Jack Rollins Biography

Fast Facts

• Served in the U․S․ Army during World War II, spending most of his time stationed in India decoding communications
• Graduated from Jefferson High School in 1933 and from the City College of New York in 1937
• Began his career as a Broadway producer before founding his first talent agency in Manhattan in 1951
• Quote: "When I went into this business in 1946, there weren't managers․ There was Milton Berle's mother․"
• Founder of the Rollins, Joffe, Morra & Brezner Management Company
• Best known throughout the entertainment industry for managing and producing for some of the biggest names in the business, including Woody Allen, Robin Williams and Billy Crystal
• Frequently worked with his management partner Charles H․ Joffe, who co-produced most of Woody Allen's films in the 1970s
• His actual birth date isn't certain; the one he used was a date that his parents agreed upon years later because no one had kept track
• Was the inspiration for Danny Rose, a manager of bizarre variety acts, who was played by Woody Allen in 1984's "Broadway Danny Rose," and he appeared in a cameo role in the film as himself