Person
David L. Wolper
Production · 1928–2010 · New York, New York, USA
Biography
David L. Wolper was born on January 11, 1928 in New York City, New York, USA as David Lloyd Wolper. He was a producer, known for L.A. Confidential (1997), Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971) and Imagine: John Lennon (1988). He was married to Gloria Hill, Dawn Richard and Toni Carroll. He died on August 10, 2010 in Beverly Hills, California, USA.
Known for
Bambi
Self
North and South
Executive Producer
Film '72
Self
L.A. Confidential
Executive Producer
The Thorn Birds
Executive Producer
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
Producer
Television
1985
Roots: The Next Generations
Executive Producer
Murder in the First
Executive Producer
Get Christie Love!
Producer
Filmography
- 2024Remembering Gene WilderSelf (archive photo)
- 2021Becoming CousteauSelf (voice) (archive sound)
- 2007Roots 30th Anniversary EditionCreator
- 2002Remembering RootsSelf
- 2001Pure Imagination: The Story of 'Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory'Self
- 2001The Mists of AvalonExecutive Producer
- 1999To Serve and ProtectExecutive Producer
- 1998A Will of their OwnExecutive Producer
- 1998Terror in the MallExecutive Producer
- 1997L.A. ConfidentialExecutive Producer
- 1996Surviving PicassoProducer
- 1995Prince for a DayExecutive Producer
- 1995Murder in the FirstExecutive Producer
- 1994Without WarningExecutive Producer
- 1993Fatal Deception: Mrs. Lee Harvey OswaldProducer
- 1993The Flood: Who Will Save Our Children?Executive Producer
- 1993Alex Haley's QueenExecutive Producer
- 1992Color AdjustmentSelf
- 1992Bed of LiesExecutive Producer
- 1991Here's Looking At You, Warner Bros.Executive Producer
- 1991DillingerExecutive Producer
- 1990When You Remember MeExecutive Producer
- 1990The Plot to Kill HitlerExecutive Producer
- 1988Roots: The GiftExecutive Producer
- 1987Napoleon and Josephine: A Love StoryProducer
- 1987The Betty Ford StoryExecutive Producer
- 1985North and SouthExecutive Producer
- 1985I Will Fight No More ForeverExecutive Producer
- 1985Television
- 1984His MistressExecutive Producer
- 1984The Mystic WarriorExecutive Producer
- 1983The Thorn BirdsExecutive Producer
- 1982Murder Is EasyExecutive Producer
- 1981This Is ElvisExecutive Producer
- 1981The Man Who Saw TomorrowExecutive Producer
- 1980The Silent LoversExecutive Producer
- 1980The Scarlett O'Hara WarExecutive Producer
- 1980This Year's BlondeExecutive Producer
- 1979Roots: The Next GenerationsExecutive Producer
- 1976Victory at EntebbeExecutive Producer
- 1976Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthurExecutive Producer
- 1974LincolnExecutive Producer
- 1974Get Christie Love!Producer
- 1973Visions of EightProducer
- 1973WattstaxExecutive Producer
- 1973The 500 Pound JerkExecutive Producer
- 1972One Is a Lonely NumberExecutive Producer
- 1972King, Queen, KnaveProducer
- 1971Film '72Self
- 1971Willy Wonka & the Chocolate FactoryProducer
- 1971The Hellstrom ChronicleProducer
- 1970I Love My WifeExecutive Producer
- 1969The Bridge at RemagenProducer
- 1969If It's Tuesday, This Must Be BelgiumExecutive Producer
- 1968The Devil's BrigadeProducer
- 1968The Rise and Fall of the Third ReichExecutive Producer
- 1967China: The Roots of MadnessProducer
- 1966The Making of the President: 1964Producer
- 1965The Incredible World of James BondProducer
- 1965The Teen-Age RevolutionProducer
- 1964Four Days In NovemberExecutive Producer
- 1961Hollywood: The Golden YearsDirector
- 1959The Race for SpaceDirector
- 1948BambiSelf
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