David Susskind
David Howard Susskind (December 19, 1920 – February 22, 1987) was an American producer of TV, movies, and stage plays and also a TV talk show host. His talk shows were innovative in the genre and addressed timely, controversial topics beyond the scope of others of the day.
His first job after the war was as a press agent for Warner Brothers. Next, he was a talent agent for Century Artists, ultimately ending up in the Music Corporation of America's newly minted television programming department, managing Dinah Shore, Jerry Lewis, and others. In New York, Susskind formed Talent Associates, representing creators of material rather than performers. In 1954, Susskind became a producer of the NBC legal drama Justice, based on case files of the Legal Aid Society of New York. His program Open End began in 1958 on New York City's commercial independent station WNTA-TV and was so titled because the program continued until Susskind or his guests were too tired to continue. In 1961, Open End was constrained to two hours and went into national syndication. The show was retitled The David Susskind Show for its telecast on Sunday night, October 2, 1966. In the 1960s it was the first nationally broadcast television talk show to feature people speaking out against American involvement in the Vietnam War. In the 1970s it was the first nationally broadcast television talk show to feature people speaking out for gay rights. The show continued until its New York outlet canceled it in 1986. During his close to three-decade run, Susskind covered many controversial topics of the day, such as race relations, transsexualism, and the Vietnam War. His interview with Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev, which aired in October 1960, during the height of the Cold War, generated national attention. It is one of the very few talk show telecasts from the era that was preserved and can be viewed today. In a now notorious interview with then 25-year-old Muhammad Ali during a recently-unearthed 1968 appearance on the British program The Eamonn Andrews Show, Susskind displayed an intense antipathy and vitriol towards the famous boxer, whom he excoriated with withering criticism for refusing to be conscripted into the U.S. military for the Vietnam War. Some commentators have described this as a racist attack. Susskind was also a noted producer, with scores of movies, plays, and TV programs to his credit. His legacy is that of a producer of intelligent material at a time when TV had left its golden years behind and had firmly planted its feet in programming which had wide appeal, whether or not it was worth watching.
Fotos
Películas (78)
David Susskind Archive: I Was a Hitman for the Mafia
2020 · Director
The Trials of Muhammad Ali
2013 · Self (archive footage)
The David Susskind Show: Give 'em Hell Harry
2012 · Self
Ike
1986 · Executive Producer
J.F.K.: A One-Man Show
1984 · Executive Producer
Rita Hayworth: The Love Goddess
1983 · Executive Producer, Producer
Casey Stengel
1981 · Executive Producer
The Bunker
1981 · Producer
Dear Liar
1981 · Executive Producer
Fort Apache, the Bronx
1981 · Executive Producer
Crisis at Central High
1981 · Executive Producer
Father Figure
1980 · Executive Producer
Loving Couples
1980 · Executive Producer
Mom, the Wolfman and Me
1980 · Executive Producer
The Plutonium Incident
1980 · Producer
Simon
1980 · Himself
The Family Man
1979 · Executive Producer
Sex and the Single Parent
1979 · Executive Producer
Walking Through the Fire
1979 · Executive Producer
Transplant
1979 · Executive Producer
Who'll Save Our Children?
1978 · Executive Producer
Lovey: A Circle of Children, Part II
1978 · Executive Producer
Tom and Joann
1978 · Executive Producer
Home to Stay
1978 · Executive Producer
The World Beyond
1978 · Executive Producer
Breaking Up
1978 · Executive Producer
Tell Me My Name
1977 · Executive Producer
World of Darkness
1977 · Executive Producer
Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years
1977 · Executive Producer
Johnny, We Hardly Knew Ye
1977 · Executive Producer
Harry S. Truman: Plain Speaking
1976 · Producer
Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson
1976 · Executive Producer
Fear on Trial
1975 · Self
A Moon for the Misbegotten
1975 · Producer
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
1974 · Producer
Crown Matrimonial
1974 · Producer
The Country Girl
1974 · Producer
The Glass Menagerie
1973 · Producer
Howard Hughes: the Watergate Connection
1973 · Director
If You Give a Dance, You Gotta Pay the Band
1972 · Producer
Harvey
1972 · Producer
All the Way Home
1971 · Producer
The Pursuit of Happiness
1971 · Producer
The Price
1971 · Producer
Lovers and Other Strangers
1970 · Producer
The Carol Lawrence Show
1970 · Self
A Hatful of Rain
1968 · Producer
Of Mice and Men
1968 · Executive Producer
Laura
1968 · Executive Producer
The Desperate Hours
1967 · Executive Producer
The Diary of Anne Frank
1967 · Producer
Dial M for Murder
1967 · Producer
Johnny Belinda
1967 · Producer
Mark Twain Tonight!
1967 · Producer
The Glass Menagerie
1966 · Producer
The Human Voice
1966 · Producer
Death of a Salesman
1966 · Producer
Eagle in a Cage
1965 · Producer
The Power and the Glory
1963 · Producer
David Susskind Archive: Interview With Dr. Martin Luther King Jr
1963 · himself, Director
Hedda Gabler
1962 · Producer
Requiem for a Heavyweight
1962 · Self - Trailor Narrator (uncredited), Producer
At the Drop of a Hat
1962 · Producer
The Lost Apple
1962 · Producer
A Raisin in the Sun
1961 · On-screen Trailer Narrator (uncredited), Producer
Ninotchka
1960 · Producer
Mrs. Miniver
1960 · Producer
Miracle On 34th Street
1959 · Producer
Back to Back
1959 · Producer
The Moon and Sixpence
1959 · Producer
Medea
1959 · Producer
Meet Me in St. Louis
1959 · Producer
The Winslow Boy
1958 · Producer
Three Plays by Tennessee Williams
1958 · Executive Producer
A Man's Game
1957 · Producer
Edge of the City
1957 · Producer
David Susskind Archive: Truman Capote Tells All
· Director
David Susskind Archive: Gay Rights Pro and Con
· Director
Series (22)
Blind Ambition
1979 · Executive Producer
On Our Own
1977 · Executive Producer
Alice
1976 · Producer
Eleanor and Franklin
1976 · Executive Producer
Saturday Night Live
1975 · Self (uncredited)
The Dick Cavett Show
1968 · Self - Guest
The Phil Donahue Show
1967 · Self
N.Y.P.D.
1967 · Creator
CBS Playhouse
1966 · Producer
Mr. Broadway
1964 · Producer
East Side/West Side
1963 · Producer
The Merv Griffin Show
1962 · Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · Self
Jackie Gleason and His American Scene Magazine
1962 · Cameo, Himself
The Mike Douglas Show
1961 · Self
Play of the Week
1959 · Producer
Too Young to Go Steady
1959 · Producer
The David Susskind Show
1959 · Self - Host
DuPont Show of the Month
1957 · Producer
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · Producer, Executive Producer
Armstrong Circle Theatre
1950 · Producer
What's My Line?
1950 · Self