Ronald K. Goldman Explained

Ron Goldman
Fullname:Ronald Kogod Goldman
Birth Date:2 November 1943
Usopenresult:2R (1967)
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Ronald Kogod Goldman (November 2, 1943 — November 13, 2013) was an American film producer and tennis player.

Raised in the Washington D.C. area, Goldman was an alumnus of Sidwell Friends School in Bethesda, Maryland. He played collegiate tennis for Georgetown University and was twice Eastern Intercollegiate singles champion. A top ranked player in the Middle Atlantic, he made regular appearances at the U.S. national championships during the 1960s.[1]

Goldman, a law graduate, had executive producer credits on several 1970s blaxploitation films. This includes the film Brotherhood of Death for which he was very much the brainchild and in a bid to save money was able to recruit members of the Washington Redskins football team to act in the film. He ran KB Theatres (co-founded by his grandfather Fred Kogod) in Washington DC for many years, before the business was sold to investors in the 1990s.[2]

Filmography

YearFilmCredit
1972 Corky Associate producer
1973 Sweet Jesus, Preacherman Executive producer
1975 The Black Gestapo Executive producer, writer
1976 Brotherhood of Death Executive producer, writer
1978 The Hitter Executive producer

Notes and References

  1. News: Goldman Wins Tennis Crown . . February 15, 1965.
  2. News: Bernstein . Adam . Ronald K. Goldman, tennis star and head of K-B Theatres, dies . . November 22, 2013.