About

Known credits:
81
Birthday:
1903-09-16
Place of birth:
San Francisco, California, USA
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Irving Asher

Overview

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Irving Asher (1903–1985) was an American film producer. Born in San Francisco in September 1903, he began his film production career in Hollywood in 1919. After joining the staff of Warner Brothers he was sent over to England as the managing director of their subsidiary Teddington Studios in Middlesex in the mid 1930s (where he is credited for discovering and seeing the potential of Errol Flynn when he was a young unknown actor who was hanging around Teddington Studios at the time looking for a way into the movies). Flynn played his first significant part as the lead in the now-lost Murder at Monte Carlo (1935), which was produced by Asher. Asher went on to join Alexander Korda's London Film Productions where he worked on the epic The Four Feathers (1939). Subsequently he returned to Hollywood to work as a producer for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, where he earned his only Academy Award nomination for the 1941 Greer Garson film Blossoms in the Dust.

Later in his career, he was head of production for 20th Century Fox Television.

He married the actress Laura La Plante in 1934.

Asher died in California in March 1985.

Known for

Directing
1930 A Notorious Affair Directing Assistant Director 58
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1925 Below the Line Directing Assistant Director 59
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Production
1957 Man Without a Gun Production Executive Producer 69
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1957 How to Marry a Millionaire Production Producer 69
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1956 Broken Arrow Production Producer 68
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1954 Elephant Walk Production Producer 58
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1952 The Turning Point Production Producer 59
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1951 Here Comes the Groom Production Associate Producer 58
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1942 Tennessee Johnson Production Producer 59
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1942 Nazi Agent Production Producer 59
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1942 Mr. and Mrs. North Production Producer 58
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1941 Blossoms in the Dust Production Producer 59
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1941 Billy the Kid Production Producer 58
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1940 Ten Days in Paris Production Producer 59
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1939 The Spy in Black Production Producer 59
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1939 The Four Feathers Production Associate Producer 60
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1939 Q Planes Production Producer 59
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1938 Thank Evans Production Executive Producer N/A
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1938 Quiet, Please Production Executive Producer N/A
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1938 The Viper Production Executive Producer N/A
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1938 The Singing Cop Production Executive Producer N/A
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1938 The Dark Stairway Production Producer N/A
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1938 Double or Quits Production Producer N/A
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1938 Thistledown Production Producer N/A
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1938 Simply Terrific Production Producer N/A
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1937 The Man Who Made Diamonds Production Executive Producer N/A
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1937 The Windmill Production Executive Producer N/A
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1937 Change for a Sovereign Production Producer N/A
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1937 Side Street Angel Production Executive Producer N/A
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1937 You Live and Learn Production Executive Producer N/A
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1937 Mayfair Melody Production Producer N/A
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1937 The Compulsory Wife Production Executive Producer N/A
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1937 The Vulture Production Executive Producer N/A
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1937 It’s Not Cricket Production Executive Producer N/A
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1937 Don't Get Me Wrong Production Executive Producer N/A
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1937 Transatlantic Trouble Production Producer N/A
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1936 Gypsy Production Producer N/A
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1936 Hail and Farewell Production Executive Producer N/A
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1936 Fair Exchange Production Producer N/A
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1936 Educated Evans Production Producer N/A
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1936 Gaol Break Production Producer N/A
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1936 The Brown Wallet Production Executive Producer N/A
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1936 Where's Sally? Production Producer N/A
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1936 Faithful Production Producer N/A
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1935 Mr. Cohen Takes a Walk Production Executive Producer 58
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1935 The Black Mask Production Producer 59
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1935 Someday Production Producer N/A
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1935 Get Off My Foot Production Executive Producer N/A
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1935 Mr. What's-His-Name? Production Producer N/A
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1935 Man of the Moment Production Executive Producer 59
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1935 Crime Unlimited Production Producer 59
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1935 Hello, Sweetheart Production Producer N/A
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1935 The Girl in the Crowd Production Producer N/A
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1935 What’s in a Name? Production Producer N/A
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1935 A Glimpse of Paradise Production Producer N/A
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1935 So You Won't Talk Production Producer N/A
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1935 Father and Son Production Producer N/A
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1934 Something Always Happens Production Producer 59
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1934 The Church Mouse Production Producer 58
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1934 No Escape Production Producer N/A
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1934 The Office Wife Production Producer N/A
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1934 The Girl in Possession Production Producer N/A
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1934 The Silver Spoon Production Producer N/A
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1933 This Acting Business Production Producer N/A
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1933 I Adore You Production Producer N/A
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1933 The Bermondsey Kid Production Producer N/A
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1933 Her Imaginary Lover Production Producer N/A
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1933 Mayfair Girl Production Producer N/A
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1933 High Finance Production Producer N/A
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1933 Call Me Mame Production Producer N/A
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1933 The Thirteenth Candle Production Producer N/A
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1933 As Good as New Production Producer N/A
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1932 The River House Ghost Production Producer N/A
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1932 Her Night Out Production Producer N/A
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1932 Lucky Ladies Production Producer N/A
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1932 The Silver Greyhound Production Producer N/A
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1932 High Society Production Producer N/A
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1932 Help Yourself Production Producer N/A
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1932 Murder on the Second Floor Production Producer N/A
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1932 A Voice Said Goodnight Production Producer N/A
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1929 The Aviator Production Producer N/A
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