate producer at MGM and produced "The Sellout" (1951), "Desperate Search" (1952) and "The Big Leaguer" (1953) before turning exclusively to TV production. As producer mainly for Columbia Pictures TV and Universal TV, Rapf made the popular series "The Loretta Young Show," "The Great Gildersleeve" and "Doctors: Private Lives" and also executive produced "The Iron Horse," "Doctors' Hospital," "Switch" and "Gangster Chronicles." In 1973 Rapf produced the acclaimed made-for-TV police movie, "The Nelson-Marcus Murders" which was the pilot for the long-running series, "Kojak," which he executive produced.

Filmography

 

Writer (Feature Film)

The Sellout (1952)
Story
Adventures of Gallant Bess (1948)
Screenwriter

Producer (Feature Film)

Oklahoma City Dolls (1981)
Producer
Crime Club (1975)
Executive Producer
One of Our Own (1975)
Executive Producer
The Marcus-Nelson Murders (1973)
Producer
Hardcase (1972)
Producer
Terror in the Sky (1971)
Producer
Desperate Search (1953)
Producer
Big Leaguer (1953)
Producer
Half a Hero (1953)
Producer
The Sellout (1952)
Associate Producer
No Questions Asked (1951)
Associate Producer
Adventures of Gallant Bess (1948)
Producer

Life Events

1948

Produced and wrote first feature film, "Adventures of Gallant Bess"

1953

Produced first TV series, "The Loretta Young Show"

Videos

Trailer

Big Leaguer - (Original Trailer) Edward G. Robinson plays an aging ballplayer turned manager in Robert Aldrich's first movie Big Leaguer (1953).
Half a Hero - (Original Trailer) Red Skelton is a married writer who moves to the suburbs to research a story in Half A Hero (1953) also starring Jean Hagen.
Sellout, The - (Original Trailer) A small-town newspaper editor (Walter Pidgeon) risks everything to expose a corrupt sheriff (Thomas Gomez).

Family

Harry Rapf
Father
Vaudevillian, producer, executive. Long-time MGM executive and producer.
Maurice H Rapf
Brother
Screenwriter. Born May 19, 1914; in the early 1990s was teacher of film at Dartmouth College.
James Rapf
Son
Matthew William Rapf
Son
Steven Rapf
Son
Harry John Rapf
Son

Companions

Carol Rapf
Wife

Bibliography

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