Film Producer Samuel Goldwyn Jr. Passes Away at 88

According to published reports, film producer Samuel Goldwyn, Jr. passed away yesterday, January 9, from congestive heart failure at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. He was 88 years old.

Goldwyn was born in Los Angeles, California, the son of actress Frances Howard and the pioneer motion picture mogul Samuel Goldwyn. He attended Fountain Valley School in Colorado Springs, Colorado and the University of Virginia.

After serving in the United States Army during World War II, he worked as a theatrical producer in London and for Edward R. Murrow at CBS in New York. He then followed in his father's footsteps and founded the motion picture production companies Formosa Productions, The Samuel Goldwyn Company and Samuel Goldwyn Films.

In 1950, Samuel Goldwyn, Jr. married Jennifer Howard (1925-1993), the daughter of prominent author and screenwriter Sidney Howard. The couple had four children including actor Tony Goldwyn and studio executive John Goldwyn. They divorced in 1968 and he married a second time to Peggy Elliot with whom he had two children.