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Leo C. Popkin(1914-2011)

  • Producer
  • Director
  • Additional Crew
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Leo C. Popkin was born on 1 January 1914 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He was a producer and director, known for The Well (1951), And Then There Were None (1945) and D.O.A. (1949). He died on 15 April 2011 in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.
BornJanuary 1, 1914
DiedApril 15, 2011(97)
BornJanuary 1, 1914
DiedApril 15, 2011(97)
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Known for

Gwendolyn Laster and Richard Rober in The Well (1951)
The Well
7.2
  • Producer(as Leo Popkin)
  • 1951
Judith Anderson, Mischa Auer, June Duprez, Barry Fitzgerald, Richard Haydn, Louis Hayward, Walter Huston, C. Aubrey Smith, and Roland Young in And Then There Were None (1945)
And Then There Were None
7.3
  • Producer
  • 1945
Luther Adler, Pamela Britton, and Edmond O'Brien in D.O.A. (1949)
D.O.A.
7.2
  • Producer
  • 1949
Jeni Le Gon and Kenny Washington in While Thousands Cheer (1940)
While Thousands Cheer
8.2
  • Director
  • 1940

Credits

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Producer

  • Gwendolyn Laster and Richard Rober in The Well (1951)
    The Well
    7.2
    • producer (as Leo Popkin)
    • 1951
  • Luther Adler, Pamela Britton, and Edmond O'Brien in D.O.A. (1949)
    D.O.A.
    7.2
    • producer
    • 1949
  • Impact (1949)
    Impact
    7.0
    • produced by
    • 1949
  • Laraine Day, Rudy Vallee, Helen Walker, and Keenan Wynn in My Dear Secretary (1948)
    My Dear Secretary
    5.6
    • produced by
    • 1948
  • Judith Anderson, Mischa Auer, June Duprez, Barry Fitzgerald, Richard Haydn, Louis Hayward, Walter Huston, C. Aubrey Smith, and Roland Young in And Then There Were None (1945)
    And Then There Were None
    7.3
    • associate producer
    • 1945
  • Colored Americans in the Nation's Capital
    Short
    • producer
    • 1942
  • DeForest Covan, Monte Hawley, Eugene Jackson, Freddie Jackson, Eddie Lynn, Robert Webb, Paul White, The Harlem Tuff-Kids, and Jack Carter in Take My Life (1942)
    Take My Life
    • executive producer
    • 1942
  • Lena Horne in The Duke Is Tops (1938)
    The Duke Is Tops
    5.4
    • associate producer
    • 1938
  • Louise Beavers in Life Goes On (1938)
    Life Goes On
    5.8
    • associate producer
    • 1938

Director

  • Gwendolyn Laster and Richard Rober in The Well (1951)
    The Well
    7.2
    • Director (as Leo Popkin)
    • 1951
  • Dorothy Dandridge and Mantan Moreland in Four Shall Die (1940)
    Four Shall Die
    4.4
    • Director
    • 1940
  • Jeni Le Gon and Kenny Washington in While Thousands Cheer (1940)
    While Thousands Cheer
    8.2
    • Director
    • 1940
  • Gang War (1940)
    Gang War
    5.1
    • Director
    • 1940
  • Mantan Moreland in One Dark Night (1939)
    One Dark Night
    • Director
    • 1939
  • Louise Beavers, DeForest Covan, Reginald Fenderson, Eugene Jackson, Freddie Jackson, Bob Simmons, and Eddie Lynn in Reform School (1939)
    Reform School
    6.8
    • Director
    • 1939
  • Laurence Criner, Vernon McCalla, and Nina Mae McKinney in Gang Smashers (1938)
    Gang Smashers
    5.6
    • Director
    • 1938
  • The Flaming Crisis (1924)
    The Flaming Crisis
    • Director
    • 1924

Additional Crew

  • Louise Beavers, DeForest Covan, Reginald Fenderson, Eugene Jackson, Freddie Jackson, Bob Simmons, and Eddie Lynn in Reform School (1939)
    Reform School
    6.8
    • presenter
    • 1939

Personal details

  • Alternative name
    • Leo Popkin
  • Born
    • January 1, 1914
    • Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  • Died
    • April 15, 2011
    • Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA

Did you know

  • Trivia
    Brother of producer Harry M. Popkin.

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