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Irving Asher (1903–1985) was an American film producer. Born in San Francisco in September 1903, he began his film production career in Hollywood in 1919. After ing the staff of Warner Brothers he was sent over to England as the managing director of their subsidiary Teddington Studios in Middlesex in the mid 1930s (where he is credited for discovering and seeing the potential of Errol Flynn when he was a young unknown actor who was hanging around Teddington Studios at the time looking for a way into the movies). Flynn played his first significant part as the lead in the now-lost Murder at Monte Carlo (1935), which was produced by Asher. Asher went on to Alexander Korda's London Film Productions where he worked on the epic The Four Feathers (1939). Subsequently he returned to Hollywood to work as a producer for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, where he earned his only Academy Award nomination for the 1941 Greer Garson film Blossoms in the Dust.
Later in his career, he was head of production for 20th Century Fox Television.
He married the actress Laura La Plante in 1934.
Asher died in California in March 1985.
Filmography
all 92
Movies 89
Producer 87
TV Shows 3
self 2
Director 2
Writer 1
Errol Flynn: Portrait of a Swashbuckler (1983)
Man Without a Gun (1957)
How to Marry a Millionaire (1957)
Broken Arrow (1956)
Elephant Walk (1954)
The Stars Are Singing (1953)
The Turning Point (1952)
Here Comes the Groom (1951)
Tennessee Johnson (1942)
Nazi Agent (1942)
Mr. and Mrs. North (1942)
Blossoms in the Dust (1941)
Billy the Kid (1941)
Ten Days in Paris (1940)
The Spy in Black (1939)
The Four Feathers (1939)
Q Planes (1939)
Thank Evans (1938)
Quiet, Please (1938)
The Viper (1938)
The Dark Stairway (1938)
The Singing Cop (1938)
Simply Terrific (1938)
Thistledown (1938)
Double or Quits (1938)
The Man Who Made Diamonds (1937)
The Windmill (1937)
Change for a Sovereign (1937)
Side Street Angel (1937)
You Live and Learn (1937)
Mayfair Melody (1937)
The Compulsory Wife (1937)
The Vulture (1937)
It’s Not Cricket (1937)
Don't Get Me Wrong (1937)
Transatlantic Trouble (1937)
Gypsy (1936)
Hail and Farewell (1936)
Fair Exchange (1936)
Educated Evans (1936)
Gaol Break (1936)
The Brown Wallet (1936)
Where's Sally? (1936)
Faithful (1936)
Mr. Cohen Takes a Walk (1935)
The Black Mask (1935)
Someday (1935)
Get Off My Foot (1935)
Mr. What's-His-Name? (1935)
Man of the Moment (1935)
Crime Unlimited (1935)
Hello, Sweetheart (1935)
The Girl in the Crowd (1935)
What’s in a Name? (1935)
A Glimpse of Paradise (1935)
So You Won't Talk (1935)
Father and Son (1935)
Murder at Monte Carlo (1935)
The Blue Squadron (1934)
The Church Mouse (1934)
No Escape (1934)
The Office Wife (1934)
The Girl in Possession (1934)
The Silver Spoon (1934)
This Acting Business (1933)
I Adore You (1933)
The Bermondsey Kid (1933)
Her Imaginary Lover (1933)
Mayfair Girl (1933)
High Finance (1933)
Little Fella (1933)
Call Me Mame (1933)
The Thirteenth Candle (1933)
As Good as New (1933)
The River House Ghost (1932)
Her Night Out (1932)
Lucky Ladies (1932)
The Silver Greyhound (1932)
High Society (1932)
Illegal (1932)
Help Yourself (1932)
Impromptu (1932)
A Voice Said Goodnight (1932)
The Aviator (1931)
A Notorious Affair (1930)
The Aviator (1929)
Below the Line (1925)
End of an Era
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Gender
Male
Birthday
1903-09-16
Deathday
1985-03-17 (81 years old)
Birth Place
San Francisco, United States
Citizenships
United States
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