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John Wilder (born John Keith McGovern; May 28, 1936) is an American television producer, writer, and former actor. He received two Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Drama Series for his work on The Streets of San Francisco, and created the series The Yellow Rose and Spenser: For Hire. He was also the producer of the miniseries ...
He is a writer, producer, and director known for Centennial (1978), The Yellow Rose (1983), Spenser: For Hire (1985), Norman Rockwell's Breaking Home Ties (1987), Return to Lonesome Dove (1993), The Feast of All Saints (2001)., Norman Rockwell's A Way Back Home (2013).
Having amassed hundreds of credits as a writer and producer for his work in television and film, John is the creative force behind such iconic television fare as Spenser for Hire, Return to Lonesome Dove, The Streets of San Francisco, The Yellow Rose and the epic adaptation of James Michener’s Centennial.
May 6, 2021 · John Wilder’s journey from kid, to kid actor, to TV writer, to writer-producer seemed almost predestined to prepare him for the crowning achievement of his career: writing and producing the monumental 26-hour miniseries, James H. Michener’s Centennial. It also nearly did him in.
Nov 14, 2016 · This candid interview tells the unique story of John Wilder, a man who has literally “led three lives” with careers as an actor, producer-writer, director, and now as a major novelist.
John has written and/or produced nearly 400 hours of prime-time television drama on network and cable and been commissioned to write theatrical features by Columbia Pictures, Warner Brothers, TriStar, Orion, 20th Century Fox and Universal Pictures.
Aug 6, 2012 · John Wilder, Writer/Producer. John Wilder started off acting (he made his film debut in Tumbleweed Trail and appeared in TV’s Wagon Train and Wanted: Dead or Alive, among others), but began his career as a writer/producer when he wrote an episode of The Rifleman while attending UCLA.
