William T. Orr Biography, Age, Height, Wife, Net Worth, Family

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William T. Orr was an American television and film producer, actor, and writer. He was best known for producing the television series The Fugitive, which ran from 1963 to 1967. He also produced the television series The Invaders, which ran from 1967 to 1968. Orr was born in New York City on September 27, 1917. He attended the University of Michigan, where he studied theater and film. After graduating, he began working in the film industry as an assistant director. Orr's first producing credit was for the television series The Fugitive, which ran from 1963 to 1967. He also produced the television series The Invaders, which ran from 1967 to 1968. He also produced the television movie The Doomsday Flight in 1966. Orr's other producing credits include the television series The Name of the Game, which ran from 1968 to 1971, and the television movie The Night Strangler, which aired in 1973. He also wrote and produced the television movie The Night That Panicked America in 1975. Orr died on April 28, 2006 in Los Angeles, California. He was 88 years old.

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Who Is William T. Orr's Wife?

His wife is Joy Page (10 April 1945 - 1970) ( divorced) ( 3 children)

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Orr had one advantage over the other handsome young actors of his era--he could imitate his betters and became known as a deft comic impersonator in the musical stage review "Meet The People", a Saturday Night Live (1975) of its day that mixed political satire and song, hosted by gossip columnist Louella Parsons. During World War II Orr served as an officer in the Army Air Force's First Motion Picture Unit, making training films at the former Hal Roach Studios in Culver City, California, alongside fellow actors Ronald Reagan, William Holden and Alan Ladd.

In 1958 he was put in charge of Warners' fledgling TV division, and this is where he made his mark, having nine shows on the air in the early 1960s.

show including Maverick (1957), Cheyenne (1955), 77 Sunset Strip (1958) and F Troop (1965). As the head of WB Television for nine years, he was executive producer of the studio's early forays into the medium, helping to put ABC on the prime-time map with a steady staple of westerns and detective shows.

William Orr is known to fans of 1950s and 1960s TV shows by the abbreviated but imposing credit of Wm. T. Orr seen at the end of every Warner Bros.

In 1945 Orr married Warner Bros. studio chief Jack L. Warner's stepdaughter Joy Page, assuring him a good seat at the Hollywood table. A year later be became one of Warner's assistants, giving rise to the dig, "the son-in-law also rises. " Orr had a nose for new talent, though, and, with a Warner Bros. contract in hand, pursued such unknown actors as James Dean, Paul Newman and Marlon Brando.

Orr began his career in 1936 as an actor, moving from his native New York to Los Angeles, where the good-looking young actor found work as a second lead opposite such stars as Lucille Ball, Henry Fonda, James Stewart and Edward G. Robinson.

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