Peter Levathes was born on July 28, 1911 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. He was a producer, known for Crusade in Europe (1949), The Sound of Music (1965) and Cleopatra (1963). He was married to Christine Chakeres. He died on January 9, 2002 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA.
Was the executive vice president in charge of worldwide production for Twentieth Century Fox during most of the 1950s and 1960s.
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Put together a groundbreaking television news documentary, Crusade in Europe (1949), a 26-part series based on Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower's World War II book. After the series, he took a leave of absence from Fox to serve as a television consultant to Citizens for Eisenhower, promoting the Eisenhower presidential candidacy in 1952.
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Attended Harvard University and graduated from George Washington University. He had a master's degree in romance languages and studied law at Georgetown University.
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During World War II, he was a special agent with the F.B.I. assigned to Brazil, where he helped with surveillance of German military operations in Latin America.
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Sound of Music
1965
executive producer - uncredited
Cleopatra
1963
executive producer - uncredited
Something's Got to Give
1962
Short executive producer - uncredited
Tender Is the Night
1962
executive producer - uncredited
Crusade in Europe
1949
TV Series documentary executive producer - 26 episodes