William T. Orr

William T. Orr

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.

  • Title : William T. Orr
  • Popularity : 3.034
  • Known For : Production
  • Birthday : 1917-09-27
  • Place of Birth : New York City, New York, USA
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  • Also Known As : William Ferdinand Quinn Jr., William Turney Orr, Wm. T. Orr, William Orr, Bill Orr
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William T. Orr Movies

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    The Mortal Storm

    The Mortal Storm

    7.169 1940 HD

    The Roth family leads a quiet life in a small village in the German Alps during the early 1930s. After the Nazis come to power, the family is divided...

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    Unholy Partners

    Unholy Partners

    7 1941 HD

    A crusading newsman starts up a tabloid with a gangster as his 50-50 partner.

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    The Big Street

    The Big Street

    5.8 1942 HD

    Meek busboy Little Pinks is in love with an extremely selfish nightclub singer who despises and uses him.

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    Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1

    Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1

    1 1941 HD

    This edition of Screen Snapshots has more of a vaudeville flavor as opposed to Ralph Staub's usual candid-camera at home with the stars offerings....

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    My Love Came Back

    My Love Came Back

    5.2 1940 HD

    Amelia is a gifted violinist who is in danger of quitting the Brissac Academy of Music. Julius arranges to have a scholarship given to her through...

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    Meet the Fleet

    Meet the Fleet

    5.7 1940 HD

    The story of three recruits undergoing Navy bootcamp training.

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    Navy Blues

    Navy Blues

    4 1941 HD

    On a layover in Hawaii two conniving Navy seamen borrow money to lay down bets that their ship will win the upcoming gunnery practice trophy, having...

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  • 1938
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    Brother Rat

    Brother Rat

    5 1938 HD

    Story of three buddies at the Virginia Military Institute. Cadet Bing Edwards is secretly married and soon to be a father.

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    Honeymoon for Three

    Honeymoon for Three

    5.8 1941 HD

    Noted writer Kenneth Bixby, in love with his witty secretary Anne Rogers, is on a book tour when he meets up with a former college fling with a loopy...

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    Three Sons o' Guns

    Three Sons o' Guns

    5 1941 HD

    Three reckless brothers dodge the draft then sign up and become men.

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    The Hardys Ride High

    The Hardys Ride High

    6 1939 HD

    Sixth of the Judge Hardy series. Judge James K. Hardy is brought the fabulous news from attorney George Irving, that he could be the heir to 2...

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    Invitation to Happiness

    Invitation to Happiness

    1 1939 HD

    An egotistical boxer romances a rich backer's daughter.

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    Service with the Colors

    Service with the Colors

    4.4 1940 HD

    Service with the Colors is a 1940 American short drama film directed by B. Reeves Eason. This drama is "dedicated to the soldiers of the United...

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  • 1943
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    He Hired the Boss

    He Hired the Boss

    3 1943 HD

    A shy bookkeeper accidentally discovers that the company where he works is targeted in a series of late-night robberies.

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    The Gay Sisters

    The Gay Sisters

    6.5 1942 HD

    The eldest of three sisters protects their Fifth Avenue mansion from a developer she once married.

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    Jack L. Warner: The Last Mogul

    Jack L. Warner: The Last Mogul

    5 1993 HD

    An insider's account of Jack Warner, a founding father of the American film industry. This feature length documentary provides the rags to riches...

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    Soldiers in White

    Soldiers in White

    6 1942 HD

    A young intern is drafted and placed in the Army Medical Corps as a buck private and is none too happy about it. Injured, he is placed in the...

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    Those Good Old Days

    Those Good Old Days

    1 1941 HD

    Young Gloria's father and mother go out for the evening to see a television broadcast. Gloria's grandfather entertains her with stories about his...

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    Young America Flies

    Young America Flies

    1 1940 HD

    World War II propaganda film from Warner Brothers.

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    Thieves Fall Out

    Thieves Fall Out

    5.5 1941 HD

    Eddie Barnes, tired of being a nobody and living with his parents, decides to cash in his mother's legacy and use the money to buy a business....

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    Three Cadets

    Three Cadets

    1 1943 HD

    The story of Three Cadets and sexually transmitted diseases.

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  • 1945
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    P-47 Combat Operations

    P-47 Combat Operations

    1 1945 HD

    This documentary short film depicts the P-47 Thunderbolt fighter plane in combat operations in various locales around the world during the Second...

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    Land and Live in the Desert

    Land and Live in the Desert

    1 1945 HD

    Documentary short film depicting the correct methods of surviving the crash landing of a military aircraft in the desert. Methods of conserving...

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  • 1964
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    Sex and the Single Girl

    Sex and the Single Girl

    6.6 1964 HD

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  • 1952
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    This Is Your Life

    This Is Your Life

    6.556 1952 HD

    This Is Your Life is an American television documentary series broadcast on NBC, originally hosted by its producer, Ralph Edwards from 1952 to 1961....

