William Froug

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William Froug (May 26, 1922 – August 25, 2013) was an American television writer and producer.

His film credits included the series The Twilight Zone, Gilligan's Island, and Bewitched.

He wrote for Adventures in Paradise, The Dick Powell Exhibition, Charlie's Angels, and The New Twilight Zone.

He wrote several books on screenwriting, including Screenwriting Tricks of the Trade, Zen, and the Art of Screenwriting I and II, The Screenwriter Looks at Screenwriting I and II, and How to Escape from Gilligan's Island: A Screenwriter's Fiergence, published in 2005 by the University of Wisconsin Press.

Sergeant Pinback, O'Bannon's character, says that his real name is "Bill Froug."

Early life

William Froug was born in 1922 and adopted by the Louis Wise agency there in Brooklyn, New York. William and Rita Froug of Little Rock, Arkansas, where he spent his childhood before the family migrated to Tulsa, Oklahoma, was adopted shortly thereafter. (Froug's Department Stores). In 1939, he graduated from Little Rock Senior High School. Abraham Froug's grandfather's home in Froug has been preserved as a historic home and is located directly across the street from the Governor's Mansion in the Little Rock Historic District.

In 1943, Froug attended and graduated from the renowned Missouri School of Journalism at the University of Missouri before enlisting in the US Navy. He was accepted into the V7 Navy Officer Training Program at Columbia University and graduated as one of the "90 Day Wonders."

He served as an officer aboard a submarine stationed in Pearl Harbor before taking command of his own ship, the US PC800, in 1945 at Eniwetok Atoll.

Personal life

William Froug, a liberal and social activist, served on the boards of both the Writers Guild of America, West, and Producers Guild of America. In addition,, he was a founding member of "The Caucus for Writers, Writers, and Directors" for which he served as both chair and co-chair over the years. In August 2013, Froug died in Sarasota, Florida, at the age of 91.

"I know an old writer" Roger Ebert once wrote about Froug. William Froug, he lives in Florida, and you will see him on Amazon. He is also writing insightful and helpful books on screenwriting and teleplays. He is not just sharp as a razor, but he sets the bar by which they sharpen their tacks. If he had been advising the kid, he may have made a more enjoyable film, and we may have skipped the current scenario.' Just because you're old doesn't mean you have to be a decrepit caricature. One thing that keeps Froug young is that, unlike Flash Madden, he almost certainly does not sit down on an expressway overpass guzzling Jack Daniels from a pint bottle."

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Writing career

After his humble discharge in 1946, he set to work on his passion and gift for writing. In 1946, he sold his first novella to True Detective Magazine. By 1956, he went back to radio and was Vice President of Programs at CBS Radio Hollywood.

Froug's Brave New World, one of the twentieth century's top radio programs, was one of his radio shows. He then went back to television, and during the 1958–59 awards season, Eddie received both an Emmy and a Producer of the Year award for the Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre performance of Eddie. The Producers Guild of America had him selected for the Producer of the Year award for his work on Mr. Novak, Playhouse 90, and The Twilight Zone.

He continued to write numerous optioned screenplays, one of which was acquired by 3 different studios, and developed and/or produced for Adventures in Paradise, Bewitched, and Gilligan's Island, as a writer-producer. "A real achievement" is James Michener's text congratulating him on the script he wrote for Adventures in Paradise, "Angel of Death," he said.

For millions of viewers and followers, his shows were dubbed must-see television. Among other top shows, Bonanza, Quincy M.E., Paper Chase, and Charlie's Angels are among others. Adam's Rib, the pilot for which he worked as a director, was accepted into the Museum of Broadcasting in New York permanent collection.

Froug was nominated for another Emmy as producer on Bewitched, became executive producer in charge of drama at CBS, and began teaching at UCLA's film school before heading to UCLA as an adjunct professor. He wrote numerous books on screenwriters and screenwriting, as well as serving in leadership positions with the Writers Guild of America West and Producers Guild of America. The Writer Guild of America, West, Inc., gave Froug the coveted Valentine Davies Award in 1987.

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