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Stan Hough

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Stanley L. Hough[pronunciation?] (Los Angeles, CA, July 23, 1918 – Los Angeles, CA, February 23, 1990) was an American movie executive and film and television producer.

He worked as an assistant director from 1952 to 1961.[1] He then became vice-president in charge of production operations at 20th Century Fox.

In 1971 he married the actress Jean Peters after she had divorced her estranged husband Howard Hughes.[2][3] Hough then decided to become a producer and resigned his post at 20th Century Fox. His first job was on the successful movie Emperor of the North Pole starring Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine, and Keith Carradine.[4] He then produced the Planet of the Apes TV series which only lasted for 13 episodes on CBS in September 1974.[5] He wrote the stories for the successful westerns Bandolero! (1968) and The Undefeated (1969).

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  1. ^ Williams, Elmo (September 26, 2006). Elmo Williams: A Hollywood Memoir. McFarland. p. 198. ISBN 978-0-7864-2621-8.
  2. ^ Rybarz, Beverley (2005). The Bridge Builder. Wakefield Press. p. 5. ISBN 978-1-86254-659-2.
  3. ^ Brown, Peter Harry (1997). Howard Hughes : the untold story. London: Warner. p. 343. ISBN 978-0-7515-1597-8. Retrieved April 8, 2025.
  4. ^ Knopf, Christopher (2010). Will the real me please stand up?. Albany, Ga.: BearManor Media. p. 126. ISBN 978-1-59393-525-2.
  5. ^ Greene, Eric (May 15, 2024). Planet of the Apes as American Myth: Race and Politics in the Films and Television Series. McFarland. pp. 19–20. ISBN 978-1-4766-0828-0.
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