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Darryl F. Zanuck (Darryl Francis Zanuck) was born on 5 September, 1902 in Wahoo, Nebraska, USA, is a Producer, Writer, Production Manager. Discover Darryl F. Zanuck's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is He in this year and how He spends money? Also learn how He earned most of Darryl F. Zanuck networth?

Popular As Darryl Francis Zanuck
Occupation producer,writer,production_manager
Age 77 years old
Zodiac Sign Virgo
Born 5 September, 1902
Birthday 5 September
Birthplace Wahoo, Nebraska, USA
Date of death 22 December, 1979
Died Place Palm Springs, California, USA
Nationality United States

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Darryl F. Zanuck Height, Weight & Measurements

At 77 years old, Darryl F. Zanuck height is 5' 6" (1.68 m) .

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Height 5' 6" (1.68 m)
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Who Is Darryl F. Zanuck's Wife?

His wife is Virginia Fox (12 January 1924 - 22 December 1979) ( his death) ( 3 children)

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Wife Virginia Fox (12 January 1924 - 22 December 1979) ( his death) ( 3 children)
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Darryl F. Zanuck Net Worth

His net worth has been growing significantly in 2022-2023. So, how much is Darryl F. Zanuck worth at the age of 77 years old? Darryl F. Zanuck’s income source is mostly from being a successful Producer. He is from United States. We have estimated Darryl F. Zanuck's net worth , money, salary, income, and assets.

The Storm (1922)$15,000
Find Your Man (1924)$250 /week
The Lighthouse by the Sea (1924)$250 /week

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Timeline

2001

Is portrayed by Steven Vidler in The Wonderful World of Disney: Child Star: The Shirley Temple Story (2001)

1996

Is portrayed by John Rubinstein in Norma Jean & Marilyn (1996)

1991

Is portrayed by Ben Piazza in Guilty by Suspicion (1991).

1980

Is portrayed by Peter Maloney in This Year's Blonde (1980), by Sandy McPeak in Marilyn and Me (1991) and by William Atherton in Introducing Dorothy Dandridge (1999)

1979

Inducted into the United States Croquet Hall of Fame in 1979.

1970

Once claimed (circa 1970) that 20th Century-Fox intends to sell films on videotape five years after their release in cinemas.

1962

After the success of The Longest Day (1962), Zanuck returned to run 20th Century-Fox; he promoted his son, Richard D. Zanuck, to head of production, then engineered his firing in a messy boardroom brawl.

1960

On December 2,1960, he acquired the film rights to The Longest Day (1962) for $175,000.

1947

Produced Gentleman's Agreement (1947), one of the first films about anti- Semitism, even though Zanuck himself was not Jewish.

1942

Served as rank of Colonel in the cinema section of the Signal Corps. He had to resign, during August 1942, as head of production at 20th Century Fox to do so.

1941

His signature productions were such sentimental, content-laden dramas as How Green Was My Valley (1941), The Grapes Of Wrath (1940), and Twelve O'Clock High (1949). In the late fifties, Zanuck relinquished day-to-day control of the studio, left his wife, and moved to Europe to concentrate on producing. Many of his later films were designed in part to promote the careers of his successive girlfriends, Bella Darvi, Juliette Gréco, Irina Demick and Geneviève Gilles -- none of whom found much favor with directors or audiences.

1935

In 1935, Twentieth absorbed a bankrupt giant, Fox. Zanuck ruled the combined studio for decades. He became known as the most "hands-on" of the major studio bosses, taking particular pride in his talent for remaking movies in the cutting room.

1933

In 1933, after the Warners made it clear that Zanuck would never be more than an employee, he quit to form Twentieth Century Films (with backing from Louis B. Mayer and Joseph M. Schenck).

1927

One of the kingpins of Hollywood's studio system, Zanuck was the offspring of the ill-fated marriage of the alcoholic night clerk in Wahoo, Nebraska's only hotel and the hotel owner's daughter. Both parents had abandoned him by the time he was 13. At 15, he joined the U. S. Army, and he fought in Belgium in World War I. Mustered out, he kept himself alive with a series of desultory jobs -- steelworker, foreman in a garment factory, professional boxer -- while pursuing a career as a writer. He turned his first published story (for "Physical Culture, " a pulp magazine) into a film scenario for William Russell; his next important sale was to Irving Thalberg. Although often described as barely literate, Zanuck turned out to have a knack for movie plots. After a well-paid apprenticeship with Mack Sennett, Syd Chaplin and Carl Laemmle, Zanuck hit his stride by devising (with Malcolm St. Clair) the Rin Tin Tin series of police-dog movies for Warner Brothers. For Warner, under his own name and three pseudonyms, he ground out as many as 19 scripts a year and became head of production at age 23. He helped forge that studio's style with such films as The Jazz Singer (1927), The Public Enemy (1931) and I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932).

1924

He was hired by Warner Bros. in 1924 as a writer on Rin Tin Tin pictures at a little less than $500 per week. By the end of 1925 he had been promoted to executive in charge of production at a salary of $5000 per week.

1917

In 1917 he lied about his age and joined the US Army (he was actually 15 at the time) and was eventually posted to the Mexican border, during which time he took part in the punitive expedition against Mexican revolutionary / bandit Pancho Villa. He was later sent to France, where he saw even more combat.