Mike Frankovich
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Mitchell John “M.J.” Frankovich (also known as Mike Frankovich) (29 September 1909 – 1 January 1992) was an American film producer
Frankovich was born in Bisbee, Arizona
. He played football for UCLA and was inducted into UCLA Athletic Hall of Fame in 1986. He also attended Belmont High School in Downtown Los Angeles
.
He served as president of the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Commission and helped to bring the Los Angeles Raiders
football team and 1984 Summer Olympics
to Los Angeles.
Frankovich was married to actress Binnie Barnes
in 1940 until his 1 January 1992 death from pneumonia
and Alzheimer's disease
in Los Angeles, California
. They adopted 3 children, including producer, Peter, and production manager, Mike, Jr.
Film producer
A film producer oversees and delivers a film project to all relevant parties while preserving the integrity, voice and vision of the film. They will also often take on some financial risk by using their own money, especially during the pre-production period, before a film is fully financed.The...
Frankovich was born in Bisbee, Arizona
Bisbee, Arizona
Bisbee is a city in Cochise County, Arizona, United States, 82 miles southeast of Tucson. According to 2005 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city was 6,177...
. He played football for UCLA and was inducted into UCLA Athletic Hall of Fame in 1986. He also attended Belmont High School in Downtown Los Angeles
Downtown Los Angeles
Downtown Los Angeles is the central business district of Los Angeles, California, United States, located close to the geographic center of the metropolitan area...
.
He served as president of the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum is a large outdoor sports stadium in the University Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, at Exposition Park, that is home to the Pacific-12 Conference's University of Southern California Trojans football team...
Commission and helped to bring the Los Angeles Raiders
Oakland Raiders
The Oakland Raiders are a professional American football team based in Oakland, California. They currently play in the Western Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...
football team and 1984 Summer Olympics
1984 Summer Olympics
The 1984 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held in Los Angeles, California, United States in 1984...
to Los Angeles.
Frankovich was married to actress Binnie Barnes
Binnie Barnes
Gertrude Maud "Binnie" Barnes was an English-American actress. She was born in Islington to a Jewish father and an Italian mother and was brought up Jewish, although she converted to Catholicism later in life....
in 1940 until his 1 January 1992 death from pneumonia
Pneumonia
Pneumonia is an inflammatory condition of the lung—especially affecting the microscopic air sacs —associated with fever, chest symptoms, and a lack of air space on a chest X-ray. Pneumonia is typically caused by an infection but there are a number of other causes...
and Alzheimer's disease
Alzheimer's disease
Alzheimer's disease also known in medical literature as Alzheimer disease is the most common form of dementia. There is no cure for the disease, which worsens as it progresses, and eventually leads to death...
in Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
. They adopted 3 children, including producer, Peter, and production manager, Mike, Jr.