Background
Wrather,, John Deveraux was born on May 24, 1918 in Amarillo, Texas, United States. Son of John D. and Mazie (Cogdell) Wrather.
Financier oil producer motion picture producer
Wrather,, John Deveraux was born on May 24, 1918 in Amarillo, Texas, United States. Son of John D. and Mazie (Cogdell) Wrather.
Bachelor of Arts, Univercity Texas, 1939. Indiana oil producer, Texas, Indiana, Illinois. President Evansville (Indiana) Refining Company, 1938-1940, Overton Refining Company, Amarillo Producers & Refiners Corporation, Dallas, 1940-1949, Jack Wrather Pictures, Inc., 1947-1949, Freedom Prodns., Inc., 1949-1984, Western States Investment Corporation, Dallas, 1949-1984, Wrather Television Prodns., Inc., 1951-1984, Wrather-Alvarez Broadcasting, Inc., The Lone Ranger, Inc., Lassie, Inc., Disney-land Hotel, Anaheim, California, R.M.S. Queen Mary and Howard Hughes’ Flying Boat Spruce Goose, L’Horizon Hotel, Palm Springs, California.
Owner KFMB, KERO and. KEMB-television, San Diego, KOTY-television, Tulsa. Part owner WNEW, New York City.
President Sergeant Preston of the Yukon, Inc. Chairman of the Board Muzak, Inc., Indiana Television Corporation and Television Programs of America Inc., Stephens Marine, Inc. President Balboa Bay Club, Inc., Kona Kai, Inc.
President, Chairman of the Board Wrather Corporation. Director TelePrompTer Corporation, Continental Airlines, Transcontinent. Television Corporation, Jerold Elec.
Corporation, Capitol Records, Inc. Board of directors Community Television of Southern California. American Foundation Religion and Psychiatry, Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
Motion pictures produced include The Guilty, 1946, High Tide, Perilous Water, 1947, Strike It Rich, 1948, Guilty of Treason, 1949, The Lone Ranger and The Lost City of Gold, 1958, The Magic of Lassie, 1978, The Legend of the Lone Ranger, 1981, others.
Indiana oil producer, Texas, Indiana, Illinois. President Evansville (Indiana) Refining Company, 1938-1940, Overton Refining Company, Amarillo Producers & Refiners Corporation, Dallas, 1940-1949, Jack Wrather Pictures, Inc., 1947-1949, Freedom Productions, Inc., 1949-1984, Western States Investment Corporation, Dallas, 1949-1984, Wrather Television Productions, Inc., 1951-1984, Wrather-Alvarez Broadcasting, Inc., The Lone Ranger, Inc., Lassie, Inc., Disney-land Hotel, Anaheim, California, R.M.S. Queen Mary and Howard Hughes' Flying Boat Spruce Goose, L'Horizon Hotel, Palm Springs, California. Owner KFMB, KERO and.
KEMB-television, San Diego. KOTY-television, Tulsa. Part owner WNEW, New York City.
President Sergeant Preston of the Yukon, Inc. Chairman board Muzak, Inc., Indiana Television Corporation and Television Programs of America Inc., Stephens Marine, Inc. President Balboa Bay Club, Inc., Kona Kai, Inc.
President, chairman board Wrather Corporation. Director TelePrompTer Corporation, Continental Airlines, Transcontinent. Television Corporation, Jerold Electrical Corporation, Capitol Records, Inc.
Board directors Community Television of Southern California. American Foundation Religion and Psychiatry, Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
Member development board University Texas, vice chairman chancellor's council. Member advisory council Arizona Heart Institute. Board counselors for performing arts University Southern California.
Commissioner Los Angeles County-Hollywood Museum. Member advisory board Los Angeles Rams. Served to major United States Marine Corps Reserve, 1942-1953.
Member Indiana Petroleum Association of America, International Radio and Television Society, Academy Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences, National Petroleum Council. Clubs: Dallas Athletic, Dallas Petroleum. Cat Cay Yacht (Bahamas).
Players (New York ), Hemisphere (New York ), Skeeters (New York ). Marks (London), Bucks (London), White Elephant (London), Harry's Bar (London).
Married Bonita Granville, February 5, 1947. Children– Molly, Jack, Linda, Christopher.