Richard Fleischer the Hollywood director for such films as 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, The Boston Strangler and Fantastic Voyage has died at the age of 89 according to the Telegraph.
They also add that "The film that marked his breakthrough, The Narrow Margin (1952), a low-budget thriller filmed almost entirely in a railroad car, is considered by some critics to be one of the best B movies ever made."
"His autobiography, published in 1993, Just Tell Me When to Cry - subtitled "Encounters with the Greats, Near-Greats and Ingrates of Hollywood" - is one of the most absorbing of its kind."
Fleischer was a member of a pretty famous family as his dad was animator Max Fleischer who, along with his two brothers Dave and Louis, created the well-known Popeye and Betty Boop cartoons and were a huge competitor of Walt Disney in their day, whom Richard eventually worked for.
He was very prolific in his work as the films he was involved with included Soylent Green, Mandingo, The Jazz Singer and Conan the Destroyer, with Arnold Schwarzenegger among those mentioned above, plus many others.
Fleischer married his college sweetheart Mary (née Dickson), who along with their two sons and a daughter, survives him.
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