Samuel Bischoff

Samuel Bischoff
Bischoff in the 1940s
Born	(1890-08-11)August 11, 1890 Hartford, Connecticut, US
Died	May 21, 1975(1975-05-21) (aged 84) Hollywood, California, US
Education	Boston University
Occupation	Film producer
Years active	1922–1964

Samuel Bischoff (August 11, 1890 – May 21, 1975)^{[citation needed]} was an American film producer who was responsible for more than 400 full-length films, two-reel comedies, and serials between 1922 and 1964.

Born to a Jewish family^[1] in Hartford, Connecticut, Bischoff graduated from Boston University, then headed for Hollywood, where he began his career in 1922 by producing comedy shorts including Stan Laurel's Mixed Nuts (1922).

He was the head of Samuel Bischoff Productions, a low-budget production company in the 1930s. He drew the attention of Columbia Pictures head Harry Cohn, who hired him to supervise the studio's feature film productions. In 1932, he moved to Warner Bros. and when Hal B. Wallis became production chief after Darryl F. Zanuck left in 1933, Bischoff and Henry Blanke were the main producers at the studio.^[2] He returned to Columbia in 1941.

He was also the President of Moroccan Pictures Inc. in 1948, producing the George Raft film Outpost in Morocco (1948). In 1950 he became production chief at RKO replacing Sid Rogell but did not stay long.^[2]

He rejoined Warners and by 1953, was one of only three producers left, along with Blanke and David Weisbart.^[3]

His last film was The Strangler (1964).^[4]

Bischoff died in 1975, in Hollywood, California, from general debilitation at the age of 84.^{[citation needed]}

• Works by or about Samuel Bischoff at the Internet Archive
• Samuel Bischoff at IMDb
• Samuel Bischoff at Find a Grave