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Irv Wilson Dies; Prolific Producer In Golden Era Of TV Movies Was 93


Irv Wilson, a former programming executive at NBC and producer of several high profile TV, died December 26 after a short illness. He was 93.

Irv Wilson, a former programming executive at NBC and producer of several high profile TV movies that starred Jerry Lewis, Martin Sheen, Telly Savalas, Bruce Dern and Morgan Freeman, died December 26 after a short illness. He worked alongside Fred Silverman and Brandon Tartikoff and helped to discover future filmmakers such as Ron Howard while supporting gifted playwrights like Stanley Greenberg. After his network executive life, Wilson returned to producing work under deals at Fries Entertainment and Viacom, where he made several high profile TV movies.

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