William T. Orr

An executive producer at Warner Bros. studios in the 1950s, Orr presided over the studio's entry into television. Calling on actors like Robert Conrad, James Garner, Connie Stevens, Clint Walker and Efrem Zimbalist Jr, Orr produced Maverick, 77 Sunset Strip, Cheyenne, Hawaiian Eye and 20 other shows over a span of less than 10 years. "Television began as a step-child" to movies, says Ron Simon, a curator at the Museum of Television and Radio in New York City. "But because of Orr, it became equal with film in creating revenue and jobs for the studio." Orr died on Christmas at home in Los Angeles. He was 85. From This is True for 29 December 2002 Suggestions for further reading: Starting Your Television Writing Career: The Warner Bros. Television Writers ... by Abby Finer, Deborah Pearlman Amazon Price: $13.57 Customer Review: Why would you buy a book on writing written by non-writers? Save your money. Those who can, do. Those who've never even tried write sham books about how to do it. I'm a writer who's been working steadily in network TV since I came out of the WB w...   Looney Tunes Treasury: Includes Amazing Interactive Treasures from the Warner... by Andrew Farago, Ruth Clampett Amazon Price: $29.70   Warner Brothers Animation Art by Jerry Beck Amazon Price: $75.00 Customer Review: If you like to own some really cool prints of Bugs Bunny, Tweety, or just the old folks from the Warner Bros. Studio, this is the book! It goes through the history of the animation studio and its founders. Chuck Jones is similar to Walt Disney, he ...   Reading the Rabbit: Explorations in Warner Bros. Animation by Kevin S. Sandler Amazon Price: Customer Review: Animation fans be warned--this is anything but light reading. While I consider myself to be a reasonably intelligent person, I must admit I had considerable trouble slogging through the dense, polysyllabic prose. Once I did so, however, I found the...   Television Showstoppers by CPP Belwin Amazon Price:   Newsfeed display by CaRP

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