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Mar 29, 1910 Tunnelton, West Virginia, United States Died on 05 Jun 1961 (aged 51)
American film producer
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About Jay Bonafield
- William Jay Bonafield (March 29, 1910 – June 5, 1961) was a producer who edited Frank Buck's film Jungle Cavalcade.Jay Bonafield was the son of Hugh William Bonafield (1876–1939) and Berta C.
- Montgomery Bonafield (1878–1965).
- Jay was educated in local schools, and left school after eighth grade, according to the 1940 US Census.
- Jay joined Pathé News in 1931.
- In 1941 he edited Frank Buck's Jungle Cavalcade.
- In 1946 Bonafield was named vice president of RKO-Pathé in charge of non-newsreel productions.
- In 1952 he was placed in charge of RKO short subjects.
- He was executive vice president of RKO until he resigned in 1957 to open an independent production company.Bonafield was a producer of the first film Stanley Kubrick directed, Day of the Fight.
