Clark Ramsay
American film executive
Intro | American film executive | |
Places | United States of America | |
was | Businessperson Film producer | |
Work field | Business Film, TV, Stage & Radio | |
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Birth | 1915 | |
Death | 1977 (aged 62 years) |
G. Clark Ramsay (1915–1977) was an American film executive who was head of production at MGM from 1967–1969.
Ramsay had an advertising background, working for Universal International and MGM, which he joined in 1958. He became assistant to MGM studio president Robert O'Brien in April 1963. When Robert M. Weitman resigned as head of production in 1967, Ramsay took over.
While at MGM he attempted to make a film version of Tai Pan.
In 1969 Ramsay became a vice president of administration for MGM. He stayed in this position until late 1972, when he resigned from the studio and joined Universal the following year as a vice president in charge of advertising. In 1976 he became a vice president of MCA and stayed there until his death.