Biography
William O. Cairncross is an American television production manager, producer and editor. He was born on 19 June 1940 in Los Angeles, California.
He began his career as an editor on series including The Patty Duke Show, Get Smart and Mission: Impossible. He later moved into production management on Mission: Impossible and worked as associate producer or producer on Barbary Coast, CHiPs, Logan's Run and The Fantastic Journey.
Cairncross's most extensive producing credits were on Quincy, M.E., where he served as associate producer, producer and supervising producer across 110 episodes from 1978 to 1983. He received a Primetime Emmy nomination for Outstanding Drama Series in 1981 for the programme. His later work included post-production supervision on Lexx.
