Henry G. Saperstein

Henry G. Saperstein

Known for: Production
Biography: 1918-06-02
Deathday: 1998-06-24 (80 years old)

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Biography

Henry Gahagen Saperstein (June 2, 1918 – June 24, 1998) was an American film producer and distributor. The son of Aaron Saperstein and Beatrice Pearl Saperstein, Henry's father owned five independent cinemas in Chicago. Henry was educated at the University of Chicago where he majored in mathematics. When Henry was 20 his father died, leading Henry to drop out of school to run the cinemas. With the wartime boom in cinema going, Henry bought some more cinemas in 1943.

Sensing the demise of cinema attendance and the rise of television, Saperstein acquired the rights to several Westerns featuring Gene Autry and Hopalong Cassidy and Walter Lantz cartoons for his Chicago based Hollywood Toy Television Corporation a toy electric television that showed six minute cartoons or sequences from films.He moved to Hollywood in 1955 as the president of Television Personalities Inc that specialised in tie-in merchandising business for television characters such as The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp, The Lone Ranger, Lassie and The Roy Rogers Show. He worked with Col. Tom Parker as Elvis Presley's licensing agent as well as creating and selling licensed merchandise for other stars such as Debbie Reynolds, Rosemary Clooney, Chubby Checker and the Three Stooges.Henry Saperstein produced syndicated television sports shows such as Championship Bowling (1958–60) and All Star Golf (1958-62) as well as the children's television show Ding Dong School that began in Chicago.

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Average 5.37
Based on 52.3 Thousand movie and tv ratings over time
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Known For
Production

Gender
Male

Birthday
1918-06-02

Deathday
1998-06-24 (80 years old)

Birth Place
Chicago, United States of America

Citizenships
United States of America


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