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Richard Shepherd(1927-2014)

  • Producer
  • Writer
  • Production Department
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Richard Shepherd was born on 4 June 1927 in Kansas City, Missouri, USA. He was a producer and writer, known for Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961), The Towering Inferno (1974) and The Hunger (1983). He was married to Patricia Shepherd and Judith Mayer Goetz. He died on 14 January 2014 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
BornJune 4, 1927
DiedJanuary 14, 2014(86)
BornJune 4, 1927
DiedJanuary 14, 2014(86)
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Known for

Audrey Hepburn and George Peppard in Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)
Breakfast at Tiffany's
7.5
  • Producer
  • 1961
Fred Astaire, William Holden, Paul Newman, Richard Chamberlain, Steve McQueen, Faye Dunaway, O.J. Simpson, Robert Vaughn, Robert Wagner, Susan Blakely, and Jennifer Jones in The Towering Inferno (1974)
The Towering Inferno
7.0
  • Production Management
  • 1974
Susan Sarandon, David Bowie, and Catherine Deneuve in The Hunger (1983)
The Hunger
6.6
  • Producer(as Richard A. Shepherd)
  • 1983
Leonardo DiCaprio, Gabriel Byrne, Gérard Depardieu, Jeremy Irons, and John Malkovich in The Man in the Iron Mask (1998)
The Man in the Iron Mask
6.5
  • Production Department
  • 1998

Credits

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Producer

  • Tom Hanks, John Candy, and Rita Wilson in Volunteers (1985)
    Volunteers
    5.5
    • produced by
    • 1985
  • Susan Sarandon, David Bowie, and Catherine Deneuve in The Hunger (1983)
    The Hunger
    6.6
    • producer (as Richard A. Shepherd)
    • 1983
  • Alex & the Gypsy (1976)
    Alex & the Gypsy
    5.2
    • producer
    • 1976
  • Audrey Hepburn, Sean Connery, Ian Holm, Denholm Elliott, Richard Harris, Robert Shaw, Ronnie Barker, Kenneth Haigh, and Nicol Williamson in Robin and Marian (1976)
    Robin and Marian
    6.5
    • executive producer
    • 1976
  • Audrey Hepburn and George Peppard in Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)
    Breakfast at Tiffany's
    7.5
    • producer
    • 1961
  • Fabian, Toby Michaels, and Tommy Sands in Love in a Goldfish Bowl (1961)
    Love in a Goldfish Bowl
    5.1
    • producer
    • 1961
  • Marlon Brando, Anna Magnani, and Joanne Woodward in The Fugitive Kind (1960)
    The Fugitive Kind
    7.0
    • producer (as Richard A. Shepherd)
    • 1960
  • Gary Cooper, Karl Malden, Ben Piazza, and Maria Schell in The Hanging Tree (1959)
    The Hanging Tree
    7.1
    • producer
    • 1959

Writer

  • What Price Victory (1988)
    What Price Victory
    4.3
    TV Movie
    • story
    • 1988

Production Department

  • Leonardo DiCaprio, Gabriel Byrne, Gérard Depardieu, Jeremy Irons, and John Malkovich in The Man in the Iron Mask (1998)
    The Man in the Iron Mask
    6.5
    • production assistant
    • 1998

Personal details

  • Alternative name
    • Richard A. Shepherd
  • Born
    • June 4, 1927
    • Kansas City, Missouri, USA
  • Died
    • January 14, 2014
    • Los Angeles, California, USA(kidney failure)
  • Spouses
      Patricia Shepherd1979 - January 14, 2014 (his death, 1 child)

Did you know

  • Trivia
    Father of producer Scott Shepherd.
  • Nickname
    • Dick

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