Mike Todd
American theatrical producer ‧ Elizabeth Taylor's husbandWikipedia
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Sep 30, 2026
Alex CooperHOST
We're calling him John-John?
Sonja MorganGUEST
Michael...
Sonja MorganGUEST
Yeah, the Michael Todd room at The Palladium.
Sonja MorganGUEST
And so Madonna was there and John-John, and so many other people.
Sonja MorganGUEST
So many other.
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Luann de LessepsGUEST
No.
Sonja MorganGUEST
Did I say threatening?
Luann de LessepsGUEST
That, Michael's going nowhere.
EB JohnsonHOST
I, I don't know.
EB JohnsonHOST
The biggest of these controversies and scandalous relationships became public fodder in 1959 when it was announced that Taylor was officially married to her fourth husband, Todd Fisher, who just so happened to also be the husband of Debbie Reynolds.
EB JohnsonHOST
The story really began with Taylor's third husband, movie producer Mike Todd.
EB JohnsonHOST
Todd was an Academy Award-winning producer who made his name backing big productions on stage and screen.
EB JohnsonHOST
He, along with an inventor and a broadcaster, started Cinerama in 1950, and from there they went on to produce a slew of films that included hits like 1955's Oklahoma! and Michael Todd's Around the World in 80 Days, which won him an Academy Award.
EB JohnsonHOST
As successful as Todd was in the boardroom, his conquests in marriage seemed to be a frequent failure.
EB JohnsonHOST
After his marriage to Joan Blondell fell apart due to what Blondell claimed was mental cruelty, Todd fell into the lap of Elizabeth Taylor, who he married on February 2nd, 1957.
EB JohnsonHOST
Whom he married on February 16th? February 2nd, 1957.
Kevin TraskPANELIST
Yeah, well, she's busy.
Kevin TraskPANELIST
Do you remember when she came here to Melbourne with her husband at the time, Mike Todd? My mother saw them walking up the steps of the...
Kevin TraskPANELIST
Plaza Theatre in Collins.
Andrew McLarenHOST
No, the hotel they were staying at.
Kevin TraskPANELIST
see Elizabeth Taylor.
Kevin TraskPANELIST
Yes,
Andrew McLarenHOST
and Mum was a little disappointed because she was so short and Mike Todd was so short.
Kevin TraskPANELIST
Because you always
Kevin TraskPANELIST
Yeah, well, she's busy.
Kevin TraskPANELIST
Do you remember when she came here to Melbourne with her husband at the time, Mike Todd? My mother saw them walking up the steps of the...
Kevin TraskPANELIST
Plaza Theatre in Collins.
Simon OwensHOST
No, the hotel they were staying at.
Kevin TraskPANELIST
see Elizabeth Taylor.
Kevin TraskPANELIST
Yes,
Simon OwensHOST
and Mum was a little disappointed because she was so short and Mike Todd was so short.
Kevin TraskPANELIST
Because you always
Erin CarlsonHOST
Instead of trying to rekindle some excitement in their relationship, if it was ever present to start with, both Joan and Dick found it elsewhere.
Erin CarlsonHOST
Dick Powell in actress June Allyson, and Joan Blondell in Broadway producer Mike Todd.
Erin CarlsonHOST
Mike Todd was enraptured with Joan Blondell the moment he first met her in New York.
Erin CarlsonHOST
He eventually convinced her to do a play for him, The Naked Genius.
Erin CarlsonHOST
She agreed, packed her bags, and headed to the East Coast, leaving her family in California.
Erin CarlsonHOST
It seems she didn't care much for the loud and proud Mike Todd at first, but he was relentless in his pursuit of Joan Blondell, even though he was married, and so was she.
Erin CarlsonHOST
Throughout the production of The Naked Genius, he kind of grew on Joan.
Erin CarlsonHOST
He helped this along by showering her in furs and jewels and saying all the things a schmoozer knows to say to a woman he's after.
Lizzie BassettHOST
Um, a- and she has said ...
Lizzie BassettHOST
Everybody's like, "Oh, she had all these toxic relationships." She had one husband, Mike Todd, who was prior to all of this, w- who it sounds like she actually had a really wonderful relationship with, that it was very secure.
Lizzie BassettHOST
He really loved her.
Lizzie BassettHOST
She loved him.
Lizzie BassettHOST
They were a mess.
Lizzie BassettHOST
They were an absolute mess.
Lizzie BassettHOST
And she was also a mess because of Mike Todd.
Lizzie BassettHOST
Uh, and he-
Tony MaiettaHOST
Basically what happened was...
Tony MaiettaHOST
Elizabeth Taylor was married to Mike Todd, who was, most people say, certainly she said it, one of the loves of her life, the other one being Richard Burton.
Tony MaiettaHOST
He was tragically killed in a plane crash in 1958.
Tony MaiettaHOST
Eddie Fisher had been his closest friend.
Tony MaiettaHOST
In fact, when Liz and Mike Todd got married, Debbie and Eddie, who were married at this time and were America's sweethearts, were their best man and their matron of honor.
Tony MaiettaHOST
Did you know that, Brad?
Brad ShreveHOST
Yes, I did.
Tony MaiettaHOST
So there were a pretty close couple.