Directors
George Lucas Net Worth
George Lucas's Net Worth as of 2024
$5.2 Billion
George Walton Lucas Jr. was born on 14 May 1944, in Modesto, California USA, of British, Swiss-German (father) and distant Dutch and French (mother) descent, and is an admired, popular and successful film producer and director, screenwriter, enterpreneur, cinematographer, as well as a television producer. George Lucas is perhaps best known as the creator of the epic space opera franchise “Star Wars”, and the “Indiana Jones” franchise.
So just how rich is George Lucas? George Lucas has valuable assets, such as his home in California, the value of which amounts to $195 million, as well as his other house that costs $700,000. In short, George Lucas’ net worth is estimated to be a remarkable $5.2 billion, the majority of which comes from his directing career.
George Lucas Net Worth $5.2 Billion
George Lucas attended Modesto Junior College, and while there became interested in making films. Lucas then continued his studies at the University of Southern California, where he was inspired by the works of Norman McLaren, Claude Jutra and others. Lucas’ professional career began in the 1960s, when he started writing and producing short films. He obtained a scholarship from Warner Bros to study a film in the making, which turned out to be “Finian’s Rainbow” directed by Francis Ford Coppola. With the latter, Lucas founded American Zoetrope studio, to be independent from the major Hollywood studios, and made his directorial debut in 1971 with a science fiction film called “THX 1138” and even though it initially received mixed to negative reviews, over the years the film began receiving more positive critical reviews. Following his debut, George Lucas came out with “American Graffiti”, a coming of age film starring Harrison Ford, Richard Dreyfuss and Ron Howard. The movie was largely successful and was even nominated for the Academy Award for Directing and Writing. George’s net worth was well on its way!
After that, Lucas followed up with his famous “Star Wars” and “Indiana Jones” franchises, both of which brought him an immense fame, as well as largely contributed to his $5.2 billion net worth. The first “Star Wars” movie came out in 1977 and became the highest grossing movies of all time. The movie starring Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford and Carrie Fisher reached new heights of popularity and influenced the release of seven more films in the franchise, with another to be released in late 2015, as well the creation of eight television series and a number of video games.
With three theme parks inspired by “Star Wars”, this movie franchise is considered to be one of the greatest box office successes with more than $4.38 billion grossed worldwide. However, this was not the only successful film franchise created by George Lucas. In 1981, the first movie of the Indiana Jones franchise “Raiders of the Lost Ark” was released to highly positive critical reviews. The film, starring Harrison Ford and Karen Allen, was the highest grossing film of the year and until this day is thought to be one of the greatest action-adventure movies of all time. The franchise inspired the creation of three more films, many comic books, novels, video games, theme parks, as well as a television series, all of which largely contributed to the fame of the main characters and the founder of the “Indiana Jones”.
George Lucas is certainly one of the most acclaimed directors of the modern era, having directed close to 50 films and been involved with nearly 30 TV series’. He has never won an ‘Oscar”, but has Golden Globe, Saturn and Empire Awards, and if success at the box office is anything to go by, then Lucas is right at the top of the list.
However, he is also a noted philanthropist, having created his own Foundation in the early ’90s, encouraging educational innovation, and also signing up the “The Giving Pleadge” organised by Bill Gates and Warren Buffett, promising to donate half his wealth to worthy causes.
In his personal life, George Lucas was married to film editor Marcia Griffin(1969-83) – they have an adopted daughter. George has been married to Mellody Hobson since 2013 and they have a daughter. Lucas also adopted a daughter and a son as a single parent. He was known to have a relationship with singer Linda Ronstadt in the 1980s.
Actors
Tony Dow Net Worth
Tony Lee Dow was born on 13 April 1945 in Hollywood, California USA. He is a well-known person in the Hollywood movie industry because of his long-lasting involvement as a film producer, director and an actor.
So how rich is Tony Dow? Sources estimate his current net worth to be $4 million. Most of it he has accumulated by working as a professional Hollywood actor for more than 50 years.
Tony Dow Net Worth $4 Million
Tony Dow’s interest in the film industry might have been related to the fact that his mother, Muriel Virginia Dow, was a stunt woman and a film double at the time Tony was a child and teenager. However, Tony undoubtedly had some acting talent which was proven when he managed to win the audition for a role in the sitcom “Leave It to Beaver” in 1957, despite having no experience in acting at that time. This was the role that had perhaps the most influence in building a solid foundation to Tony Dow’s acting career, even though he received only one award – Young Artist Award in nomination of “Former Child Star Lifetime Achievement Award” in 1988, after working in the show for six years. It was also a solid start to his net worth.
