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Oct 08, 1929 Los Angeles, California, United States Died on 05 May 2002 (aged 72)

American film producer

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About Mike Todd Jr.

  • Michael Henry Todd Jr.
  • (October 8, 1929 – May 5, 2002) was the son of movie producer and cinema pioneer Mike Todd and his first wife, Bertha Freshman Todd.
  • He was also a stepson of Elizabeth Taylor even though he was older than his famous stepmother through his father's third marriage.
  • Todd was vice president of his father's company, Cinerama, and was responsible for filming the famous roller-coaster scene from the company's debut film, This is Cinerama (1952). Todd is also known for introducing the short-lived movie format Smell-o-vision, used in the 1960 film Scent of Mystery, which he produced.
  • It was re-released as Holiday in Spain without smells. Following in his father's footsteps of producing attractions for World's Fairs, Todd Jr.
  • produced a racially integrated minstrel show for the 1964 New York World's Fair, called "America, Be Seated".
  • It closed after two performances.In 1983, Todd and his wife Susan McCarthy wrote a biography of Todd Sr.
  • called A Valuable Property: The Life Story of Michael Todd.
  • (ISBN 0-87795-491-7)Todd was first married to Sarah Jane Weaver (1953–1972), and they had six children: Cyrus, Susan, Sarah, Eliza Haselton, Daniel, and Oliver Todd.
  • Later, when married to Susan McCarthy (1972–2002), Todd had two more children: Del and James.In May 5, 2002, Michael Todd died in Ireland of lung cancer, at the age of 72 with all of his children and his second wife surviving him.

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