Jack Koeppel Rollins (born Jacob Rabinowitz; March 23, 1915 – June 18, 2015) was an American film and television producer and talent manager of comedians and television personalities.D.S.S. Form 1 Military Draft Registration Card completed on October 16, 1940. Name was listed as "Jack Koeppel Rollins", Address was listed as "588 Van Siclen Ave. Brooklyn New York", and Place of Birth was listed as "Brooklyn". His first major success came in the 1950s when he managed actor and singer Harry Belafonte. Rollins co-wrote the song "Man Piaba" with Belafonte on his debut RCA Victor album Mark Twain and other Folk Favorites, released in 1954. In 1958, he helped create and promote the comedy duo Nichols and May. He went on to help shepherd the careers of several prominent comedians with his partner Charles H. Joffe, beginning in 1960 with Woody Allen and later with Dick Cavett, Billy Crystal, David Letterman, and Robin Williams.

Rollins' work as a film and television producer was closely tied to the artists that he managed. He was credited as an executive producer on many of the films directed by Woody Allen from 1969 to 2015. From 1970 to 1972, he was an executive producer on ABC's The Dick Cavett Show and, from 1982 to 1992, he was an executive producer of the NBC series Late Night with David Letterman. Between the two shows, he was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award ten times.

Life and career Born Jacob Rabinowitz in Brooklyn, Rollins was the son of Yiddish-speaking immigrants from Russia. In 1933, he graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School, and in 1937 earned a bachelor's degree from the City College of New York. He spent two years working for an orphanage in Chicago before being drafted into the United States Army during World War II.

Rollins worked as a decoder of communications in India during the war where one of his commanding officers was actor Melvyn Douglas. Rollins assisted Douglas in staging shows and developed a friendship with him. While stationed in India as a sergeant in 1944, he participated in radio programs to entertain troops."Seeks Buddy 2 Years, Finds Him Afloat at Sea Off Normandy", Brooklyn Eagle, Brooklyn, New York, 103rd year, number 283, October 15, 1944, page 15. After the war, Douglas assisted Rollins in developing the professional contacts he needed to begin working as a producer on Broadway.

Rollins' work as a Broadway producer during the late 1940s and early 1950s proved to be difficult and ultimately unfruitful. He abandoned this pursuit in 1951 when he established a one-man talent agency in Midtown Manhattan. He worked with the then-unknown Harry Belafonte. He later became partners with Charles H. Joffe and they successfully managed the careers of several artists, most of whom were comedians, among them Woody Allen, Dick Cavett, Billy Crystal, Robert Klein, David Letterman, Robin Williams, and the comedy duo Nichols and May. Joffe focused more on Allen, with Rollins focusing on others. He was approached in the early 1960s by legendary comedian Lenny Bruce concerning management and possible representation. According to Rollins' wife, Jane, Rollins declined due to Bruce's personal issues.

In his 2005 Cecil B. DeMille Award acceptance speech, Robin Williams referred to Jack Rollins as 'the most ethical man in show business'.

Rollins was producer for The David Letterman Show (1980) and Late Night with David Letterman from its inception in 1982 until 1992.

Rollins was a close friend of jazz pianist Bill Evans, with whom he owned a racehorse named 'Annie Hall'.Verchomin, Laurie (2010). The Big Love, Life and Death with Bill Evans. . Rollins died on June 18, 2015.Jack Rollins Dies at 100; Produced Comedy Greats Like Woody Allen

Filmography Executive producer Film Year Title Notes1969 Don't Drink the Water Director: Howard Morris Take the Money and Run Director: Woody Allen1971 Bananas Director: Woody Allen1972 Play It Again, Sam Director: Herbert Ross Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask) Director: Woody Allen 1973 Sleeper Director: Woody Allen 1975 Love and Death Director: Woody Allen 1976 Director: Martin Ritt1977 Annie Hall Director: Woody Allen 1978 Interiors Director: Woody Allen 1979 Manhattan Director: Woody Allen1980 Stardust Memories Director: Woody Allen1982 Director: Woody Allen1983 Zelig Director: Woody Allen1984 Broadway Danny Rose Director: Woody Allen1985 Director: Woody Allen 1986 Hannah and Her Sisters Director: Woody Allen 1987 Radio Days Director: Woody Allen September Director: Woody Allen 1988 Another Woman Director: Woody Allen1989 New York Stories Segment: Oedipus Wrecks Crimes and Misdemeanors Director: Woody Allen1990 Alice Director: Woody Allen1991 Shadows and Fog Director: Woody Allen 1992 Husbands and Wives Director: Woody Allen 1993 Manhattan Murder Mystery Director: Woody Allen 1994 Bullets over Broadway Director: Woody Allen 1995 Mighty Aphrodite Director: Woody Allen 1996 Everyone Says I Love You Director: Woody Allen 1997 Deconstructing Harry Director: Woody Allen 1998 Celebrity Director: Woody Allen 1999 Sweet and Lowdown Director: Woody Allen 2000 Small Time Crooks Director: Woody Allen 2001 Director: Woody Allen 2002 Hollywood Ending Director: Woody Allen 2003 Anything Else Director: Woody Allen 2004 Melinda and Melinda Director: Woody Allen 2005 Match Point Director: Woody Allen 2006 Scoop Director: Woody Allen 2007 Cassandra's Dream Director: Woody Allen 2008 Vicky Cristina Barcelona Director: Woody Allen 2009 Whatever Works Director: Woody Allen 2010 You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger Director: Woody Allen 2011 Midnight in Paris Director: Woody Allen 2012 To Rome with Love Director: Woody Allen 2013 Blue Jasmine Director: Woody Allen 2014 Magic in the Moonlight Director: Woody Allen 2015 Irrational Man Director: Woody Allen

Television Year Title Notes1969 The Woody Allen Special Comedy Special1969-1971 The Dick Cavett Show 8 episodes1982 The Marx Brothers in a Nutshell Television documentary1982-1992 Late Night with David Letterman 263 episodes 1986 David Letterman's 2nd Annual Holiday Film Festival Television Special 1988 Late Night with David Letterman: 6th Anniversary Special Television Special 1989 Late Night with David Letterman: 7th Anniversary Special Television Special

As an actor Year Title Role Notes Ref.1980 To Woody Allen from Europe with Love Himself Documentary 1980 Stardust Memories Studio Executive 1984 Broadway Danny Rose Jack Rollins 1996 Nichols and May: Take Two Himself Documentary, PBS2004 Funny Already: A History of Jewish Comedy Himself TV-Movie documentary2011 Woody Allen: A Documentary Himself Documentary, PBS

Awards and nominations Year Award Category Nominated work Result 1970 Primetime Emmy Award Outstanding Variety Series The Dick Cavett Show 1971 Outstanding Variety Series - Talk 1981 Daytime Emmy Awards Outstanding Variety Series The David Letterman Show 1984 Primetime Emmy Award Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Program Late Night with David Letterman 1985 1986 1987 1988 Late Night with David Letterman: The 6th Anniversary Special 1989 Late Night with David Letterman 1990 1991 1992 1994 CableACE Award Best Stand-Up Comedy Special Rick Reynolds: Only the Truth Is Funny

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