Irving Paul Lazar
Irving Paul Lazar

Irving Paul Lazar

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Biography

American talent agent and dealmaker

  • Primary profession
  • Lawyer·Talent agent
  • Country
  • United States
  • Nationality
  • American
  • Gender
  • Male
  • Birth date
  • 28 March 1907
  • Place of birth
  • New York City
  • Death date
  • 1993-12-30
  • Death age
  • 86
  • Place of death
  • Los Angeles
  • Education
  • Brooklyn Law School

Books

REFLEXOLOGIA. LA SALUD DE TUS PIES - Paul Emilson Becket

REFLEXOLOGIA. LA SALUD DE TUS PIES

Paul Emilson Becket

The Franco-Prussian War - Irving Werstein

The Franco-Prussian War

Irving Werstein

Teach yourself visually OS X Yosemite - Paul McFedries

Teach yourself visually OS X Yosemite

Paul McFedries

G. I. JOE - Paul Allor

G. I. JOE

Paul Allor

Trivia

Legendary Hollywood agent.

Famous inside and outside Hollywood as "Swifty" Lazar - in fact nobody who knew him addressed him as "Swifty", as he hated the nickname.

Obtained his famous monicker "Swifty" from Humphrey Bogart, having successfully made three deals for Bogie within a single day, in accordance with a bet they had.

Uncle of Jeremy Lazar.

One of his clients was Truman Capote. Both he and Capote have been played by Toby Jones , in Infamous and Frost/Nixon .

Quotes

[on the decline of some major film studios in the 1970s] Tinseltowwn is,disasterville!.

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