- Born
- Died
- Birth nameSolomon Max Wurtzel
- Nickname
- Sollie
- Height5′ 10″ (1.78 m)
- American production executive, with Fox from 1914 as private secretary to William Fox. From the mid-1930s until 1949, he served as head producer for the 20th Century Fox B-unit. His modestly budgeted films invariably showed a profit. Artistic merit never played a part in Wurtzel's production ethics. In the 1979 biography of his father Alexander Korda ("Charmed Lives"), Michael Korda described Wurtzel as a "cigar-chewing vulgarian who was reputed to make Harry Cohn look like a gentleman by comparison" (p.84).
- IMDb mini biography by: Anonymous
- SpouseMarian Bodner(September 23, 1911 - April 9, 1958) (his death, 2 children)
- Children
- ParentsUrish Moise WurtzelPesel Hackel
- RelativesSharon Rosen Leib(Great Grandchild)
- Father of Paul Wurtzel.
- When the Ritz Brothers got transferred to his division, Harry Ritz supposedly said "Gentlemen, things have gone from bad to Wurtzel!".
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