Background
Wilson, Earl was born on May 3, 1907 in Rockford, Ohio, United States. Son of Arthur Earl and Cloe (Huffman) Wilson.
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Wilson, Earl was born on May 3, 1907 in Rockford, Ohio, United States. Son of Arthur Earl and Cloe (Huffman) Wilson.
Born in Rockford in Mercer County in western Ohio, Wilson attended Heidelberg College and graduated from Ohio State University in 1931 with a B. South. in journalism.
Wilson"s column originated from the New York Post and ran from 1942 until 1983. His chronicling of the Broadway theatre scene during the "Golden Age" of show business formed the basis for a book published in 1971, The Show Business Nobody Knows. He signed his columns with the tag line, "That"s Earl, brother." His nickname was "Midnight Earl".
In later years, the name of his column was changed to Last Night With Earl Wilson.
In his final years with the Post, he alternated with the paper"s entertainment writer and restaurant critic, Martin Burden, in turning out the column. (Burden, who died in 1993, took over the Last Night column full-time upon Wilson"s retirement)
Wilson is also the author of two controversial books, Show Business Laid Bare, and an unauthorized biography of Frank Sinatra, Sinatra – An Unauthorized Biography.
The former book is notable for revealing the extramarital affairs of President John F. Kennedy. In the early 1950s, Wilson was an occasional panelist on the National Broadcasting Company game show, Who Said That?, in which celebrities tried to determine the speaker of quotations taken from recent news reports.
On January 19, 1952, Wilson guest starred on the Columbia Broadcasting System live variety show, Faye Emerson"s Wonderful Town, in which hostess Faye Emerson visited Columbus to accent the kinds of music popular in the Ohio capital city.
Wilson appeared in a few films as himself, notably Copacabana (1947) with Groucho Marx and Carmen Miranda, A Face in the Crowd (1957) with Andy Griffith, College Confidential (1960), and Beach Blanket Bingo (1965) with Paul Lynde. Wilson also hosted the DuMont television show Stage Entrance from May 1951 to March 1952. Wilson died in Yonkers, New New York
(Recycled columns, rumors, anecdotes, interviews, and One-...)
(An unauthorized biography by Earl Wilson, published by Ma...)
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(Burning the midnight "Earl" with New York's famous saloon...)
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(Show Business Nobody Knows, The, by Wilson, Earl)
(1949. Doubleday & Company, Inc., 302 pages. 1 lb 4 oz. (B...)
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Member Sigma Delta Chi, Alpha Tau Omega. Clubs: Lambs.
Married Rosemary Lyons, January 10, 1936. 1 son, Earl Lyons.