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Bob BalabanAdd to My CelebsAge 66 Birthday Aug. 16th, 1945 Born in Chicago, Illinois, USA Height 5' 5" |
Bob Balaban's Main TV Roles
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Main Movie Roles2007 - No Reservations2007 - Dedication 2007 - License To Wed 2006 - Lady in the Water 2006 - For Your Consideration 2005 - Trust the Man 2005 - Capote 2003 - A Mighty Wind 2002 - The Tuxedo 2001 - The Majestic 2001 - Ghost World 2001 - The Mexican 2001 - Gosford Park 1999 - Jakob the Liar 1999 - Three to Tango 1997 - Deconstructing Harry 1996 - Waiting For Guffman 1994 - City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold 1994 - Greedy 1993 - For Love or Money 1993 - Amos & Andrew 1992 - Bob Roberts 1991 - Little Man Tate 1990 - Alice 1989 - Dead Bang 1984 - 2010: The Year We Make Contact 1981 - Prince of the City 1981 - Absence of Malice 1981 - Whose Life Is It Anyway? 1980 - Altered States 1977 - Close Encounters of the Third Kind 1975 - Report to the Commissioner 1970 - The Strawberry Statement 1970 - Catch-22 1969 - Midnight Cowboy |
NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at IMDB
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TRIVIA:
- Uncles Barney and A. J. Balaban owned ornate movie theaters with Sam Katz, the Balaban & Katz theater chain. Renamed Publix Theaters in 1925, it was acquired by Paramount Pictures. The theater chain became so important to Paramount's fortunes that the company name was changed to Paramount-Publix in 1930. Paramount-Publix went bankrupt in 1933, and was reorganized as Paramount Pictures, Inc. Sam Katz forced co-founder Adolph Zukor to resign, but after Barney Balaban became Paramount president in 1936, he appointed Zukor chairman of the board. Barney Balaban was president of Paramount through the tumultuous years following the 1949 Supreme Court-mandated divestiture of movie production companies from their theater chains. President of Paramount for 28 years, Barney coined "Balaban's Law," which held that a film had to gross three times its negative cost to break even. After the failure of Samuel Bronston's "Fall of the Roman Empire" (1964), which cost $20 million (approximately $115 million in 2003 dollars), Balaban was eased out of Paramount.
- Cousin of director 'Burt Balaban' (qv) and nephew of Barney Balaban.
- Published a diary of his experiences working on the film _Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)_ (qv).
- Played the head of NBC in both _"Seinfeld" (1990)_ (qv) and _The Late Shift (1996) (TV)_ (qv).
- He is described as a "mega-hunk" in _"The Simpsons" (1989) {A Star Is Born Again (#14.13)}_ (qv).
- Uncle Barney Balaban, president of Paramount Pictures from 1936 to 1964,was one of the movie magnates who attended the Waldorf Conference in 1946, in which the blacklist against communists was implemented. A deeply religious man, when asked by his daughter about his complicity with the blacklist, Balaban told her, "I don't think it's okay. There's something about it that's okay, but there's something about it that's terrible, and I don't quite understand it all yet."
- Was nominated for Broadway's 1979 Tony Award as Best Actor (Featured Role - Play) for "The Inspector General."
- Son of Elmer Balaban (1909-2001) who was last surviving of seven Balaban brothers who dominated the theater business in Chicago and much of the Midwest. The Balaban boys, sons of immigrant Jewish grocery-store owners in Chicago, built city's first "supercolossal" theaters, the 700-seat Circle and the 2,000-seat Central Park. Bob's Uncle Barney became chairman of Paramount Pictures in Hollywood and wanted to pass the torch to Elmer, but he declined. Elmer has been credited with devising an early version of pay TV, based on a set-top box that would show first-run movies at home by accepting quarters.
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