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William B. Goetz (March 24, 1903 – August 15, 1969) was an American film producer and studio executive. Goetz was one of the founders of Twentieth Century Pictures, and later served as vice president of 20th Century Fox after the studio's merger with the Fox Film Company.
William Goetz, a producer and studio boss who revolutionized the industry with the development of the profit participation deal, was born on 3/24/1903 in Philadelphia, PA, to ship's purser Theodore Goetz and his wife Fanny.
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- New York City, New York, USA
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- Los Angeles, California, USA
1984 New York City Subway shooting - Wikipedia. On December 22, 1984, Bernhard Goetz [a] ( / ˈɡɛts / [6]) shot four youths on a New York City Subway train in Manhattan after they allegedly tried to rob him.
In 1948, William Goetz, the famed Hollywood producer, head of Universal Pictures, and legendary art collector, purchased a painting attributed to Vincent Van Gogh for $50,000.
William B. "Bill" Goetz was an American film producer and studio executive. Goetz was one of the founders of Twentieth Century Pictures, later renamed 20th Century Fox. He served as Fox's vice president and later became the head of production at Universal-International.
- March 24, 1903
- August 15, 1969
William Goetz is known as an Producer, Executive Producer, Associate Producer, and Executive In Charge Of Production. Some of their work includes The Ox-Bow Incident, Sayonara, Jane Eyre, The Song of Bernadette, Autumn Leaves, The Gang's All Here, They Came to Cordura, and Along Came Jones.
International Pictures, founded by producer William Goetz and RKO executive Leo Spitz, had a brief history that echoed Twentieth Century Pictures from the decade before.
