Search results
John Devereaux Wrather Jr. (May 24, 1918 – November 12, 1984), was an entrepreneur and petroleum businessman who became a television producer and later diversified by investing in broadcast stations and resort properties.
Jack Wrather. Producer: Lassie. Oil millionaire who bought the rights to "The Lone Ranger". Also produced "Lassie and "Sgt. Preston of the Yukon".
- Producer, Director
- May 24, 1918
- Jack Wrather
- November 12, 1984
Jack Wrather was an oil millionaire who produced "The Lone Ranger", "Lassie" and "Sgt. Preston of the Yukon". He also built the Disneyland Hotel, founded KCET and turned the Queen Mary and the Spruce Goose into attractions.
- May 24, 1918
- November 12, 1984
On February 5, 1947, Granville married Jack Wrather at the Bel-Air Hotel, having met him while he produced The Guilty. He formed the Wrather Corporation, and bought the rights to the characters from both The Lone Ranger and Lassie .
Nov 13, 1984 · Jack Wrather, a California industrialist who headed the Wrather Corporation, a combination of oil, entertainment and real-estate businesses, died of cancer yesterday at St. John's Hospital in...
Sep 14, 2012 · A Slap in the Face. But Moore's career hit a speed bump in 1978, when Jack Wrather, who still owned the rights to the character, obtained a court order barring him from appearing in public as the...
Jan 3, 2021 · Bonita Granville and Jack Wrather began to socialize with the Reagans in the early 1960s in Hollywood and the desert and were part of a group that urged Reagan to run for governor of California.
