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William Richard "Billy" Wilkerson (September 29, 1890 – September 2, 1962) was the founder of The Hollywood Reporter, a real estate developer in Las Vegas and owner of such nightclubs as Ciro's. His series of columns known as "Billy's List" helped to initiate the red scare that led to the Hollywood blacklist .
Billy Wilkerson, the founder of The Hollywood Reporter, published a column that helped to launch the Hollywood blacklist in 1946. He named many people who were later blacklisted from the industry due to their alleged communist ties.
Learn about Billy Wilkerson, the most powerful man in Hollywood in the 1940s and '50s, who founded the Hollywood Reporter and the Sunset Strip nightspots, ordered Bugsy Siegel's murder, and started the Hollywood Blacklist. Read reviews and order the book or audiobook by his son, W.R. Wilkerson III.
The Hollywood Reporter was founded in 1930 by William R. "Billy" Wilkerson (1890–1962) as Hollywood's first daily entertainment trade newspaper. The first edition appeared on September 3, 1930, and featured Wilkerson's front-page "Tradeviews" column, which became influential.
Dec 7, 1997 · Billy Wilkerson was already the founder and publisher of the Hollywood Reporter when he began dotting a one-time cow path with elegant nocturnal playpens for the stars--the Vendome,...
Oct 15, 2019 · Learn about Billy Wilkerson, the original builder of the Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas, from his son W.R. Wilkerson III. The book Hollywood Godfather explores his life, from launching the Hollywood Reporter newspaper to being pushed out by Bugsy Siegel.
Dec 19, 2016 · Siegel’s legitimate partner, L.A. nightclub owner Billy Wilkerson, who had started the resort in the first place and named it “the Flamingo,” had loaned him $600,000 a month before the opening. Siegel had yet to provide more than $1 million of the $3.6 million he owed his Arizona construction contractor Del Webb.
