Background
Geddie was born in San Antonio, Texas.
Geddie was born in San Antonio, Texas.
He graduated University of Texas at Austin in 1977, majoring in communications/film.
He is currently the executive producer of American Broadcasting Company Daytime"s The View, on the American Broadcasting Company television network. Bill Geddie is also owner of Bill Geddie Productions. He started out buffing the floors at KOCO-television, in Oklahoma City and Geddie has stated that "When you buffed the floors—this is how informal television was back then—they let you run camera for the local news.
What got me off the floor was that I went to the news director and said I had shot film before, so he gave me a job shooting film." His role on The View has come into question at times.
Geddie acknowledges that he is frequently featured on the show when he was interviewed by Broadcasting & Cable. The interviewer asked him: "You"re on air fairly often – are you reluctantly cast into that role?" Bill Geddie"s response: "I always say, "if I can help you in any way, I"ll do lieutenant
If I can be the brunt of a joke, if I can do to get a laugh or if I can help in any way that"s what I"ll do." Otherwise, that is lieutenant I stay out of the way.
I"m not an on-air personality and I think anybody who"s seen me realizes that.
But early on, the network thought it would be kind of fun to see there"s this guy here in charge, but if you watch the show, you see that generally speaking I"m a side player and I"m basically there to get a laugh." He has had well documented disagreements, in particular, with former hosts Star Jones, Rosie O"Donnell, and guest host Kathy Griffin.