- Born Name: David L. Wolper
- Birthday: 1928-01-11 (Year-Month-Day)
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David L. Wolper, David Lloyd Wolper (January 11, 1928 – August 10, 2010) was an American television and film producer, responsible for shows such as Roots, The Thorn Birds, North & South, L.A. Confidential, and the film Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971). He also produced numerous documentaries and documentary series like Biography (TV series; 1961–63), The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich (TV), Appointment with Destiny (TV series), This is Elvis, Four Days in November, Imagine: John Lennon, and others. He directed the 1959 documentary The Race for Space, which was nominated for an Academy Award. His 1971 film (as executive producer) about the study of insects The Hellstrom Chronicle won an Academy Award.For his work on television, he had received his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.The pre-1968 library is owned by Cube Entertainment (formerly International Creative Exchange), the post-1970 library is owned by Warner Bros..On March 13, 1974 one of his crews filming a National Geographic history of Australopithecus at Mammoth Mountain Ski Area was killed when the Corvair 440 Sierra Pacific Airlines plane exploded on take off from Eastern Sierra Regional Airport in Bishop, California killing all 35 on board including 31 Wolper crew members. The filmed segment was recovered in the wreckage and was broadcast in the television show Primal Man. The NTSB never determined the cause of the accident and the resort sold the airline.Wolper died on August 10, 2010 of congestive heart disease and complications of Parkinsons disease at his Beverly Hills home at age 82. Wolper was survived by his wife of 36 years Glorida, his 3 children from a previous marriage sons Mark and Michael Wolper and a daughter Leslie. He was also survived by 10 grandchildren.[edit] ProductionsHis company in the following productions. He was a distributor in early shows and became an executive producer with The Race for Space in 1958.YearShow1949Funny Bunnies (36 Episodes)1953Superman (90 Episodes)1954Baseball Hall of Fame (75 Episodes)1954O.S.S.[disambiguation needed] (32 Episodes)1954Grand Ole Opry (39 Episodes)1955Congressional Investigator (26 Episodes)1958The Race for Space1958Men From Boys - The First Eight Weeks1959Project: Man In Space1960Hollywood: The Golden Years1961Biography of a Rookie: The Willie Davis Story1961The Rafer Johnson Story1962Hollywood: The Great Stars1962Hollywood: The Fabulous Era1962D-Day June 6, 19441962Biography1962–1963Story of...1963Hollywood and the Stars1963Escape to Freedom1963Kreboizen and Cancer: Thirteen Years of Bitter Conflict1963The Passing Years: Rework of Story of a Year 19271963The Making of the President, 19601963–1964Specials for United Artists1964The Legend of Marilyn Monroe1964The Quest for Peace1964A Thousand Days: A Tribute to John Fitzgerald Kennedy1964Men in Crisis1965Four Days in November1965France: Conquest to Liberation1965Korea: The 38th Parallel1965Prelude To War (Beginning of World War II)1965Japan: A New Dawn over Asia (Japan in the 20th Century)1965007: The Incredible World of James Bond1965Let My People Go (The Story of Israel)1965October Madness: The World Series1965Race For The Moon1965Miss Television U.S.A.1965The Really Big Family: The Duke of Seattle & Their 18 Children1965Revolution In Our Time1965The Bold Men1965The General[disambiguation needed]1965The Teenage Revolution1965The Way Out Men1965In Search of Man1965Pro Football: Mayhem On A Sunday Afternoon1965Revolution In The 3 Rs1965The Thin Blue Line[disambiguation needed]1965In Search of Man1965Silent Partners1965–1966The March of Time1965–1975National Geographic Society Specials1966The Making of the President, 19641966Wall Street Where The Money Is1966A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the White House1966Destination Safety1966China: Roots of Madness1966–1968The World of Animals1967The Big Land1967A Nation of Immigrants1967Untamed World1967A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Hollywood1967Movin With Nancy1967–1968Do Blondes Have More Fun?1967–1968The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau1968Rise And Fall of the Third Reich1968The Dangerous Years1968California1968With Love, Sophia1968Monte Carlo Cest La Rose1968Sophia: A Self Portrait1968The Highlights of the Ice Capades 19681968On the Trail of Stanley and Livingstone1968Hollywood: The Selznick Years1968The