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The films were produced for Eagle-Lion Films, Warner Bros., Monogram /Allied Artists and United Artists. [2] He and Granville had two children. [1] Wrather purchased 70% of television station KOTV in Tulsa, Oklahoma from fellow oil millionaire George Cameron.
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
Oct 9, 2020 · Wrather Productions. Title: High Tide. Summary: A fast-moving automobile fails to make a sharp turn of the highway from Malibu to Los Angeles. It overturns and its occupants, Tim Slade, Newspaper man turned private investigator, and Hugh... Directed by: John Reinhardt. Actors: Lee Tracy, Don Castle, Julie Bishop.
- 76 min
Feb 18, 2024 · Wrather Productions. Publication date. 1947. Topics. feature film, crime drama, film noir, colorized. Language. English. Private detective Tim Slade (Don Castle) is hired by an old friend, newspaper editor Hugh Fresney (Lee Tracy), to protect him from a gangster (Anthony Warde), about whom the editor is planning an exposé.
- 71 min
Also produced "Lassie and "Sgt. Preston of the Yukon". He built the Disneyland Hotel, founded Los Angeles' PBS station KCET and turned the Queen Mary and Howard Hughes ' experimental airplane, "The Spruce Goose", into tourist attractions in Long Beach, California.
- May 24, 1918
- November 12, 1984
Produced by Jack Wrather (whose wife Bonita Granville appears in a supporting role) and scripted by Have Gun - Will Travel creator Herb Meadow, The Lone Ranger added Warnercolor to the mix. Wrather produced the fourth and fifth seasons of the TV series in color before The Lone Ranger went off the air.
Wrather continued to expand his business interests in petroleum, entertainment, real estate, and other areas. Through his film production companies, he produced The Guilty (1947), Guilty of Treason (1950), High Tide (1947), The Lone Ranger (1956), The Magic of Lassie (1978), Perilous Waters (1948), and Strike It Rich (1948).
