Name Buck Houghton Role Television producer | Books What a producer does | |
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Died May 14, 1999, Los Angeles, California, United States Spouse Wanda Jackson (m. 1945–1999) Children Jim Houghton, Mona Houghton Movies It's a Good Life, The Blue Man, Dynasty, The Escape Artist Similar People Jim Houghton, Rod Serling, Mike Marvin, Lee Philips, Caleb Deschanel | ||
Archible Ernest "Buck" Houghton (May 4, 1915 – May 14, 1999) was an American television producer and writer best known for producing the first three seasons of The Twilight Zone, as well as many other television programs from the 1950s through the 1990s. His collaboration with dramatist Clifford Odets, "The Richard Boone Show" (1963–64) was the only repertory company on television, in which a resident cast of actors played different roles in a TV play every week.
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Early life
Houghton graduated from Los Angeles High School in 1933, where he was known as Arch Houghton. He attended UCLA, where he was a member of the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity.
Other
While attending high school and college, he helped out backstage on several films by Cecil B. DeMille, along with his close friend and classmate Horace Hahn.
Children
He was the father of Jim Houghton and Mona Houghton.
Death
Houghton died in Los Angeles. He was suffering from emphysema and Lou Gehrig's disease.