Jud Kinberg, the father of “X-Men” co-writer/producer and “Deadpool” producer Simon Kinberg, has died. He was 91.
Jud Kinberg was best known for his own producing work on the 1956 Vincent van Gogh biopic “Lust for Life” starring Kirk Douglas and Anthony Quinn, and “Executive Suite” in 1954.
In 1978, he was nominated for an Emmy for producing “Quincy M.E.,” the NBC drama starring Jack Klugman as a coroner who investigates suspicious deaths.
Kinberg Sr. died Nov. 2 of natural causes at his home in New York City, his son told The Hollywood Reporter.
Later in his career, he worked on TV movies “To Catch a Killer,” “A Stoning in Fulham County,” and “Kane & Abel.”