Arthur Jacobs was a twentieth century film producer

Film producer

A film producer oversees and delivers a film project to all relevant parties while preserving the integrity, voice and vision of the film. They will also often take on some financial risk by using their own money, especially during the pre-production period, before a film is fully financed.The...

 responsible for numerous classic films of the 1960s and 1970s, including the Planet of the Apes

Planet of the Apes (1968 film)

Planet of the Apes is a 1968 American science fiction film directed by Franklin J. Schaffner, based on the 1963 French novel La Planète des singes by Pierre Boulle. The film stars Charlton Heston, Roddy McDowall, Kim Hunter, Maurice Evans, James Whitmore, James Daly and Linda Harrison...

series, Doctor Dolittle

Doctor Dolittle (film)

Doctor Dolittle is a 1967 American musical film directed by Richard Fleischer and starring Rex Harrison, Samantha Eggar, Anthony Newley and Richard Attenborough. It's adapted by Leslie Bricusse from the novel series by Hugh Lofting, primarily The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle, The Story of Doctor...

, Goodbye, Mr. Chips

Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969 film)

Goodbye, Mr. Chips is a 1969 American musical film directed by Herbert Ross. The screenplay by Terence Rattigan is based on James Hilton's 1934 novella of the same name, which originally was adapted for the screen in 1939.-Plot:...

, Play It Again, Sam and Tom Sawyer. Tom Sawyer, a musical which featured both a script and song score by the Sherman Brothers

Sherman Brothers

The Sherman Brothers are an American songwriting duo that specialize in musical films, made up of Robert B. Sherman and Richard M. Sherman ....

 was to be the first in a five picture deal with the prolific brothers. Each film was to be a musical with an Americana theme. Jacobs died suddenly of a heart attack during the filming of Huckleberry Finn

Huckleberry Finn (1974 film)

Huckleberry Finn is the 1974 musical film version of Mark Twain's American classic, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.The movie was produced by Reader's Digest and Arthur P. Jacobs and starred Jeff East as Huckleberry Finn and Paul Winfield as Jim...

. Between the loss of Jacobs and a protracted recovery from knee surgery of Robert B. Sherman

Robert B. Sherman

Robert Bernard Sherman is an American songwriter who specializes in musical films with his brother Richard Morton Sherman...

, Huckleberry Finn suffered creatively.

As producer

• Huckleberry Finn
  Huckleberry Finn (1974 film)
  Huckleberry Finn is the 1974 musical film version of Mark Twain's American classic, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.The movie was produced by Reader's Digest and Arthur P. Jacobs and starred Jeff East as Huckleberry Finn and Paul Winfield as Jim...
  
  , 1974...aka Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn: A Musical Adaptation (USA: promotional title)
• Battle for the Planet of the Apes
  Battle for the Planet of the Apes
  Battle for the Planet of the Apes is a 1973 science fiction film directed by J. Lee Thompson. It is the fifth and last entry in the original Planet of the Apes series produced by Arthur P...
  
  , 1973... aka Colonization of the Planet of the Apes

• Tom Sawyer, 1973... aka A Musical Adaptation of Mark Twain's 'Tom Sawyer (USA: promotional title)
• Conquest of the Planet of the Apes
  Conquest of the Planet of the Apes
  Conquest of the Planet of the Apes is a 1972 science fiction film directed by J. Lee Thompson. It is the fourth of five films in the original Planet of the Apes series produced by Arthur P. Jacobs. It explores how the apes rebelled from mankind's ill treatment following Escape from the Planet of...
  
  , 1972
• Play It Again, Sam, 1972... aka Aspirins for Three
• Escape from the Planet of the Apes
  Escape from the Planet of the Apes
  Escape from the Planet of the Apes, directed by Don Taylor, is a 1971 science fiction film starring Roddy McDowall, Kim Hunter, Bradford Dillman and Ricardo Montalbán. It is the third of five films in the original Planet of the Apes series produced by Arthur P. Jacobs, the second being Beneath the...
  
  , 1971
• Beneath the Planet of the Apes
  Beneath the Planet of the Apes
  Beneath the Planet of the Apes is a 1970 American science fiction film directed by Ted Post and written by Paul Dehn. It is the second of five films in the original Planet of the Apes series produced by Arthur P. Jacobs...
  
  , 1970

• Goodbye, Mr. Chips
  Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969 film)
  Goodbye, Mr. Chips is a 1969 American musical film directed by Herbert Ross. The screenplay by Terence Rattigan is based on James Hilton's 1934 novella of the same name, which originally was adapted for the screen in 1939.-Plot:...
  
  , 1969

• Planet of the Apes
  Planet of the Apes (1968 film)
  Planet of the Apes is a 1968 American science fiction film directed by Franklin J. Schaffner, based on the 1963 French novel La Planète des singes by Pierre Boulle. The film stars Charlton Heston, Roddy McDowall, Kim Hunter, Maurice Evans, James Whitmore, James Daly and Linda Harrison...
  
  , 1968... aka Monkey Planet
• Doctor Dolittle
  Doctor Dolittle (film)
  Doctor Dolittle is a 1967 American musical film directed by Richard Fleischer and starring Rex Harrison, Samantha Eggar, Anthony Newley and Richard Attenborough. It's adapted by Leslie Bricusse from the novel series by Hugh Lofting, primarily The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle, The Story of Doctor...
  
  , 1967
• What a Way to Go!
  What a Way to Go!
  What a Way to Go! is a 1964 American comedy film directed by J. Lee Thompson and starring Shirley MacLaine, Paul Newman, Robert Mitchum, Dean Martin, Gene Kelly, Margaret Dumont, Bob Cummings and Dick Van Dyke.-Plot:...
  
  , 1964

As executive producer

• Topper Returns 1973 (TV) (executive producer)
• The Chairman, 1969... aka The Most Dangerous Man in the World (UK)