Motion Picture Producer. Born in Łódź, Poland, he came to the United States in 1905. Educated at Cornell University, he worked after service during World War I (WWI) in the United States Navy as a fur trader, and then a staffer for the William Morris Agency, ending in Hollywood around 1928 to set up a branch of the agency. In 1933, he went to Columbia Pictures as casting director, then personal assistant to Harry Cohn, swiftly graduating to assistant producer, then producer. From 1950 on, he and director and writer George Seaton for nearly twenty years maintained one of Hollywood's most famous partnerships, "Perlberg-Seaton Productions", producing many box office hits for 20th Century-Fox, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) and mostly, Paramount Pictures. Credits - with and without Seaton - include "Golden Boy" (1939), "The Song of Bernadette" (1943), "Miracle on 34th Street" (1947), "The Country Girl" (1954), "Teacher's Pet" (1958), "But Not for Me" (1959) "The Pleasure of His Company" (1960), "36 Hours" (1964) and "Half a Sixpence" (1966). After a long illness, he died at the UCLA Medical Center of a heart attack.
Motion Picture Producer. Born in Łódź, Poland, he came to the United States in 1905. Educated at Cornell University, he worked after service during World War I (WWI) in the United States Navy as a fur trader, and then a staffer for the William Morris Agency, ending in Hollywood around 1928 to set up a branch of the agency. In 1933, he went to Columbia Pictures as casting director, then personal assistant to Harry Cohn, swiftly graduating to assistant producer, then producer. From 1950 on, he and director and writer George Seaton for nearly twenty years maintained one of Hollywood's most famous partnerships, "Perlberg-Seaton Productions", producing many box office hits for 20th Century-Fox, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) and mostly, Paramount Pictures. Credits - with and without Seaton - include "Golden Boy" (1939), "The Song of Bernadette" (1943), "Miracle on 34th Street" (1947), "The Country Girl" (1954), "Teacher's Pet" (1958), "But Not for Me" (1959) "The Pleasure of His Company" (1960), "36 Hours" (1964) and "Half a Sixpence" (1966). After a long illness, he died at the UCLA Medical Center of a heart attack.
Bio by: Fritz Tauber
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