Selig J. Seligman

Selig J. Seligman (January 24, 1918 - June 20, 1969) was an American lawyer and film executive.[1]

Life and career

Seligman born in New York and studied at New York University and Harvard Law School. He served on the legal staff of the War Production Board from 1941 to 1943 then in the intelligence arm of the Signal Corp for the 3rd US Arm. He was a prosecutor at the Nuremberg War Trials and worked for the State Department. In 1946 Seligman joined Paramount and remained there until 1953. In 1953 became a writer-producer at ABC. In 1956 Seligman became a vice president of ABC and was general manager of KABC TV.[1][2]

Seligman established Selmur Productions, named after he and his wife Muriel (m. 1948). Selmur was a wholly owned subsidiary of ABC. It made TV programs for ABC including Combat!. Selmur then went into feature film production starting with Smashing Time.[1][3]

He died of a heart attack in 1969, survived by his wife and five children.[4][2]

Select Credits

Television

Feature films

Novels

  • Honey on the Hill
  • Marquee

References

  1. ^ a b c Thomas, Bob (8 May 1968). "Selig and Selmur: an instant major". The Central New Jersey Home News. p. 38.
  2. ^ a b "Selig J Seligman, film and tv producer, dies". The Los Angeles Times. 21 June 1969. p. 7 Part 3.
  3. ^ Warga, Wayne (21 April 1968). "Television's batting a big eye at filmmaking". The Los Angeles Times. p. 12.
  4. ^ "Movie executive taken by death". The Spokesman-Review. 21 June 1969. p. 9.
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