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Hecht-Rantz Agency

Harold Hecht
Born Harold Adolph Hecht
(1907-06-01)June 1, 1907
Yorkville, New York City, New York, United States
Died May 26, 1985(1985-05-26) (aged 77)
Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, United States
Cause of death Pancreatic cancer
Resting place Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery, Los Angeles, California, United States
34°03′30″N 118°26′27″W / 34.05845°N 118.44087°W / 34.05845; -118.44087
Nationality American
Education American Laboratory Theatre
Occupation
Years active 1923–1985
Spouse(s)
  • Gloria Joyce Buzzell
    (m.1947–1960; divorced)
  • Martine Millner
    (m. 1962–1974; divorced)
Children
  • Steven Lowey Hecht (b. 1948)
  • Duffy W. Hecht (b. 1950)
  • Alma Hecht (b. 1955)
  • Harold Hecht, Jr. (b.1963)
  • Adam Arthur Hecht (b. 1965)
  • Rebecca Hecht (b. 1970)
Parent(s)
  • Joseph Hecht
  • Rose Lowey
Relatives
Awards

Harold Adolph Hecht (June 1, 1907 – May 26, 1985), born in New York City, was an Academy Award-winning Hollywood film producer, dance director and talent agent. He was also, though less noted for, a literary agent, a theatrical producer, a theatre director, a film director and a Broadway actor. He was a member of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences and the Screen Producers Guild.

During his first stay in Hollywood in the early to mid-1930s, Hecht was one of the leading dance directors in the movie industry, working with the Marx Brothers, Mae West, Bing Crosby, Cary Grant, W.C. Fields, Gary Cooper, Maurice Chevalier and Marion Davies. In 1947, he co-founded Norma Productions, an independent film production company, with his business partner and managed actor, Burt Lancaster. From 1954 to 1959, the Norma Productions subsidiaries, Hecht-Lancaster Productions and Hecht-Hill-Lancaster Productions, were the biggest and most important independent production units in Hollywood. Following the end of the Hecht-Hill-Lancaster Productions team, Hecht continued as one of the top three independent producers in Hollywood, a position he shared with Stanley Kramer and the Mirisch brothers, for the next ten years.


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