Kenneth Utt, was an American film producer and unit production manager.
12 Facts About Kenneth Utt
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Kenneth Utt received the Academy Award for Best Picture for producing The Silence of the Lambs.
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Kenneth Utt received a scholarship to Juilliard School where he studied vocals in hopes of becoming an opera singer.
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Kenneth Utt served in the Army Air Forces during World War II.
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Kenneth Utt returned home and became a stage and radio actor, appearing in shows like Carousel.
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Kenneth Utt began working in production on stage performances of Peter Pan, the lesser known 1950 Broadway version with music by Leonard Bernstein.
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Kenneth Utt then became a film line producer for films like Midnight Cowboy, The French Connection, The Seven-Ups and All That Jazz.
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Kenneth Utt was a producer and unit production manager on four Jonathan Demme films: Something Wild, Married to the Mob, The Silence of the Lambs and Philadelphia, with Lambs and Philadelphia earning awards at the Oscars.
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Kenneth Utt was among the three producers who received Best Picture for Lambs, in which he made a cameo appearance.
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Kenneth Utt died on January 19,1994, at Mount Sinai Hospital in Manhattan at the age of 72.
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Kenneth Utt is survived by his wife Angie, son Tim Utt, and daughter Robin Utt Fajardo.
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Kenneth Utt was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted.