Harry L. Decker

Harry L. Decker
BornJanuary 29, 1887
California, United States
DiedOctober 14, 1959 (aged 72)
Santa Barbara, California, United States
Occupation(s)Editor, Producer
Years active1913–1940 (film)

Harry L. Decker (1887–1959) was an American film producer associated with Columbia Pictures where he mainly oversaw production on western films. As an editor he was active in Hollywood from the 1910s through the 1930s.[1][2] As a producer, he primarily worked on B-movie Westerns.[3]

He also produced the 1937 ice hockey-themed mystery The Game That Kills starring Rita Hayworth.[4] He began his career in the silent era as a film editor, working at a variety of studios.

  1. ^ Motion Picture Herald. Quigley Publishing Company. 1927.
  2. ^ "The Los Angeles Times 28 Dec 1924, page 61". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2023-08-16.
  3. ^ Bernds, Edward (1999-04-29). Mr. Bernds Goes to Hollywood: My Early Life and Career in Sound Recording at Columbia with Frank Capra and Others. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-1-4616-9708-4.
  4. ^ Ringgold, Gene. The Films of Rita Hayworth: The Legend and Career of a Love Goddess. Citadel Press, 1980, p.87