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- Jules Buck was born on July 30, 1917 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. He was a producer and cinematographer, known for The Killers (1946), The Naked City (1948) and Brute Force (1947). He was married to Joyce Gates. He died on July 19, 2001 in Paris, France.
- SpouseJoyce Gates(1945 - July 13, 1996) (her death, 1 child)
- His daughter, Joan Juliet Buck, was editor of French Vogue in Paris, France.
- He was for some time the personal assistant of John Huston, but they fell out badly before the end of World War II, when Huston allegedly offended Buck with an anti-Semitic insult. They worked together after the war on Huston's film, "We Were Strangers", but friendship was not restored. Many years later, Huston referred to Buck as having been "my body-servant".
- Father of the journalist and authoress Joan Juliet Buck.
- His father owned a cigar store on Broadway.
- During the second world war, he served as a cameraman for the US Army Signal Corps, with the rank of captain.
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