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Jack Wrather (1918–1984)

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Oil millionaire who bought the rights to "The Lone Ranger". Also produced "Lassie and "Sgt. Preston of the Yukon". He built the Disneyland Hotel, founded Los Angeles' PBS station KCET and turned the Queen Mary and Howard Hughes' experimental airplane, "The Spruce Goose", into tourist attractions in Long Beach... See full bio »

Born:

John Devereaux Wrather Jr.
in Amarillo, Texas, USA

Died:

(age 66) in Los Angeles, California, USA
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1981 The Legend of the Lone Ranger (producer)
 
Lassie (TV series) (executive producer - 422 episodes, 1956-1973) (producer - 1 episode, 1967)
– The Dawning (1973) (executive producer)
– Johnny Piper (1973) (executive producer)
– A Joyous Sound: Part 3 (1973) (executive producer)
– A Joyous Sound: Part 2 (1973) (executive producer)
– A Joyous Sound: Part 1 (1973) (executive producer)
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1958 The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold (executive producer - uncredited)
 
1954-1957 The Lone Ranger (TV series) (executive producer - 2 episodes)
– Message from Abe (1957) (executive producer)
– The Wooden Rifle (1956) (executive producer)
 
1956 The Lone Ranger (producer)
 
1950 Guilty of Treason (producer)
 
1948 Strike It Rich (producer)
 
1948 Perilous Waters (producer)
 
1947 High Tide (producer)
 
1947 The Guilty (producer)
 
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1973 Lassie (TV series)
– A Joyous Sound: Part 3 (1973)
 
1972 Lassie: Joyous Sound (TV movie)
 
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1959 Person to Person (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode #6.23 (1959) … Himself
 
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In 1959, he produced an unsold action/adventure pilot called, "The Man From Lloyd's" about an American insurance investigator working in England. See more »
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Walt Disney personally convinced Wrather to build the Disneyland Hotel when Disney could not raise the money to do so -- his credit was all tied up in building the theme park itself. After the phenomenal success of Disneyland, Disney attempted to buy the hotel, but Wrather steadfastly refused to sell... See more »

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