Isidor "Bud" Barsky (June 19, 1891 – December 18, 1967) was a screenwriter and film producer active mainly during the silent era.[1] Born in Ukraine in what was then part of the Russian Empire, he emigrated to the United States as a young man and grew up in New York.[2] At age 15, he toured Alaska's gold fields with a musical troupe.[2][3] During the First World War, he served in the Signal Corps.[3] He founded the eponymous Bud Barsky Corporation in 1924, which concentrated mainly on action and western films.[4] He also directed one film, The Coast Patrol, in 1925. In the 1930s he was the general manager of Columbia Pictures, and he was a producer at MGM, Warner Bros., and Grand National.[1] He died at the UCLA Medical Center in 1967.[2][3]
Isidor "Bud" Barsky | |
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Born | June 19, 1891 Odesa, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire |
Died | December 18, 1967 (aged 76) Westwood, California, United States |
Other names | Isador J. Barsky |
Occupation | Producer, Writer |
Years active | 1923–1937 |
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