Hugh Wilson

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AKA: Hugh Hamilton Wilson, Jr
Nationality: American
Birthdate: 08/21/1943
Birthplace: Coral Gables, Florida, USA

biography

His journalism degree from the University of Florida firmly in hand, future writer-director Hugh Wilson journeyed to NYC to crack the advertising business but met a brick wall instead, eventually settling for a position as shipping clerk with the Armstrong Cork Company of Lancaster, Pennsylvania. There he met Jay Tarses and Tom Patchett, two aspiring stand-up comedians who would later give him his first break in show business. Soon after they left to follow their dream, Wilson returned to the South and began as a copywriter at the Atlanta-based advertising agency Burton-Campbell. Over the next Continued

Credits

Executive Producer
1999
Director
1999
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1999
Producer
1999
Director
1999
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1999
Producer
1998
Director
1996
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milestones

Year
Milestone
1965 
Met future co-workers Jay Tarses and Tom Patchett while working as a shipping clerk at the Armstrong Cork Company, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
1966 
Worked his way up from copywriter to president of Burton-Campbell Advertising
 
Worked as a writer on the popular CBS sitcom "The Bob Newhart Show" in the mid-1970s
1976 
Apprentice director, MTM Enterprises
 
First directed and produced for TV with the ABC sitcom "The Tony Randall Show" (CBS for second season); also wrote for series
Continued

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