In the next few years after “Leave It to Beaver”, Tony appeared in several episodes of other TV shows, such as the sitcom “My Three Sons” (in 1964), drama series “Mr. Novak” (between 1963 and 1965) and teen soap opera “Never Too Young” (in 1965). Tony continued working in television up until the late 90s and his net worth continued to grow, for example in 1975 he starred in the popular medical TV drama “General Hospital”.
While Tony Dow is mostly known as a television actor, he has appeared in a few films during his career, including the television horror film “Death Scream” in 1975, comedy film “The Kentucky Fried Movie” in 1977, television comedy film “High School USA” in 1983, comedy “Back to the Beach” and comedy film “Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star” in 2003.
Acting aside, Tony Dow is also known as a producer, director and visual effects specialist, especially in the science fiction genre, and these involvements have undoubtedly contributed to building up his net worth. Tony contributed to the visual effects of the 1996 season of the phenomenal British science fiction TV series “Doctor Who”, and a few episodes of the space opera TV series “Babylon 5”. He also directed an episode of the American science fiction TV series “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine” in 1998.
Interestingly though, some people might also recognize Tony Dow as a sculptor who is well known for his brilliant abstract pieces depicting surreal figures.
In his personal life, Tony Dow has never been married and has no children. He is known to have suffered from depression during some periods of his life, which on a positive note has encouraged him to participate in self-help videos, including the production “Beating the Blues” (1998). However, the negative effect is that Tony hasn’t participated as an actor in any film since 2003.
Actors
Burt Reynolds Net Worth
American actor Burt Reynolds was born on 11 February 1936, in Lansing, Michigan, and was known for his appearances in films such as “Deliverance”, “The Longest Yard” and “Smokey and the Bandit”, but his best performance was in “Boogie Nights”, which brought him an Oscar nomination. He passed away in 2018.
So just how rich was Burt Reynolds, at the time of his passing? Authoritative sources have estimated that Burt’s net worth was over $20 million, earned consistently from his acting career which began in the late 1950s, despite intermittent financial problems.
Burt Reynolds Net Worth $20 Million
Young Burton Leon Reynolds lived with his mother and sister, while his father was drafted into the US Army after which he became a police chief in Florida, so Burt studied at Palm Beach High School, and after matriculation attended Florida State University. In school years the future actor was dreaming of becoming a famous football player, but his wish was destroyed after a serious injury in his first game. Later this wound only worsened because of a serious car accident, and Burt Reynolds had to start thinking about other career options.
His first steps towards acting were in 1956, when he took part in a play called “Outward Bound” and won the Florida State Drama award. However, Burt’s first serious success only came in the ‘70’s and later, when he featured in movies which became famous. He played Paul Crewe in “The Longest Yard”, and also had notable roles in “Deliverance” and “Smokey and the Bandit”. Today people remember Burt Reynolds as a very popular actor, director and even voice artist, but actually Reynolds showed himself successful as a good screenwriter and television producer too. He was involved with over 100 titles on the big screen, and 60 TV productions, proof of his enduring popularity with directors and audiences alike, during a career spanning almost 60 years..
Burt Reynolds received plenty of nominations and awards during his career. In 1980 he was chosen the favorite Motion Picture Actor in People’s Choice Awards, USA. Later he received Emmy, Golden Globe, American Movie and Crystal Reel Awards, and became one of the more popular actors. He even had an opportunity to play the role of himself in a comedic action-adventure video game called “Saints Row: The Third”.
In his personal life, Burt Reynolds was married twice, but both marriages were unsuccessful and ended really quickly. He married his first wife Judy Carne in 1963, but the couple lived together for only 2 years before divorcing; she died in 2015. He didn’t marry his second wife Loni Anderson until 23 years later, in 1988., which lasted a bit longer – they had a son together but in 1993 the actor divorced for the second time. In between his marriages he dated actress Sally Field, but there are no confirmed romantic associations after his second divorce.
It is known that Burt owned a property in Hobe Sound Florida, including a special pop-corn machine and a piano for silent film soundtracks, which usually attracts other people, however, financial problems suggest that it was resumed by the bank..
Despite huge success after receiving an Emmy award, Reynold’s finances weren’t as good as they could have been. There were a few reasons for that – failed investments in some Florida restaurant chains that later went bankrupt; messy divorce from his second wife Loni Anderson; and also an actor’s love for an extravagant lifestyle without counting his money. He became solvent again, and was relatively comfortable in his later years.
He passed away from a heart attack on 6 September 2018, in Jupiter, Florida, having suffered from related heart problems for a number of years, ameliorated by quintuple coronary artery bypass surgery in February 2010. He is survived by Loni Anderson and their son Quinton.
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