Samuel Bronston, a film producer whose works included "El Cid," "55 Days at Peking" and "Fall of the Roman Empire," died Wednesday. He was 85.
In the 1960s, Bronston produced "El Cid," starring Charlton Heston and Sophia Loren; "The Fall of the Roman Empire," with Loren; "55 Days at Peking," with Heston, David Niven and Ava Gardner; and "Circus World" with John Wayne and Rita Hayworth.Earlier films include "Jack London" in 1943, "And Then There Were None" and "Walk In the Sun," in 1945.
In the late 1940s, he became the Vatican's official photographer.