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Title: Bill Hobin papers,
Date (inclusive): 1961-1978,
Date (bulk): (bulk 1960-1965)
Collection number: 348
Creator: Hobin, Bill
Extent: 4 boxes (2 linear ft.) 2 cartons
Abstract: Emmy nominated Bill Hobin was involved with a number of popular television programs as director and/or producer. The collection
included project files of scripts and production related materials documenting Hobin's career
Language: Finding aid is written in English.
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library.
Performing Arts Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Performing
Arts Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Library, Performing
Arts Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
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[Identification of item], Bill Hobin papers (Collection 348). Performing Arts Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library, UCLA.
There is little biographical information available about Charles William Hobin, best known as Bill Hobin. Information provided
here is based on a resume found in the collection.
Hobin worked as a production manager at Coronet Instructional Films in Glenview, IL. He was a director for the low-budget
musical variety television program,
Garroway at Large, produced in Chicago during the late 1940s and early 1950s. After leaving Chicago he went on to direct
Your Show of Shows (1951-54), featuring Sid Caesar, Imogene Coca, Carl Reiner, and Howard Morris.
Hobin was involved with a number of popular television programs as director and/or producer, among them
Your Hit Parade,
The Bell Telephone Hour,
Sing Along with Mitch, and
The Red Skelton Hour (as director from 1963-68 and producer from 1969-70). He was involved with over 190 television specials 1972-80, working
on such programs as
The Many Faces of Comedy, featuring Alan King,
Dinah Wont You Please Come Home, with Dinah Shore, and
Red, White & Wow! with Wayne Newton and Doc Severinson. He was thrice nominated for an Emmy Award for his involvement on
Your Hit Parade (1957),
The Sid Caesar, Imogene Coca, Carl Reiner, Howard Morris Special (1967), and
The Bill Cosby Special (1969). He also garnered a Director's Guild of America award nomination for his work on the controversial
Maude episode,
Maude's Dilemma. The death date of Bill Hobin is unknown.
The collection consists of material related to the career of television producer and director, Bill Hobin. Included are project
files that may contain one or more of the following: annotated scripts, rehearsal and shooting schedules, cast and crew lists,
memos, and/or other production related materials. Among the project files documenting Hobin's career are
The Many Faces of Comedy,
The George Burns Special,
The Best on Record: The Grammy Awards Special (1970), and
Dinah, Won't You Please Come Home among others. The bulk of the project files were originally housed in binders, which have been removed and stored separately
for preservation purposes.
The files are arranged alphabetically by project title.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Hobin, Bill -- Archives
Television producers and directors -- Archival resources