Jack Rollins
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Jack Rollins (born Jacob Rabinowitz; March 23, 1915 – June 18, 2015) was an American film and television producer and talent manager of comedians and television stars.
When he worked with actor and singer Harry Belafonte in the 1950s, he was his first big success.
On his debut RCA Victor album Mark Twain and other Folk Favorites, Rollins co-wrote Man Piaba with Belafonte.
In 1958, he was instrumental in the creation and promotion of the comedy team Nichols and May.
He went on to guide the careers of several well-known comedians with his partner Charles H. Joffe, beginning with Woody Allen in 1960 and then with Dick Cavett, Billy Crystal, David Letterman, and Robin Williams. Rollins' work as a film and television producer was closely related to the artists he managed.
He was described as an executive producer on several of Woody Allen's films from 1969 to 2015.
He appeared on ABC's The Dick Cavett Show from 1970 to 1992, and as an executive producer of ABC's Late Night with David Letterman, he was from 1972 to 1992.
He was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award ten times during the two performances.
Life and career
Born Jacob Rabinowitz in Brooklyn, Rollins was the son of Yidish-speaking immigrants from Russia. He graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School in 1933 and obtained a bachelor's degree from City College of New York in 1937. He spent two years in Chicago before being drafted into the United States Army during World War II.
During the war in India, Rollins served as a decoder of communications, especially actor Melvyn Douglas. Rollins helped Douglas with stage performances at the China-Burma–India theater and developed a friendship with him. Douglas helped Rollins in establishing the professional contacts he needed to start working as a producer on Broadway after the war.
Rollins' Broadway career in the late 1940s and early 1950s proved to be extremely difficult and ultimately unprofitable. In 1951, he formed a one-man talent department in Midtown Manhattan, but he dropped out of it. He worked with then-unknown Harry Belafonte. He later joined Charles H. Joffe, managing the careers of many artists, including Woody Allen, Dick Cavett, Billy Crystal, Robert Klein, David Letterman, Robin Williams, and the comedy pair Nichols and May. Joffe concentrated more on Allen, with Rollins concentrating on others. In the early 1960s, legendary comedian Lenny Bruce approached him about leadership and potential representation. Jane Rollins, Rollins' wife, said he declined due to Bruce's personal problems.
Robin Williams referred to Jack Rollins as the "most ethical man in show business" in his 2005 Cecil B. DeMille Award acceptance address.
Rollins was the producer of The David Letterman Show (1980) and Late Night with David Letterman from 1982 to 1992.
Rollins was a close friend of jazz pianist Bill Evans, with whom he owned a racehorse named 'Annie Hall.' Rollins died on June 18, 2015.