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Ivan Tors
Budapest, Hungary
Ivan Tors was a Hungarian-born American playwright, film director, screenwriter, and producer renowned for his contributions to science fiction and animal-themed entertainment. Af…
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Ivan Tors was a Hungarian-born American playwright, film director, screenwriter, and producer renowned for his contributions to science fiction and animal-themed entertainment. After studying at the University of Budapest, he emigrated to the United States in 1939, where he served in the U.S. Army Air Corps and the Office of Strategic Services during World War II. Post-war, Tors joined Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer as a screenwriter. He co-wrote and produced Storm Over Tibet (1952) and created the "Office of Scientific Investigation" trilogy, including The Magnetic Monster (1953), Riders to the Stars (1954), and Gog (1954). Tors also developed television series like Science Fiction Theater (1955–1957), Sea Hunt (1958–1961), and Flipper (1964–1967). His Miami-based studio, now known as Greenwich Studios, was instrumental in producing underwater sequences and animal-centric stories. Tors passed away in Mato Grosso, Brazil, while scouting locations for a new television series.
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1987
Sea Hunt
TV show Creator
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1980
Galyon
Movie Director
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1977
Four Against The Desert
Movie Director
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1976
Escape from Angola
Movie Ivan Mallory
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1971
Primus
TV show Creator
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1970
The Aquarians
Movie Producer
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1969
Jambo
TV show
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1969
Hello Down There
Movie Story
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1968
Daring Game
Movie Executive Producer
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1967
Gentle Giant
Movie Producer
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1967
Cowboy in Africa
TV show Producer
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1967
Gentle Ben
TV show Producer
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1967
Island of the Lost
Movie Writer
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1966
Birds Do It
Movie Executive Producer
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1966
Namu, the Killer Whale
Movie Producer
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1966
Daktari
TV show Executive Producer
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1965
Around the World Under the Sea
Movie Producer
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1965
Zebra in the Kitchen
Movie Director
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1964
Flipper
TV show Director
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1964
Flipper's New Adventure
Movie Story
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1964
Rhino!
Movie Self - director
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1963
Flipper
Movie Producer
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1961
Everglades
TV show Producer
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1961
Ripcord
TV show Producer
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1960
The Aquanauts
TV show Producer
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1959
Men Into Space
TV show Producer
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1959
The Man and the Challenge
TV show Producer
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1958
Sea Hunt
TV show Creator
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1955
Science Fiction Theatre
TV show Director
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1955
Battle Taxi
Movie Producer
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1954
Gog
Movie Story
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1954
Riders to the Stars
Movie Producer
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1953
The 49th Man
Movie Story
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1953
The Glass Wall
Movie Producer
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1953
The Magnetic Monster
Movie Screenplay
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1952
Storm Over Tibet
Movie Screenplay
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1950
Watch the Birdie
Movie Screenplay
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1949
That Forsyte Woman
Movie Screenplay
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1949
In the Good Old Summertime
Movie Screenplay
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1947
Song of Love
Movie Writer
