Hugh Wilson

Writing

Born: 1943-08-21
Died: 2018-01-14
From: Miami, Florida, USA
Gender: Male
Popularity: 0.5

Also Known As

Hugh Hamilton Wilson Jr.Raoul PlagerHughie Wilson

Biography

Hugh Wilson (August 21, 1943 - January 14, 2018) was an American director, writer and actor. He was best known as the creator and executive producer of the TV series WKRP in Cincinnati and Frank's Place. Hugh was a distinguished alumnus from the College of Journalism and Communications at the University of Florida in Gainesville. He was a guest professor of Media Studies at the University of Virginia. The character of Bailey Quarters on WKRP was based on Wilson's wife. Description above from the Wikipedia article Hugh Wilson (director), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Awards & Nominations2 won · 0 nominated

🏆 Won

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series

Frank's Place

1988
🏆 Won

Primetime Emmy Award

Acting7 titles

Directing14 titles

Writing14 titles

Production6 titles

Crew1 title

Creator6 titles