William Froug, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetWilliam Froug
American television producer and writer
Date of Birth: 26-May-1922
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, United States
Date of Death: 25-Aug-2013
Profession: screenwriter
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Gemini 
About William Froug
- William Froug (May 26, 1922 – August 25, 2013) was an American television writer and producer.
- His producing credits included the series The Twilight Zone, Gilligan's Island, and Bewitched.
- He was a writer for such shows as Adventures in Paradise, The Dick Powell Show, Charlie's Angels, and The New Twilight Zone.
- He authored numerous books on screenwriting, including Screenwriting Tricks of the Trade, Zen and the Art of Screenwriting I and II, The Screenwriter Looks at The Screenwriter, and How I Escaped from Gilligan's Island: Adventures of a Hollywood Writer-Producer, published in 2005 by the University of Wisconsin Press.One of Froug's students, actor and screenwriter Dan O'Bannon, included a reference to Froug in the 1974 film Dark Star.
- O'Bannon's character, Sergeant Pinback, claims that his real name is "Bill Froug."
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