Leo Spitz

Leo Spitz (1888, Chicago–April 16, 1956^[1]) was an American film executive, best known for running International Pictures with William Goetz. When International merged with Universal Studios to form Universal-International in 1946, Spitz and Goetz ran the studio together.^[2] From 1950 to 1956 he owned a home in Palm Springs, California.^[3] He was interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California.^[4]

At the White House, front row, left to right: Barney Balaban, Paramount; Harry Cohn, Columbia Pictures; Nicholas M. Schenck, Loew's; Will H. Hays; Leo Spitz, RKO. Back row, left to right: Sidney Kent, 20th Century Fox; N.J. Blumberg, Universal; Albert Warner, Warner Bros., in 1938