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Broccoli was born into an Italian-American family on Long Island. The family moved to Florida, and on the death of his father Giovanni, Albert moved to live with his grandmother in Astoria, Queens in New York City.
In 1940 at the age of 31, Cubby married actress Gloria Blondell and later divorced in 1945. Having worked many jobs, including spending some time as a casket maker, Albert became involved in the film industry. He started at the bottom working as a gofer on the 1941 film The Outlaw. Here he met Howard Hughes who oversaw production of the movie when the director Howard Hawks was fired.
Following the Japanese attack on Pearl HarborPearl Harbor is a complex embayment on the island of O'ahu, Hawai'i, west of Honolulu. Much of the harbor and surrounding lands is a US Navy deep water naval base: headquarters of the US Pacific Fleet. The attack on Pearl Harbor by Japan on 7 December 194 in late 1941, Albert joined the United States NavyThe United States Navy USN is the branch of the United States armed forces responsible for naval operations. Navy consists of slightly fewer than 300 ships and over 4,000 operational aircraft. It has over a half million men and women on active or ready re, returning to Hollywood when peace was achieved in 1945 to work as an agentAn agent is an autonomous entity with an ontological commitment and agenda of its own. The term originated in philosophy. Each agent possesses the ability to act autonomously; this is an important distinction because a simple act of obedience to a command at the Famous Artists Agency .
At the beginning of the 1950s, Albert moved once more, this time to LondonLondon is the capital of the United Kingdom and of England, and with over seven million inhabitants in the Greater London area, is the second-most populous conurbation in Europe (after Moscow). From being Londinium the capital of the Roman province of Bri. A shrewd businessman, he was able to make good use of the subsidyA subsidy is a grant or monetary gift given by a private person or entity (often a government) to another private person or entity, as financial assistance or to help launch an enterprise. Critics of government interventions in free markets often use a wi given by the British government to subsidise films made in the UK with British casts and crews. In 1951 Broccoli married Nedra Clark , she would later pass away after giving birth to his daughter Tina.
In the 1960's Cubby met and married Dana Wilson .
In 1962Events January January 1 Western Samoa becomes independent from New Zealand January 3 Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro January 4 New York City introduces a train that operates without a crew on-board January 8 Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa is e Broccoli teamed with Harry Saltzman to create the production company, EON Productions and its parent company Danjaq, L.L.C.. Broccoli produced the first James Bond movie, Dr. No in 1962, and his involvement in the series continued until his death. His family, particularly daughter Barbara Broccoli and stepson Michael G. Wilson, have since produced the James Bond films.
Besides the Bond movies, Broccoli produced the Dick Van Dyke classic Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, from the book by James Bond author Ian Fleming and the Bob Hope film Call Me Bwana, the only film made by EON Productions outside of the James Bond franchise.
Broccoli died at his home in Beverly Hills in 1996.