Henry Jaglom

• Name — Henry Jaglom • Birth Name — Henry David Jaglom • Born — 26 January 1938 • Birthplace — London, England • Died — 22 September 2025 • Place of death — Santa Monica, California, U.S. • Occupation — * Film director • playwright • Education — University of Pennsylvania (BA) • Children — 2

Jaglom was born to a Jewish family in London, England, on January 26, 1938, the son of Marie (née Stadthagen) and Simon M. Jaglom, who worked in the import-export business. His father was from a wealthy family from modern-day Ukraine and his mother was from Germany. They left for England because of the Nazi regime. Through his mother, he is a descendant of philosopher Moses Mendelssohn. Shortly after Henry's birth, the family moved to the United States and settled in Manhattan, New York City. He was educated at Columbia Grammar & Preparatory School and then the University of Pennsylvania, where he studied English and graduated in 1963.

Jaglom trained with Lee Strasberg at the Actors Studio in New York, where he acted, wrote and directed off-Broadway theater and cabaret before settling in Hollywood in the late 1960s. Under contract to Columbia Pictures, Jaglom featured in such TV series as Gidget and The Flying Nun and acted in a number of films which included Richard Rush's Psych-Out (1968), Boris Sagal's The Thousand Plane Raid (1969), Jack Nicholson's Drive, He Said (1971), Dennis Hopper's The Last Movie (1971), Maurice Dugowson's Lily, aime-moi (1975) and Orson Welles' The Other Side of the Wind (1970–1976; 2018).

In 1983, Jaglom began taping lunch conversations with Orson Welles at Los Angeles's Ma Maison. Edited transcripts of these sessions, which continued until shortly before Welles died in 1985, appear in My Lunches With Orson: Conversations Between Henry Jaglom and Orson Welles, edited by Peter Biskind (2013). Jaglom wrote four plays that have been performed on Los Angeles stages: The Waiting Room (1974), A Safe Place (2003), Always—But Not Forever (2007) and Just 45 Minutes from Broadway (2009/2010). Jaglom is the subject of Henry-Alex Rubin and Jeremy Workman's documentary Who Is Henry Jaglom (1995). First presented at numerous film festivals, the documentary premiered on PBS's documentary series POV.

Jaglom was married three times. The first two marriages, to Patrice Townsend and Victoria Foyt, ended in divorce; his third marriage, to Tanna Frederick, was annulled. He had two children from his second marriage. Jaglom died at his home in Santa Monica, California, on September 22, 2025, at the age of 87.

• 1971 A Safe Place • 1976 Tracks • 1980 Sitting Ducks • 1983 Can She Bake a Cherry Pie? • 1985 Always • 1987 Someone to Love • 1989 New Year's Day • 1990 Eating • 1992 Venice/Venice • 1994 Babyfever • 1995 Last Summer in the Hamptons • 1997 Déjà Vu • 2001 Festival in Cannes • 2005 Going Shopping • 2007 Hollywood Dreams • 2009 Irene in Time • 2010 Queen of the Lot • 2012 Just 45 Minutes from Broadway • 2014 The M Word • 2015 Ovation • 2017 Train to Zakopané

• 1965 Gidget S1 E10 as Billy Roy Soames • 1968 Psych-Out as Warren • 1969 The Thousand Plane Raid as Worchek • 1971 Drive, He Said as Conrad • 1971 The Last Movie as The Minister's Son • 1975 Lily, aime-moi as Guest At Flo's Party • 1980 Sitting Ducks as Hit Man • 1985 Always as David • 1987 Someone to Love as Danny Sapir • 1989 New Year's Day as Drew • 1992 Venice/Venice as Dean • 1996 Last Summer in the Hamptons as Max Berger

• 1974 The Waiting Room • 2003 A Safe Place • 2007 Always—But Not Forever • 2009-2010 Just 45 Minutes from Broadway • 2012-2013 The Rainmaker • 2014-2015 Train to Zakopané