Raymond Gus Katz (16 August 1892 - 16 February 1963)[1] was an American producer. He was one of the assistant producers to Leon Schlesinger, along with Henry Binder. He was also the brother-in-law of Schlesinger.
Biography[]
Katz was born and raised in Mattoon, Illinois[1] and worked at his father's clothing company Katz Clothing Co. He was the personnel manager for Leon Schlesinger's studio when it opened in 1933 and had done some of the studio's hiring. Later, he was installed as the sub-contractor in charge of Bob Clampett's animation unit which made the Looney Tunes cartoons. After Schlesinger sold his studio to Warner Bros. in July 1944, Katz stayed as production manager under Eddie Selzer until he left in April 1945 because of illness. In July, he was hired to be the general manager of the Screen Gems studio and stayed until Columbia closed it over a year later. He went into commercial property building after that.[2]