JOHN SPRINGER
April 25, 1916 – October 30, 2001
Member since 1968
Venerable press agent John Springer passed away October
30, 2001. Cause of death was a heart attack.
A member of ATPAM since 1968, Springer repped numerous
stage and screen actors as well as theatrical productions and films. Among
his theatrical credits are: David Henry Hwang's Tony Award-winning M.
BUTTERFLY, LA BETE, ACCOMPLICE, Lynn Redgrave’s SHAKESPEARE FOR MY FATHER,
IRENE, starring Debbie Reynolds The Blue Light Theater Company’s GOLDEN
BOY directed by Joanne Woodward, SCENES FROM AN EXECUTION, TREASURE
ISLAND, EQUUS and twelve Broadway productions for Tony Randall’s National
Actors Theater, featuring such stars as George C. Scott, Charles Durning,
Julie Harris, Martin Sheen, Michael York, Mercedes Ruehl and Tyne Daly.
Springer began his professional PR career in 1948 when he
started with RKO pictures as head of magazine publicity. After a similar
stop at Twentieth Century Fox, Springer ventured out on his own.
Among the personalities he repped during this time were
Marilyn Monroe, Judy Garland, Marlene Dietrich, Montgomery Clift, Bette
Davis, Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor, Robert Preston, Rosalind Russell,
Grace Kelly, Lauren Bacall, Gary Cooper, Michael Redgrave and Henry Fonda
among many more.
A few of his many film credits include "Bonnie and Clyde,"
"Midnight Cowboy," "A Man For All Seasons," "Amarcord,"
"Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?," "The Graduate,"
"Seven Beauties," and "Z".
Springer was also a noted film historian, author and
originator of the format of Tribute Evenings to great film stars. His
series of Citadel books are considered Film Book Classics.
John is survived by his wife June, and children Gary,
Alicia and Cynthia and five grandchildren Nick, Olivia, Anthony, Zora and
Zachary. |
