Jump to content
 







Main menu
   


Navigation  



Main page
Contents
Current events
Random article
About Wikipedia
Contact us
Donate
 




Contribute  



Help
Learn to edit
Community portal
Recent changes
Upload file
 








Search  

































Create account

Log in
 









Create account
 Log in
 




Pages for logged out editors learn more  



Contributions
Talk
 



















Contents

   



(Top)
 


1 Early life  





2 Career  





3 Personal life  





4 Death  





5 Filmography  



5.1  Film  







6 References  





7 External links  














John Foreman (producer)






العربية
Deutsch
Español
Français
 

Edit links
 









Article
Talk
 

















Read
Edit
View history
 








Tools
   


Actions  



Read
Edit
View history
 




General  



What links here
Related changes
Upload file
Special pages
Permanent link
Page information
Cite this page
Get shortened URL
Download QR code
Wikidata item
 




Print/export  



Download as PDF
Printable version
 
















Appearance
   

 






From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 


John Foreman
Born

John Christian Foreman


(1925-07-26)July 26, 1925
DiedNovember 20, 1992(1992-11-20) (aged 67)
OccupationFilm producer
Spouse(s)Linda Lawson
(m. 1961)
Children2 including Amanda)

John Foreman (July 26, 1925 – November 20, 1992)[1][2] was an American film producer.

Early life[edit]

John Christian Foreman was born on July 26, 1925, in Idaho Falls, Idaho. Foreman served in the U.S. Navy during World War II.[3]

Career[edit]

In the late 1960s, he and actor Paul Newman founded Newman-Foreman productions. He went on to produce Winning (1969) and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969). He later produced four films in collaboration with director John Huston, The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972), The Mackintosh Man (1973), The Man Who Would Be King (1975), and Prizzi's Honor (1985). His other film credits as producer include, The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds (1972) and They Might Be Giants (1971)[4]

He was nominated twice for an Academy Award for Best Picture as the producer of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and Prizzi's Honor.

Personal life[edit]

Forman was married to actress and singer Linda Lawson. They had two daughters, Amanda and Julie.[5]

Death[edit]

He died on November 19, 1992, in Beverly Hills, California.

Filmography[edit]

He was producer for all films unless otherwise noted.

Film[edit]

Year Film Credit Notes
1969 Winning
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
1970 WUSA
Puzzle of a Downfall Child
1971 They Might Be Giants
Sometimes a Great Notion
1972 Pocket Money
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds Executive producer
1973 The Mackintosh Man
1975 The Man Who Would Be King
1977 Bobby Deerfield Executive producer
1978 The First Great Train Robbery
1984 The Ice Pirates
1985 Prizzi's Honor
1989 Millennium Executive producer
1991 Mannequin Two: On the Move Executive producer Final film as a producer
1996 Up Close & Personal Executive producer Posthumous release

References[edit]

  1. ^ "John Foreman - Social Networks and Archival Context". snaccooperative.org. Retrieved July 25, 2022.
  • ^ According to the State of California. California Death Index, 1940–1997. Center for Health Statistics, California Department of Health Services, Sacramento, California
  • ^ John Foreman; Producer of ‘Prizzi’s Honor,’ ‘Butch Cassidy’ Los Angeles Times via Internet Archive. Retrieved May 4, 2023.
  • ^ The New York Times: "They Might Be Giants"
  • ^ "John Foreman". IMDb. Retrieved May 28, 2016.
  • External links[edit]


  • t
  • e

  • Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John_Foreman_(producer)&oldid=1215714337"

    Categories: 
    1925 births
    1992 deaths
    20th-century American businesspeople
    Burials at Hollywood Forever Cemetery
    Film producers from California
    Golden Globe Award-winning producers
    Jewish American military personnel
    Military personnel from Idaho
    Film people from Beverly Hills, California
    People from Idaho Falls, Idaho
    United States Navy personnel of World War II
    American film producer stubs
    Hidden categories: 
    Articles with short description
    Short description matches Wikidata
    Use mdy dates from May 2016
    Pages using infobox person with multiple spouses
    Articles with hCards
    Articles with ISNI identifiers
    Articles with VIAF identifiers
    Articles with WorldCat Entities identifiers
    Articles with BNE identifiers
    Articles with GND identifiers
    Articles with J9U identifiers
    Articles with LCCN identifiers
    Articles with NTA identifiers
    Articles with PLWABN identifiers
    Articles with SNAC-ID identifiers
    All stub articles
     



    This page was last edited on 26 March 2024, at 18:21 (UTC).

    Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 4.0; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization.



    Privacy policy

    About Wikipedia

    Disclaimers

    Contact Wikipedia

    Code of Conduct

    Developers

    Statistics

    Cookie statement

    Mobile view



    Wikimedia Foundation
    Powered by MediaWiki