Devils Brigade1968The Making of the President, 19681969The Bridge at Remagen1969If Its Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium1969Los Angeles: Where Its At1970The Unfinished Journey of Robert F. Kennedy1970I Love My Wife1970–1972The Plimpton Specials1971Say Goodbye1971Theyve Killed President Lincoln1971The Hellstrom Chronicle1971Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory1971–1973Appointment With Destiny1972King, Queen, Knave1972One Is a Lonely Number1972Here Comes Tomorrow: The Fear Fighters1972Republican Party Films1972Make Mine Red, White and Blue1972Top of The Month (3 half-hour specials)1972Of Thee I Sing1972–1973Explorers[disambiguation needed]1973The 500 Pound Jerk1973Wattstax1973Visions of Eight1973–1974Primal Man Specials1973–1975The American Heritage Specials1974This Week In The NBA (Series of 20 half-hours)1974NBA Game of the Week Featurettes1974Get Christie Love!1974Judgment Specials1974The Morning After1974Unwed Father1974Men of the Dragon1974The First Woman President1974Love from A to Z1974Birds Do It, Bees Do It1974The Animal Within1974Yes Virgina, There Is A Santa Claus1974–1975Get Christie Love!1974–1975Smithsonian Specials1974–1975Sandburgs Lincoln1974–1976Chico and the Man1975Death Stalk1975I Will Fight No More, Forever1975–1976Welcome Back, Kotter1976Brenda Starr1976Collision Course1976Celebration: The American Spirit1976The Unexplained1976Victory At Entebbe1976Mysteries of the Great Pyramids1977Roots1978Roots: One Year Later1978Roots: The Next Generations1980The Man Who Saw Tomorrow: Nostradamus1980Moviola1980The Thorn Birds1981This Is Elvis1981Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter1981Small World1981Murder Is Easy1982The Mystic Warrior1982Casablanca1984XXIIIrd Olympiad, Los Angeles 19841984His Mistress1985North And South - Book I1986North And South - Book II1986Liberty Weekend1987The Betty Ford Story1987Napoleon And Josephine: A Love Story1988What Price Victory1988Imagine: John Lennon1988Roots: The Gift1989The Plot To Kill Hitler1989Murder In Mississippi1990Warner Bros. Celebration of Tradition, June 2, 19901990Dillinger1990When You Remember Me1990Queen[disambiguation needed]1991Best of the Worst1991Bed of Lies1992Celebrations1992Fatal Deception: Mrs. Lee Harvey Oswald1993Celebration of a Life: Steven J. Ross Chairman of Time Warner1993River of Rage: The Texas Flood Tragedy - The Flood: Who Will Save Our Children?1993Heaven And Hell: North And South Book III1994On Trial1994Golf - The Greatest Game1994Heroes of The Game1994Without Warning1994Murder in the First1995Prince for a Day1996The Thorn Birds: The Missing Years1996Surviving Picasso1997L.A. Confidential1998Terror at the Mall1998Warner Bros. 75th Anniversary Show1998A Will of Their Own1998Confirmation1998Legends, Icons and Superstars1999To Serve and Protect1999Celebrate the Century[edit] References^ http://www.check-six.com/Crash_Sites/PrimalMan-N4819C.htm^ David Wolper, producer of Roots, has died. Associated Press. 2010-08-11. http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jS9NDMWghDda11zVwnU0CgtAYA6AD9HHE5T01. Retrieved 2010-08-11. ^ http://www.davidlwolper.com/shows/filmography.cfm^ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0938678/[edit] External linksOfficial websiteDavid L. Wolper at the Internet Movie DatabaseDavid Wolper Archive of American Television video interview from 1998v · d · eAcademy Awards Jean Hersholt Humanitarian AwardY. Frank Freeman (1956) · Samuel Goldwyn (1957) · Bob Hope (1959) · Sol Lesser (1960) · George Seaton (1961) · Steve Broidy (1962) · Edmond L. DePatie (1965) · George Bagnall (1966) · Gregory Peck (1967) · Martha Raye (1968) · George Jessel (1969) · Frank Sinatra (1970) · Rosalind Russell (1972) · Lew Wasserman (1973) · Arthur B. Krim (1974) · Jules C. Stein (1975) · Charlton Heston (1977) · Leo Jaffe (1978) · Robert Benjamin (1979) · Danny Kaye (1981) · Walter Mirisch (1982) · M. J. Frankovich (1983) · David L. Wolper (1984) · Charles “Buddy” Rogers (1985) · Howard W. Koch (1989) · Audrey Hepburn / Elizabeth Taylor (1992) · Paul Newman (1993) · Quincy Jones (1994) · Arthur Hiller (2001) · Roger Mayer (2005) · Sherry Lansing (2007) · Jerry Lewis (2009)PersondataNameWolper, David L.Alternative namesShort descriptionDate of birthJanuary 11, 1928Place of birthNew York City, New York, United StatesDate of deathAugust 10, 2010Place of deathBeverly Hills, California, United States This article about a television producer from the United States is a stub. 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