Zev Braun obit

Zev Braun Dies: ‘Tour Of Duty’ Vietnam Drama Producer Was 90

 

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Zev Braun, a TV and film producer whose credits include the acclaimed CBS Vietnam War series Tour of Duty (1987-1990), died peacefully in Los Angeles on Oct. 17, just two days shy of his 91st birthday.

Braun got his start in show business with his debut of the film Goldstein, which he produced with his cousin Philip Kaufman; the film screened at the 1964 Cannes Film Festival, and shared the Prix de la Nouvelle Critique with Bertolucci’s Before the Revolution.

Productions or co-productions in the 1970s included The Pedestrian; the horror film The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane, starring Jodie Foster and Martin Sheen; Angela, starring Sophia Loren and John Huston; Freedom Road, starring Muhammad Ali and Kris Kristofferson; and The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu, starring Peter Sellers and Helen Mirren.

In the ’80s, Braun’s credits include TV and features such as Stillwatch, starring Lynda Carter and Angie Dickinson; a four-hour miniseries, Murder Ordained, starring JoBeth Williams, Keith Carradine and Terry Kinney; and a two-hour NBC movie, The Father Clements Story, starring Louis Gossett Jr., Malcolm-Jamal Warner and Carroll O’Connor.

Tour of Duty, for which he’ll be best remembered, ran for three seasons on CBS. Other TV credits include Murphy’s Law, starring George Segal, and Bagdad Cafe, starring Whoopi Goldberg and Jean Stapleton.

Braun remained busy though the ’90s and 2000s, with A Seduction in Travis County, Menendez: A Killing In Beverly Hills, and Dominick Dunne’s 919 Fifth Avenue, among others. Most recently, Braun executive produced the Lifetime film The Gabby Douglas Story, starring Regina King and Imani Hakim.

Braun is preceded in death by his sisters: Miriam Pickard and Judith Weinstein. He is survived by wife Mayling; his children  Ben (Jessica), Jonathon, Jeremy (Roxie), and Sue-Ling (Sam Mickens); his brother, David; as well as his five grandchildren.

 

Actor

Where Are the Children? (1985)

Where Are the Children?

5.6

J.D. Quill

1985

 

Producer

The Gabby Douglas Story (2014)

The Gabby Douglas Story

6.9

TV Movie

executive producer

2014

 

Before You Say 'I Do' (2009)

Before You Say 'I Do'

6.0

TV Movie

co-executive producer

2009

 

Mercedes Ruehl and JD Pardo in A Girl Like Me: The Gwen Araujo Story (2006)

A Girl Like Me: The Gwen Araujo Story

7.3

TV Movie

executive producer

2006

 

Nathan Anderson, Paget Brewster, Terry Kinney, and Janel Moloney in Amber Frey: Witness for the Prosecution (2005)

Amber Frey: Witness for the Prosecution

5.2

TV Movie

executive producer

2005

 

Edges of the Lord (2001)

Edges of the Lord

6.7

producer

2001

 

John Ritter and Marg Helgenberger in Lethal Vows (1999)

Lethal Vows

6.3

TV Movie

executive producer

1999

 

Abducted: A Father's Love (1996)

Abducted: A Father's Love

6.3

TV Movie

executive producer

1996

 

Barry Bostwick, Brian Krause, Tracey Needham, and Michelle Phillips in 919 Fifth Avenue (1995)

919 Fifth Avenue

5.2

TV Movie

executive producer

1995

 

Menendez: A Killing in Beverly Hills (1994)

Menendez: A Killing in Beverly Hills

6.3

TV Movie

producer

1994

 

Gregory Harrison in Split Images (1992)

Split Images

5.1

TV Movie

executive producer

1992

 

A Seduction in Travis County (1991)

A Seduction in Travis County

5.5

TV Movie

executive producer

1991

 

Tony Becker, Eric Bruskotter, Stephen Caffrey, Stan Foster, Ramón Franco, Terence Knox, and Miguel A. Núñez Jr. in Tour of Duty (1987)

Tour of Duty

8.3

TV Series

executive producer

1987–1990

58 episodes

 

Bagdad Cafe (1990)

Bagdad Cafe

6.7

TV Series

executive producer

1990

 

Murphy's Law (1988)

Murphy's Law

6.9

TV Series

executive producer

1988–1989

13 episodes

 

Louis Gossett Jr., Carroll O'Connor, and Malcolm-Jamal Warner in The Father Clements Story (1987)

The Father Clements Story

6.9

TV Movie

executive producer

1987

 

Murder Ordained (1987)

Murder Ordained

7.0

TV Movie

executive producer

1987

 

Angie Dickinson and Lynda Carter in Stillwatch (1987)

Stillwatch

5.6

TV Movie

executive producer

1987

 

Where Are the Children? (1985)

Where Are the Children?

5.6

producer

1985

 

Marlene (1984)

Marlene

7.6

producer

1984

 

The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu (1980)

The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu

4.9

producer

1980

 

Muhammad Ali and Kris Kristofferson in Freedom Road (1979)

Freedom Road

5.8

TV Movie

executive producer

1979

 

Sophia Loren and Steve Railsback in Angela (1977)

Angela

5.6

executive producer

1977

 

The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane (1976)

The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane

7.0

producer

1976

 

James Mason, Franco Nero, and Jennifer O'Neill in The Flower in His Mouth (1975)

The Flower in His Mouth

6.4

producer

1975

 

Sydne Rome and Maria Schneider in Wanted: Babysitter (1975)

Wanted: Babysitter

5.4

producer

1975

 

Franco Nero in Cry, Onion (1975)

Cry, Onion

5.4

producer

1975

 

Sophia Loren and Marcello Mastroianni in Gun Moll (1975)

Gun Moll

5.6

producer

1975

 

The Pedestrian (1973)

The Pedestrian

6.5

producer

1973

 

Madron (1970)

Madron

5.2

executive producer

1970

 

Goldstein (1964)

Goldstein

5.7

producer

1964

 

Self

Science Fiction Film Awards (1978)

Science Fiction Film Awards

5.8

TV Special

Self - Winner

1978