Background
Wooley was born in East Liverpool, Ohio and entered the Navy immediately upon graduating from High School.
author film producer Secretariat designer
Wooley was born in East Liverpool, Ohio and entered the Navy immediately upon graduating from High School.
He studied architecture at Kent State.
Wooley began a career in architecture. He went to work in the movie industry in 1966 as a draftsmen on the boards at Warner Brothers. He worked as a Secretariat Designer at Warner Brothers and Universal Pictures.
Wooley worked as an Assistant Art Director on several television series including Mod Squadron
His first series as an Art Director was on the series My World and Welcome to lieutenant Several television series followed and then a move into feature films.
Wooley began a long-lasting working relationship with Mel Brooks and was the Production designer on Blazing Saddles and High Anxiety as well as the Brooks-produced film Fatso. He is the author of the book, What! And Give Up Show Business? and a novel called You Only Go "Round Once.
