Edmund Grainger(1906-1981)

Producer
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Additional Crew

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Edmund Grainger was born on 1 October 1906 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a producer and assistant director, known for Sands of Iwo Jima (1949), Nurse from Brooklyn (1938) and Flying Hostess (1936). He died on 6 July 1981 in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.

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Known for

John Wayne, John Agar, and Adele Mara in Sands of Iwo Jima (1949)

Sands of Iwo Jima

7.0

Producer

1949

Larry J. Blake, Sally Eilers, Paul Kelly, and Maurice Murphy in Nurse from Brooklyn (1938)

Nurse from Brooklyn

7.0

Producer

1938

Astrid Allwyn, Judith Barrett, Andy Devine, William Gargan, and William Hall in Flying Hostess (1936)

6.6

Producer

1936

Alexis Smith in Steel Against the Sky (1941)

Steel Against the Sky

5.7

Producer

1941

Credits

Producer

A Matter of Time
5.1
- producer (as J. Edmund Grainger)
- 1976
Cimarron
6.4
- producer
- 1960
Home from the Hill
7.4
- producer
- 1960
Never So Few
5.8
- producer
- 1959
Green Mansions
5.3
- producer
- 1959
Torpedo Run
6.4
- producer (produced by)
- 1958
The Sheepman
6.8
- producer
- 1958
Bundle of Joy
6.0
- producer
- 1956
Great Day in the Morning
6.4
- producer
- 1956
The Treasure of Pancho Villa
5.6
- producer
- 1955
The French Line
5.1
- producer
- 1953
Devil's Canyon
5.4
- producer
- 1953
Second Chance
5.9
- executive producer
- 1953
Split Second
6.8
- producer
- 1953
Blackbeard, the Pirate
6.0
- producer
- 1952

Second Unit or Assistant Director

Additional Crew

Personal details

Alternative names
- Ed Grainger
Height
- 5′ 11″ (1.80 m)
Born
- October 1, 1906
- New York City, New York, USA
Died
- July 6, 1981
- Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA(undisclosed)

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Trivia
American producer, a specialist in action subjects. He worked at Fox, Universal and Warner Brothers in the 1930's, then had his best spell at Republic and RKO. He was often associated with the films of John Wayne, whom he had first picked (over Kirk Douglas) to star in his pet project Sands of Iwo Jima (1949).

Nickname
- Eddie

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