BIO
William Louis Gardner was born in Minnesota and finished school there. He
joined the US Air Force and worked at the Pentagon in the Target Library of the world. Went on to the Pasadena Playhouse to learn televison and movie making. He got a job with actress Marion Davies at her home. There He met a movie agent and started a career in Hollywood. William Louis Gardner has worked in Hollywood as the agent, personal secretary, PR advisor and manager for for Mickey Rooney, Jonathan Winters, Jill St.John, Bobby Van and director, John Huston. His new book is called THE GAMES END; the book is dedicated to all the people who have gone or want to visit East Africa. with wishes that it brings back again the experience they once had.
joined the US Air Force and worked at the Pentagon in the Target Library of the world. Went on to the Pasadena Playhouse to learn televison and movie making. He got a job with actress Marion Davies at her home. There He met a movie agent and started a career in Hollywood. William Louis Gardner has worked in Hollywood as the agent, personal secretary, PR advisor and manager for for Mickey Rooney, Jonathan Winters, Jill St.John, Bobby Van and director, John Huston. His new book is called THE GAMES END; the book is dedicated to all the people who have gone or want to visit East Africa. with wishes that it brings back again the experience they once had.
Bill Gardner started his career getting a diploma from the Pasadena Play House in the fifties. The US Air Force sent him to Pasadena to learn to study film and television. During his education there he was sent to do on the job training at ABC, CBS and NBC. He spent time on the sets of the Colgate Comedy Hour where he became acquainted with Martin & Lewis, Jimmy Durante, Danny Thomas, Lucille Ball, Frank Sinatra, Judy Garland, Milton Berle, Red Skelton working on their shows. After he left Hollywood he wrote and produced films for the Air Force. When he got out of the service he went back to Hollywood and worked for Mickey Rooney as his assistant and manager for ten years. Later he left Mickey for Jonathan Winters as his manager. Then, with on to work for director, John Huston, as his assistant and made films in England, Ireland and East Africa. Bill went to Africa to do pre-production for a film he had written. John was going to make it into a movie, “The Games End”. Because of scheduling of actors and cameraman John wanted for the film; it didn’t work out. John had to go to work on another film. Bill’s novel and screenplay “The Games End”
Hollywood and went to live in Montecito and became a Real Estate Broker and formed an office in Santa Barbara, he worked there for 35 years there until he retired to write a novel “Confessions of a Hollywood Agent’.
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