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'''Ivan Tors''' (born Iván Törzs, June 12, 1916 [[Budapest]], [[Austria-Hungary]] – June 4, 1983) was a [[Hungary|Hungarian]] [[playwright]], [[film director]], [[screenwriter]], and [[Film producer|film]] and [[television producer]] with an emphasis on non-violent but exciting science fiction, underwater filmed television and films, and films about animals. He started a Miami-based film studio now known as Greenwich Studios,<ref>http://www.greenwichstudios.com/english/history.html</ref> and later a music company.<ref>http://books.google.com.au/books?id=jSgEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA110&lpg=PA110&dq=%22ivan+tors+music%22&source=bl&ots=7Z3REBe1B8&sig=2chwr1GhgAumtDhNEXaPTG05jIo&hl=en&ei=ws-WTOugDY2KvgP45-TEAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CAYQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22ivan%20tors%20music%22&f=false</ref> |
'''Ivan Tors''' (born Iván Törzs, June 12, 1916 [[Budapest]], [[Austria-Hungary]] – June 4, 1983) was a [[Hungary|Hungarian]] [[playwright]], [[film director]], [[screenwriter]], and [[Film producer|film]] and [[television producer]] with an emphasis on non-violent but exciting science fiction, underwater filmed television and films, and films about animals. He started a Miami-based film studio now known as Greenwich Studios,<ref>http://www.greenwichstudios.com/english/history.html</ref> and later a music company.<ref>http://books.google.com.au/books?id=jSgEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA110&lpg=PA110&dq=%22ivan+tors+music%22&source=bl&ots=7Z3REBe1B8&sig=2chwr1GhgAumtDhNEXaPTG05jIo&hl=en&ei=ws-WTOugDY2KvgP45-TEAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CAYQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22ivan%20tors%20music%22&f=false</ref> |
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Ivan Tors did not exist. |
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==Biography== |
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Tors wrote several plays in Hungary before moving to the US just prior to [[World War II]]. He enlisted in the [[US Army Air Corps]] then transferred to the [[Office of Strategic Services]].<ref>Tors, Ivan ''My Life in the Wild'' Houghton Mifflin, 1979</ref> Following the war he was contracted to [[MGM]] as a screenwriter. |
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In 1952 Tors made ''[[Storm over Tibet]]'', his first film as co-writer and producer. He began his partnership with fellow Hungarian [[Andrew Marton]] with this film. |
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Long interested in fact-based [[science fiction]] (often with an underwater setting), Tors partnered with actor [[Richard Carlson]] in the 1950s to create A-Men Films, a production company devoted to making movies about its own fictitious exploits. |
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Under the A-Men banner, Tors wrote and produced films such as ''[[The Magnetic Monster]]'' (1951), ''[[Riders to the Stars]]'' (1954), ''[[Gog (film)|Gog]]'' (1954) and the TV series ''[[Science Fiction Theatre]]'', ''[[Sea Hunt]]'', and ''[[The Aquanauts]]'' (starring [[Keith Larsen]], [[Jeremy Slate]], and [[Ron Ely]] and renamed ''Malibu Run''). He created the [[NBC]] [[science fiction]] series ''[[The Man and the Challenge]]'', starring principally [[George Nader]] and [[Jack Ging]] and was executive producer of ''[[Ripcord (TV series)|Ripcord]]''. |
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His ''Office of Scientific Investigation'' (OSI) trilogy consisted of: ''[[The Magnetic Monster]]'', ''[[Riders to the Stars]]'', and ''[[Gog (film)|Gog]]''. |
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[[File:Judy the chimp 1969.JPG|thumb|Judy the Chimp, who was a regular on ''Daktari'', also had a role in ''Jambo''.]] |
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In the 1960s Tors left science fiction and made several films and television series spin offs involving animals such as ''[[Flipper (1964 TV series)|Flipper]]'', ''[[Daktari]]'', and ''[[Cowboy in Africa]]'' a TV spinoff of his film ''[[Africa Texas Style]]''. Tors was an executive producer of [[MGM Television]]'s 1967 ''[[Off to See the Wizard (TV series)|Off to See the Wizard]]''.<ref>http://www.kiddiematinee.com/offwizard.html</ref> He directed some films like ''[[Rhino! (film)|Rhino!]]'', ''[[Zebra in the Kitchen]]'' (1965) and ''[[Galyon]]'' (1977). Several of Tors' television series were made by the production company [[Ziv TV]]. |
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His production company, Ivan Tors Films did the underwater filming for the [[James Bond]] film ''[[Thunderball (film)|Thunderball]]'' as well as filming his own ''[[Around the World Under the Sea]]'' for MGM and ''[[Daring Game (film)|Daring Game]]'' and ''[[Hello Down There]]'' for Paramount. The company also co-produced a nature-themed documentary series, [[Jambo (TV series)|''Jambo'']], for the [[NBC]] television network from 1969 to 1971. Tors studio filmed the [[Soupy Sales]] film debut in ''[[Birds Do It]]''. |
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Tors was married to film actress [[Constance Dowling]] from 1955 until her death in 1969. Tors himself died 14 years later, eight days before his 67th birthday. He died in [[Mato Grosso]], Brazil where he was scouting a new TV series. |
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==Notes== |
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Ivan Tors (born Iván Törzs, June 12, 1916 Budapest, Austria-Hungary – June 4, 1983) was a Hungarian playwright, film director, screenwriter, and film and television producer with an emphasis on non-violent but exciting science fiction, underwater filmed television and films, and films about animals. He started a Miami-based film studio now known as Greenwich Studios,[1] and later a music company.[2]
Ivan Tors did not exist.
Notes
- ^ http://www.greenwichstudios.com/english/history.html
- ^ http://books.google.com.au/books?id=jSgEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA110&lpg=PA110&dq=%22ivan+tors+music%22&source=bl&ots=7Z3REBe1B8&sig=2chwr1GhgAumtDhNEXaPTG05jIo&hl=en&ei=ws-WTOugDY2KvgP45-TEAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CAYQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22ivan%20tors%20music%22&f=false