Nicholas Nayfack was an American movie producer whose notable works include Forbidden Planet and The Invisible Boy.
10 Facts About Nicholas Nayfack
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Nicholas Nayfack was the nephew of MGM studio chief Nicholas Schenck and United Artists studio boss Joseph M Schenck.
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Nicholas Nayfack graduated from the University of Pennsylvania and Columbia Law School.
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Nicholas Nayfack entered the film industry as a lawyer in 1934 and was working at Fox Film when it merged with 20th Century Pictures, headed by his uncle Joseph, in 1935.
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Nicholas Nayfack left to join MGM in 1936, where his uncle Nicholas was president of the parent company, Loew's Inc.
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Nicholas Nayfack joined the Navy during World War II and was a lieutenant commander in the South Pacific.
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Nicholas Nayfack formed his own company, Pan Productions with a distribution and financing deal with MGM who released his last film, The Invisible Boy.
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Nicholas Nayfack married actress Lynne Carver in 1937 and they divorced in 1942.
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Nicholas Nayfack later married Patricia Schmidt with who he had a son, Nicholas Jr.
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Nicholas Nayfack died of a heart attack, aged 49, on March 31,1958, at his Beverly Hills home.