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Edmund Grainger(1906-1981)

  • Producer
  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
  • Additional Crew
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Edmund Grainger
Edmund Grainger was born on 1 October 1906 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a producer and assistant director, known for Sands of Iwo Jima (1949), Nurse from Brooklyn (1938) and Flying Hostess (1936). He died on 6 July 1981 in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.
BornOctober 1, 1906
DiedJuly 6, 1981(74)
BornOctober 1, 1906
DiedJuly 6, 1981(74)
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Known for

John Wayne, John Agar, and Adele Mara in Sands of Iwo Jima (1949)
Sands of Iwo Jima
7.0
  • Producer
  • 1949
Larry J. Blake, Sally Eilers, Paul Kelly, and Maurice Murphy in Nurse from Brooklyn (1938)
Nurse from Brooklyn
6.8
  • Producer
  • 1938
Astrid Allwyn, Judith Barrett, Andy Devine, William Gargan, and William Hall in Flying Hostess (1936)
Flying Hostess
7.2
  • Producer
  • 1936
Alexis Smith in Steel Against the Sky (1941)
Steel Against the Sky
5.7
  • Producer
  • 1941

Credits

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Producer

  • Ingrid Bergman and Liza Minnelli in A Matter of Time (1976)
    A Matter of Time
    5.1
    • producer (as J. Edmund Grainger)
    • 1976
  • Glenn Ford and Maria Schell in Cimarron (1960)
    Cimarron
    6.4
    • producer
    • 1960
  • Robert Mitchum, George Hamilton, and Eleanor Parker in Home from the Hill (1960)
    Home from the Hill
    7.4
    • producer
    • 1960
  • Never So Few (1959)
    Never So Few
    5.8
    • producer
    • 1959
  • Audrey Hepburn and Anthony Perkins in Green Mansions (1959)
    Green Mansions
    5.3
    • producer
    • 1959
  • Ernest Borgnine, Glenn Ford, and Diana Brewster in Torpedo Run (1958)
    Torpedo Run
    6.4
    • producer (produced by)
    • 1958
  • Shirley MacLaine and Glenn Ford in The Sheepman (1958)
    The Sheepman
    6.8
    • producer
    • 1958
  • Debbie Reynolds and Eddie Fisher in Bundle of Joy (1956)
    Bundle of Joy
    6.0
    • producer
    • 1956
  • Virginia Mayo and Robert Stack in Great Day in the Morning (1956)
    Great Day in the Morning
    6.4
    • producer
    • 1956
  • Shelley Winters, Rory Calhoun, and Gilbert Roland in The Treasure of Pancho Villa (1955)
    The Treasure of Pancho Villa
    5.6
    • producer
    • 1955
  • Jane Russell in The French Line (1953)
    The French Line
    5.1
    • producer
    • 1953
  • Devil's Canyon (1953)
    Devil's Canyon
    5.4
    • producer
    • 1953
  • Robert Mitchum, Linda Darnell, and Jack Palance in Second Chance (1953)
    Second Chance
    5.9
    • executive producer
    • 1953
  • Split Second (1953)
    Split Second
    6.8
    • producer
    • 1953
  • Robert Newton in Blackbeard, the Pirate (1952)
    Blackbeard, the Pirate
    5.9
    • producer
    • 1952

Second Unit or Assistant Director

  • Dorothy Mackaill, Kenneth MacKenna, and Milton Sills in Man Trouble (1930)
    Man Trouble
    5.8
    • assistant director (as J. Edmund Grainger)
    • 1930
  • Seven Faces (1929)
    Seven Faces
    6.8
    • assistant director (as J. Edmund Grainger)
    • 1929
  • Marguerite Churchill and Kenneth MacKenna in Pleasure Crazed (1929)
    Pleasure Crazed
    • assistant director
    • 1929
  • Charles Eaton, Stepin Fetchit, Arnold Lucy, Baby Mack, Carmel Myers, and Helen Twelvetrees in The Ghost Talks (1929)
    The Ghost Talks
    4.7
    • assistant director
    • 1929
  • Marjorie Beebe in The Farmer's Daughter (1928)
    The Farmer's Daughter
    • assistant director
    • 1928
  • Marie Dressler and Neil Hamilton in The Joy Girl (1927)
    The Joy Girl
    6.3
    • assistant director
    • 1927

Additional Crew

  • Virginia Mayo and Robert Stack in Great Day in the Morning (1956)
    Great Day in the Morning
    6.4
    • presenter
    • 1956
  • Shelley Winters, Rory Calhoun, and Gilbert Roland in The Treasure of Pancho Villa (1955)
    The Treasure of Pancho Villa
    5.6
    • presenter
    • 1955
  • John Wayne, Janis Carter, and Robert Ryan in Flying Leathernecks (1951)
    Flying Leathernecks
    6.3
    • fill-in director (uncredited)
    • 1951

Personal details

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  • Alternative names
    • Ed Grainger
  • Height
    • 5′ 11″ (1.80 m)
  • Born
    • October 1, 1906
    • New York City, New York, USA
  • Died
    • July 6, 1981
    • Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA(undisclosed)

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  • Trivia
    American producer, a specialist in action subjects. He worked at Fox, Universal and Warner Brothers in the 1930's, then had his best spell at Republic and RKO. He was often associated with the films of John Wayne, whom he had first picked (over Kirk Douglas) to star in his pet project Sands of Iwo Jima (1949).
  • Nickname
    • Eddie

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