Carl Samrock, a former VP National Publicity for Warner Bros Pictures and home video executive who also was a photojournalist for 'The New York Times,' died October 1 of pancreatic cancer. He was 81
His wife of 44 years, Carol Andelman Samrock, confirmed the news.
Samrock joined Warners in 1982 as West Coast Publicity Director and eventually built and managed a 16-member staff responsible for publicity duties on some 30 films in production or release annually. He rose to VP National Publicity at Warner Bros. Pictures in Burbank for most of the studio’s years under Chairmen Bob Daly and Terry Semel.Born on June 1, 1941, in Manhattan, Samrock began his career as a theatrical press agent, handling Broadway and Off-Broadway shows.
From the late 1960s through the mid-‘70s, Samrock was a freelance photographer, specializing in entertainment and editorial work, in particular for section. He did personality portraits for such legends as Ingrid Bergman, Gregory Peck, Jessica Tandy, Randy Newman, Joan Baez, Robert Altman and Christopher Walken.
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