Stuart Cornfeld, who worked with Ben Stiller’s Red Hour Films to produce movies including “Tropic Thunder,” “Dodgeball” and “Zoolander,” has died of cancer.Several of his friends posted about his death on social media.At Red Hour, which he founded with Stiller in 1999, he also produced “Duplex” starring Stiller and Drew Barrymore, “Starsky & Hutch,” “Blades of Glory” and “The Ruins.” One of the last films he produced was “The Polka King,” starring Jack Black.Earlier in his career, Cornfeld produced films including David Cronenberg’s “The Fly,” “National Lampoon’s European Vacation” and Steven Soderbergh’s “Kafka.”He played small parts in several movies, including a memorable turn as the Pirate King of Captain Hook Fish ‘n Chips in “Fast Times at Ridgemont High.”Cornfeld got his start working as assistant to Mel Brooks on “High Anxiety” in 1977.
After seeing David Lynch’s “Eraserhead” at Los Angeles’ Nuart Theatre,
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