Darryl F. Zanuck Overview:

Legendary producer, Darryl F. Zanuck, was born Darryl Francis Zanuck on Sep 5, 1902 in Wahoo, NE. Zanuck died at the age of 77 on Dec 22, 1979 in Palm Springs, CA and was laid to rest in Westwood Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles, CA.

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He was honored with one star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the category of Motion Pictures. Zanuck was never nominated for an Academy Award. However he won three Honorary Awards in 1937, 1944 and 1950 Darryl F. Zanuck .

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Darryl F. Zanuck Facts
Is portrayed by Peter Maloney in This Year's Blonde (1980) (TV), by Sandy McPeak in Marilyn and Me (1991) (TV) and by William Atherton in Introducing Dorothy Dandridge (1999) (TV)

In 1917 he lied about his age and joined the US Army (he was actually 15 at the time) and was eventually posted to the Mexican border, during which time he took part in the punitive expedition against Mexican revolutionary / bandit Pancho Villa. He was later sent to France, where he saw even more combat.

Is the only person who received three AMPAS Irving Thalberg Memorial Awards; the Academy no longer gives more then one Memorial Award to one person. The other person who received more than one was Hal B. Wallis.

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