# Jules Buck

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{{Short description|American film producer (1917–2001)}}
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'''Jules Buck''' (July 30, 1917 – July 19, 2001) was an American film producer.

==Career==
He was a [cameraman](/source/cameraman) for [John Huston](/source/John_Huston)'s war documentaries and began producing as assistant to [Mark Hellinger](/source/Mark_Hellinger).{{citation needed|date=June 2021}}

In 1952 he moved to [Paris](/source/Paris), then [London](/source/London), where he created, in association with [Peter O'Toole](/source/Peter_O'Toole), the company Keep Films.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/11/30/vexed-in-venice/ |title=Vexed in Venice |work=T Magazine |publisher=New York Times |date=November 30, 2011 |access-date=July 2, 2012}}</ref> This produced movies such as ''[Lord Jim](/source/Lord_Jim_(1965_film))'' (1963), ''[Becket](/source/Becket_(1964_film))'' (1963), and ''[What's New Pussycat?](/source/What's_New_Pussycat%3F)'' (1965).{{citation needed|date=June 2021}}

==Personal life==
Buck was born in [St Louis, Missouri](/source/St_Louis%2C_Missouri), on July 30, 1917. From his 1945 marriage to actress Joyce Gates (née Joyce Ruth Getz), Buck had one child, journalist [Joan Juliet Buck](/source/Joan_Juliet_Buck). He died in Paris on July 19, 2001.{{citation needed|date=June 2021}}

==Partial filmography==
*''[Report from the Aleutians](/source/Report_from_the_Aleutians)'' (1943), cameraman
*''[The Battle of San Pietro](/source/The_Battle_of_San_Pietro)'' (1944), cameraman
*''[The Killers](/source/The_Killers_(1946_film))'' (1946), assistant producer
*''[Brute Force](/source/Brute_Force_(1947_film))'' (1947), associate producer
*''[The Naked City](/source/The_Naked_City)'' (1948), associate producer
*''[We Were Strangers](/source/We_Were_Strangers)'' (1949), associate producer
*''[Fixed Bayonets!](/source/Fixed_Bayonets!)'' (1951), producer
*''[Love Nest](/source/Love_Nest)'' (1951), producer
*''[Treasure of the Golden Condor](/source/Treasure_of_the_Golden_Condor)'' (1953), producer
*''[O.S.S.](/source/O.S.S._(TV_series))'' (1957–58), TV series producer
*''[The Day They Robbed the Bank of England](/source/The_Day_They_Robbed_the_Bank_of_England)'' (1960), producer
*''[Lord Jim](/source/Lord_Jim_(1965_film))'' (1965), associate producer
*''[Great Catherine](/source/Great_Catherine_(film))'' (1968)
*''[Under Milk Wood](/source/Under_Milk_Wood)'' (1972), executive producer
*''[The Ruling Class](/source/The_Ruling_Class_(film))'' (1972), producer
*''[The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday](/source/The_Great_Scout_%26_Cathouse_Thursday)'' (1976), producer

==References==
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==Further reading==
*[Agee, James](/source/James_Agee), ''Agee on Film''
*Ambler, Eric, ''Here Lies''
*[Halliwell, Leslie](/source/Leslie_Halliwell), ''[Halliwell's Filmgoers Companion](/source/The_Filmgoer's_Companion)''
*[Katz, Ephraim](/source/Ephraim_Katz), ''The Film Encyclopedia''

==External links==
* {{IMDb name|118378}}

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Category:20th-century American businesspeople
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Category:Film producers from Missouri
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