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William T. Orr
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Birthday
1917-09-27,New York City, New York, USA
Gender
Male
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia William T. Orr (September 27, 1917 – December 25, 2002) was an American television producer associated with a series of western and detective programs of the 1950s-1970s. On most of his Warner Bros. series, he was billed as "Wm. T. Orr". Orr began his career as an actor; his film credits include The Mortal Storm, The Gay Sisters, and The Big Street. As the first head of Warner Bros. Television department, Orr forged a fruitful alliance with ABC, which resulted in the network having a number of prime time hits, such as Maverick, 77 Sunset Strip, and F Troop. At the height of this relationship in the early 1960s, Orr had nine programs in prime time simultaneously. Of these, no program was more significant than one of his earliest, Cheyenne. It was a groundbreaking series that was both the first hour-long western and the first series of any kind made by a major Hollywood film studio consisting entirely of content wholly exclusive to television. A curator at The Paley Center for Media (previously named The Museum of Television and Radio) once encapsulated Orr's importance to Warner Bros. by saying, "Television began as a step-child. But because of Orr, it became equal with film in creating revenue and jobs for the studio." One of the key reforms he made to effect this change was to move Warner's nascent television department from cramped quarters in New York City to Los Angeles studios separate from the film division. His impact on the genre of western fiction was recognized with a Golden Boot Award upon the announcement of his death.

Filmography

The Mortal Storm

7.2

The Mortal Storm
1940-06-20

Unholy Partners

7

Unholy Partners
1941-11-01

5.8

The Big Street
1942-08-13

Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1

0

Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1
1941-08-15

My Love Came Back

5.2

My Love Came Back
1940-07-13

5.7

Meet the Fleet
1940-12-21

4

Navy Blues
1941-09-13

5

Brother Rat
1938-10-29

Honeymoon for Three

5.8

Honeymoon for Three
1941-01-18

Three Sons o' Guns

5

Three Sons o' Guns
1941-08-02

The Hardys Ride High

6

The Hardys Ride High
1939-04-21

Invitation to Happiness

0

Invitation to Happiness
1939-06-07

Service with the Colors

4.4

Service with the Colors
1940-08-31

He Hired the Boss

3

He Hired the Boss
1943-04-02

The Gay Sisters

6.5

The Gay Sisters
1942-08-01

Jack L. Warner: The Last Mogul

5

Jack L. Warner: The Last Mogul
1993-05-14

Soldiers in White

6

Soldiers in White
1942-02-07

Those Good Old Days

0

Those Good Old Days
1941-08-16

Young America Flies

0

Young America Flies
1940-07-13

Thieves Fall Out

5.5

Thieves Fall Out
1941-05-03

0

Three Cadets
1943-01-26

P-47 Combat Operations

0

P-47 Combat Operations
1945-12-12

Land and Live in the Desert

0

Land and Live in the Desert
1945-12-11

This Is Your Life

6.4

This Is Your Life
1952-10-01

7.088

The Lucy Show
1962-10-01