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name: "Anthony Wilson"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/anthony-wilson"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "2 May 1926"
died: "13 April 1978"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 84
updated: "2026-09-16T15:51:47.292592+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Anthony Wilson

Writer. Born 2 May 1926 in Los Angeles, California, USA. Died 13 April 1978.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 2 May 1926, Los Angeles, California, USA
- **Died:** 13 April 1978
- **Active:** 1959–1963
- **Works often with:** Abner Biberman, Christian Nyby, Don Medford, Ida Lupino, James Sheldon, Ralph Senensky

## Biography

Anthony Wilson was an American television writer and producer. Born Carey Anthony Wilson Jr on 2 May 1926 in Los Angeles, California, he died there on 13 April 1978. He was the son of screenwriter Carey Wilson, one of the founders of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Wilson began his career producing episodes of anthology series including *Alcoa Theatre* and *Goodyear Theatre*. He later worked as a writer, story editor and story consultant on numerous series such as *The Twilight Zone* (1959), *Bewitched* (1964), *The Addams Family* (1964), *The Fugitive* (1963), *The Invaders* (1967) and *Land of the Giants* (1968), and served as story editor on *Lost in Space* (1965). He created the series *Cade's County* (1971), *Banacek* (1972) and the television adaptation of *Planet of the Apes* (1974), and received a Primetime Emmy nomination.

*Sources: imdb.com, bewitched.fandom.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *The Fugitive* (1963), Fi1m 84, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-fugitive-1963.md)
- *The Twilight Zone* (1959), Fi1m 84, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-twilight-zone.md)

## Also known for

- *Bewitched* (1964), Story
- *The Addams Family* (1964), Writer
- *Lost in Space* (1965), Story Editor
- *The Invaders* (1967), Writer
- *Land of the Giants* (1968), Story, Teleplay
- *Look What's Happened to Rosemary's Baby* (1976), Writer

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