Marvin Minoff

Biography Minoff, the son of theatrical haberdasher Harry Minoff, He attended Abraham Lincoln High School, Syracuse University and New York University. He then enlisted in the United States Army during the Korean War. Their many television movies featured such actors as Fred Savage, Ed Asner, Helen Hunt, Jill Clayburgh, Missy Crider, Patricia Wettig, and Tess Harper.

Together, Minoff and Farrell produced two feature films. Their first film was 1988's Dominick and Eugene for Orion Pictures, which earned actor Tom Hulce a Golden Globe nomination for best actor. Farrell and Minoff later co-produced Patch Adams in 1998, which starred Robin Williams.

Death He died at his home in Los Angeles on November 11, 2009, at the age of 78. He married actress Bonnie Franklin in 1980, and she became stepmother to his two children, Jed and Julie, from a previous marriage.

Minoff was buried at Mount Sinai Memorial Park Cemetery in Hollywood Hills.