- Born
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- Birth nameMatthew Milton Sperling
- Milton Sperling was born on July 6, 1912 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a producer and writer, known for The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell (1955), Captain Apache (1971) and Battle of the Bulge (1965). He was married to Margit Eva (Bernard) Lloyd and Betty Warner Sheinbaum. He died on August 26, 1988 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- SpousesMargit Eva (Bernard) Lloyd(1965 - August 26, 1988) (his death)Betty Warner Sheinbaum(July 12, 1939 - April 21, 1964) (divorced, 4 children)
- Children
- RelativesCole Hauser(Grandchild)
- Maternal grandfather of actor Cole Hauser.
- Was a founding member of the Writers Guild of America.
- Started his career as a messenger boy and shipping clerk at Paramount's Long Island studios in New York. He later moved to Hollywood, where he worked as a secretary to film executives Darryl F. Zanuck and Hal B. Wallis at 20th Century-Fox. He worked as an associate producer before turning to screenwriting.
- Milton Sperling at age 27 married 19 year old Betty May Warner in 1939. Milton was introduced to Betty May by one of her father Harry M. Warner's brothers, of the film studio Warner Brothers moguls. Betty May, born in 1920 in New York City was the daughter of Harry M. Warner, who founded the Warner Brothers Pictures, Inc. in 1923, in New York City. Harry M. Warner moved his family and his brothers' film company to Los Angeles in 1929 in search of more sun-light and in anticipation for the development of talking-pictures sound novelty engineering.
- Educated at the City College of New York.
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