Mike Zimring

Mike Zimring (May 24, 1916 – February 23, 2011)[1] was an American entertainment agent. Zimring attended the drama school, Pasadena Playhouse, 1936–37, and was a radio actor in Hollywood and Chicago, 1938-41. He was a captain in the United States Army, 1941-46 heading the theatrical branch of the European Theater of Operations. In 1947, he was assistant to Orson Welles in the Mercury Theater. Zimring joined the William Morris Agency in 1948, becoming the senior agent in the motion picture department in 1950 and head of the literary department in 1959. He stayed at the William Morris Agency for several decades before becoming independent in the early 1990s.[2] He lives in Beverly Hills, California.

His clients over the years have included Karl Malden,[3] Carl Reiner,[4] Katharine Hepburn,[5] Gore Vidal,[5] Herbert Lom, Frank Capra,[5] Jean Renoir,[5] and his wife Connie Russell.[6] In his memoirs, Carl Reiner called Mike Zimring "the most civilized of all Hollywood agents."[7]

Mike Zimring's older brother Maury (a.k.a. Maurice Zimm) wrote the story for Creature from the Black Lagoon.

Mike died February 23, 2011 at Midway Hospital in Los Angeles

References

  1. ↑ Michael Zimring Obituary
  2. ↑ Constance Nash, Virginia Oakey, The Screenwriter's Handbook, p. 76.
  3. ↑ Karl Malden, Carla Malden, When Do I Start? A Memoir, pp. 260, 310, 321.
  4. ↑ Carl Reiner, My Anecdotal Life: A Memoir, pp. 123-124, 147, 184.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Merrily Weisbord, Our Future Selves, p. 157.
  6. ↑ Descendants of Chaim Stawsky
  7. ↑ Reiner, p. 123.