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  • 1962
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    The Lucy Show

    The Lucy Show

    7.107 1962 HD

    The Lucy Show is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from 1962–68. It was Lucille Ball's follow-up to I Love Lucy. A significant change in...

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  • 1970
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    The Lucy Show

    The Lucy Show

    6 1970 HD

    The Gallant Men is a 1962–1963 ABC television series which depicted an infantry company of American soldiers fighting their way through Italy...

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    The Lucy Show

    The Lucy Show

    5.2 1970 HD

    Private Eyes Tom Lopaka and Tracy Steele are based out of Hawaiian Village Resort where they work both hotel security and are hired by others to look...

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    The Lucy Show

    The Lucy Show

    7.5 1970 HD

    Mister Roberts is an American sitcom that aired on NBC from September 17, 1965 to April 8, 1966. Based on the best selling novel, 1948 play, and the...

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  • 1970
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    The Lucy Show

    The Lucy Show

    5.8 1970 HD

    Cheyenne is an American western television series of 108 black-and-white episodes broadcast on ABC from 1955 to 1963. The show was the first...

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    The Lucy Show

    The Lucy Show

    6.7 1970 HD

    Stu Bailey and Jeff Spencer are the wisecracking, womanizing private-detective heroes of this Warner Brothers drama. They work out of an office...

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  • 1970
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    The Lucy Show

    The Lucy Show

    6.8 1970 HD

    The Maverick boys - Bret, Bart, Beau and Brent - are a clan of well-dressed dandies, gamblers who'd much rather make their money playing cards than...

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    The Lucy Show

    The Lucy Show

    5 1970 HD

    "Bourbon Street Beat" is a private detective series produced by Warner Brothers Television which aired on the ABC network from October 5, 1959, to...

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    The Lucy Show

    The Lucy Show

    6.1 1970 HD

    F Troop is a satirical American television sitcom that originally aired for two seasons on ABC-TV. It debuted in the United States on September 14,...

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  • 1970
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    The Lucy Show

    The Lucy Show

    4.8 1970 HD

    Bronco is a Western series on ABC from 1958 through 1962. It was shown by the BBC in the United Kingdom. The program starred Ty Hardin as Bronco...

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    The Lucy Show

    The Lucy Show

    1 1970 HD

    Room for One More is a short-lived American 1962 ABC/Warner Brothers situation comedy, principally starring Andrew Duggan and Peggy McCay as the...

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  • 1970
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    The Lucy Show

    The Lucy Show

    1 1970 HD

    Wendy and Me is an American sitcom that aired on ABC during the 1964–1965 television season, primarily sponsored by Consolidated Cigar's "El...

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    The Lucy Show

    The Lucy Show

    5 1970 HD

    Surfside 6 was an ABC television series which aired from 1960 to 1962. The show centered on a Miami Beach detective agency set on a houseboat and...

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    The Lucy Show

    The Lucy Show

    5.7 1970 HD

    The Dakotas is an ABC/Warner Brothers western television series starring Larry Ward and featuring Jack Elam broadcast during 1963. The short-lived...

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    The Lucy Show

    The Lucy Show

    5.5 1970 HD

    The Alaskans is a 1959-1960 ABC/Warner Brothers western television series set during the late 1890s in the port of Skagway, Alaska. The show features...

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    The Lucy Show

    The Lucy Show

    5.4 1970 HD

    Lawman is an American western television series originally telecast on ABC from 1958 to 1962 starring John Russell as Marshal Dan Troop and featuring...

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    The Lucy Show

    The Lucy Show

    4.8 1970 HD

    Sugarfoot is an American western television series that aired on ABC from 1957 to 1961. The series stars Will Hutchins as Tom Brewster, an Easterner...

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    The Lucy Show

    The Lucy Show

    3.5 1970 HD

    Hank is an American situation comedy which is perhaps most notable for being an early example of a program with a true series finale, in which the...

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  • 1970
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    The Lucy Show

    The Lucy Show

    1 1970 HD

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  • 1970
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    The Lucy Show

    The Lucy Show

    1 1970 HD

    Conflict is a 1956 ABC series that directly succeeded Warner Brothers Presents. It is most famous for having hosted the effective pilots of 77 Sunset...

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    The Lucy Show

    The Lucy Show

    10 1970 HD

    This was the first attempt by Warner Brothers to make the movie classic into a series. It was part of a revolving group of shows that included Kings...

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    The Lucy Show

    The Lucy Show

    1 1970 HD

    The adventures of a newspaper reporter covering the world of cops and gangsters in 1920s Chicago.

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    The Lucy Show

    The Lucy Show

    1 1970 HD

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