Leo Spitz

{{Short description|American film studio executive (1888–1956)}}

File:Movie Industry pledges cooperation with the government. Washington, D.C., June 25. At a conference with President Roosevelt today, a group of motion picture company executives, led by Will LCCN2016877943.jpg, Paramount; Harry Cohn, Columbia Pictures; Nicholas M. Schenck, Loew's; Will H. Hays; Leo Spitz, RKO. Back row, left to right: Sidney Kent, 20th Century Fox; N.J. Blumberg, Universal; Albert Warner, Warner Bros., in 1938]]

Leo Spitz (1888, Chicago–April 16, 1956{{cite news |title=Leo Spitz, Former RKO Head, Dies |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/108278260/pensacola-news-journal/ |access-date=25 August 2022 |work=Pensacola News Journal |issue=17 April 1956}}) was an American film executive, best known for running International Pictures with William Goetz. When International merged with Universal Studios to form Universal-International in 1946, Spitz and Goetz ran the studio together.[http://universal.filmmakersdestination.com/about-us/ "About Us" at Universal website] access 1 Oct 2014 From 1950 to 1956 he owned a home in Palm Springs, California.{{cite book|last1=Meeks|first1=Eric G.|title=The Best Guide Ever to Palm Springs Celebrity Homes|date=2012|publisher=Horatio Limburger Oglethorpe|isbn=978-1479328598|pages=117, 128}} He was interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California.[https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=DS19560417.2.139&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN--------1 Desert Sun]