Richard Shepherd

Richard Shepherd (born Richard Allen Silberman; June 4, 1927 – January 14, 2014) was an American film producer.

Biography

They pay ballplayers a lot of money for hitting .333; I'd pay anybody a lot of money if they could be right 33.3 percent of the time in this business. — Dick Shepherd, on the film industry

After leaving MCA, he formed Jurow-Shepherd Productions with Martin Jurow. Their first picture together was The Hanging Tree starring Gary Cooper and Maria Schell which they followed with The Fugitive Kind, an adaptation of Tennessee Williams's Orpheus Descending, starring Marlon Brando and Anna Magnani.

They signed a six-picture deal with Paramount Pictures where they made films including an adaptation of Truman Capote's Breakfast at Tiffany’s. He would go on to head production at Warner Bros. in 1970 and MGM in 1976 and later founded his own agency, the Artists Agency, where he would work into his 70s.

Personal life and death Shepherd was married from 1954 to 1978 to Judith Mayer Goetz, daughter of film producer William Goetz and granddaughter of Louis B. Mayer. They had three children, Scott, Tony, and Victoria. In 1979, Shepherd married Patricia and had a son, Christopher, by her.

Shepherd died at his home in Los Angeles at the age of 86, from kidney failure.

Filmography He was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted.

Film Year Film Credit Notes 1959 The Hanging Tree 1960 The Fugitive Kind 1961 Love in a Goldfish Bowl Breakfast at Tiffany's 1976 Robin and Marian Executive producer Alex & the Gypsy 1983 The Hunger 1985 Volunteers Final film as a producer

Production manager

Year Film Role 1974 The Towering Inferno Production supervisor: Warner Bros.

Miscellaneous crew

Year Film Role 1998 The Man in the Iron Mask Production assistant

Television

As writer

Year Title Notes 1988 What Price Victory Television film