- He was a former longtime resident of London, England.
- He regards Jason and the Argonauts (1963) as the best film he and Ray Harryhausen made together.
- He is survived by his wife, Shirley Sussman, Schneer; two daughters, Lesley Schneer Silver and Stacey Schneer Lee; three grandchildren, Ben Lawrence, Jenessa Freid, and Jared Lee; and four great grandchildren-Jack Lawrence, Daniel Lawrence, Grayson Freid, and Beckett Freid; and a sister, Babette Schneer Katz of Mamaroneck, New York.
- His daughter, Bettine Greifer, predeceased him.
- He was a forty-year member of the Queens Club in London, England.
- He graduated from Columbia University in New York City.
- A liberal Democrat, he nonetheless got along extremely well with frequent collaborator Ray Harryhausen, who was a conservative Republican.
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