Ray Stark

Raymond Otto Stark October 3 1915 January 17 2004 was an American film producer and talent agent Starks background as a literary and theatrical agent prepared him to produce some of the most profitable films of the 1960s 1970s 1980s and 1990s such as The World of Suzie Wong 1960 West Side Story 1961 The Misfits 1961 Lolita 1962 The Night of the Iguana 1964 Reflections in a Golden Eye 1967 Funny Girl 1968 The Owl and the Pussycat 1970 The Goodbye Girl 1977 The Toy 1982 Annie 1982 and Steel Magnolias 1989 In addition to his roster of films Stark formed relationships with various directors and writers throughout his career Stark made eight films with Herbert Ross five with John Huston and three with Sydney Pollack Additionally Starks 18year partnership with playwright Neil Simon yielded 11 films between the duo including The Goodbye Girl 1977 and The Sunshine Boys 19751 In 1980 the Motion Picture Academy awarded him the Irving G Thalberg Memorial Award for lifetime achievement in film Description above from the Wikipedia article Ray Stark licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia