Henry G. Plitt

Henry G. Plitt (1918 – January 26, 1993) was an American businessman and war hero who founded Plitt Theatres.

Biography Plitt was born to a Jewish family In 1944, he returned to the U.S. as a war hero and went on the circuit soliciting the sale of war bonds.

After the war in 1949, he served as a district manager in Ohio, West Virginia and Kentucky and an executive at Paramount Theatres In 1955, Plitt was appointed president of the Paramount-Richards circuit and in 1959, as president of ABC Films Syndication where he served until 1965. thus ending ABC's involvement in the theater industry. His minority partners were Thomas J. Klutznick (son of Philip Klutznick) (25%); and Roy H. Aaron (14%). He then founded a new theatre company, the Plitt Amusement Co., which consisted of nine theaters in Washington state. On January 26, 1993, Plitt died of pancreatic cancer at his home in Beverly Hills, California. Funeral services were held at the Stephen S. Wise Temple in Los Angeles with an additional memorial service held at Riverside Memorial Chapel in New York City.