Don Kranze obit

Producer Don Kranze Has Died 

He was not on the list.

Don Kranze was born on September 3, 1925 in the USA. He was a producer and assistant director, known for The Graduate (1967), 12 Angry Men (1957) and The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper (1981). He died on August 24, 2019.

 Donald Kranze died Aug. 24 at 93. Survived by wife Bebe; daughters Lori (Scott), Deborah (Gary); 4 grandchildren; brother Barry.

Producer

Michael Keaton, Shelley Long, and Henry Winkler in Night Shift (1982)

Night Shift

6.5

executive producer

1982

 

The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper (1981)

The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper

5.5

executive producer (as Donald Kranze)

1981

 

The Other (1972)

The Other

6.8

associate producer

1972

 

Oliver Conant, Gary Grimes, Jerry Houser, and Jennifer O'Neill in Summer of '42 (1971)

Summer of '42

7.2

associate producer

1971

 

George C. Scott in East Side/West Side (1963)

East Side/West Side

8.5

TV Series

producer

1963–1964

17 episodes

 

Second Unit or Assistant Director

The Other (1972)

The Other

6.8

assistant director

1972

 

Candice Bergen and Peter Boyle in T.R. Baskin (1971)

T.R. Baskin

6.4

assistant director

1971

 

Oliver Conant, Gary Grimes, Jerry Houser, and Jennifer O'Neill in Summer of '42 (1971)

Summer of '42

7.2

assistant director

1971

 

There Was a Crooked Man... (1970)

There Was a Crooked Man...

6.9

assistant director

1970

 

The Sterile Cuckoo (1969)

The Sterile Cuckoo

6.6

assistant director

1969

 

Gregory Peck and Eva Marie Saint in The Stalking Moon (1968)

The Stalking Moon

6.6

assistant director

1968

 

Dustin Hoffman and Anne Bancroft in The Graduate (1967)

The Graduate

8.0

assistant director

1967

 

Sandy Dennis in Up the Down Staircase (1967)

Up the Down Staircase

7.3

assistant director

1967

 

Robert Reed and E.G. Marshall in The Defenders (1961)

The Defenders

8.0

TV Series

assistant director

1962

5 episodes

 

Advise & Consent (1962)

Advise & Consent

7.7

assistant director

1962

 

Paul Newman in The Hustler (1961)

The Hustler

8.0

assistant director (uncredited)

1961

 

Natalie Wood and Warren Beatty in Splendor in the Grass (1961)

Splendor in the Grass

7.7

assistant director

1961

 

Jimmy Clanton, Rocky Graziano, and Diane Jergens in Teenage Millionaire (1961)

Teenage Millionaire

4.5

assistant director

1961

 

A Face in the Crowd (1957)

A Face in the Crowd

8.2

assistant director (uncredited)

1957

 

Henry Fonda, Martin Balsam, Jack Klugman, Lee J. Cobb, Ed Begley, Edward Binns, John Fiedler, E.G. Marshall, Joseph Sweeney, George Voskovec, Jack Warden, and Robert Webber in 12 Angry Men (1957)

12 Angry Men

9.0

assistant director (as Donald Kranze)

1957

 

"Edge of the City" (Saul Bass Poster) 1957 MGM

Edge of the City

7.2

assistant director

1957

 

Additional Crew

Zina Bethune and Shirl Conway in The Doctors and the Nurses (1962)

The Doctors and the Nurses

7.5

TV Series

assistant to the producer

assistant to producer

1963

4 episodes

 

World by Night No. 2 (1961)

World by Night No. 2

6.5

production assistant: USA

1961