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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 .
Author, composer & songwriter. Hollywood Godfather, The Man Who Invented Las Vegas & The Monk’s Son are books by W.R. Wilkerson III.
Billy Wilkerson left a complicated legacy in Hollywood. On this day in 1946, the founding editor of The Hollywood Reporter published a column on an issue that, he wrote, concerned more than...
Raised and educated in England, William R. Wilkerson III, is a graduate from the University of Southern California with a degree in music composition. As a writer, some of his books include Hollywood Godfather: The Life & Crimes of Billy Wilkerson, The Man Who Invented Las Vegas, and The Monk’s Son.
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.
Mar 23, 2024 · A story of glamour, duplicity and the FBI's battle against communism in Hollywood. Hollywood Reporter publisher Billy Wilkerson is first to name movie business communists.
The Man Who Invented Las Vegas. Hob-nobbing with Cary Grant at Cafe Trocadero, Hollywood, 1934. In 1946, two men battled for power in Las Vegas. Bugsy Siegel stole Billy Wilkerson’s dream of a luxury hotel in the desert, and died in a hail of bullets.
