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Title: Richard Alan Wilson Papers,
Date (inclusive): ca. 1945-1967
Collection number: 1154
Creator:
Wilson, Richard Alan, 1915-
Extent:
25 boxes (12.5 linear ft.)
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Abstract: Richard Alan Wilson (1915- ) was a actor, stage manager, and assistant producer at the Mercury Theatre under Orson Welles.
Wilson worked on all Welles' films and radio shows until 1948 when he began work as an associate producer on
Lady from Shanghai and
Macbeth. He later became a producer at Universal-International and directed movies including
Man with the gun (1955),
Night in Havana (1957),
Al Capone (1959),
Invitation to a gunfighter (1964), and
Three in the attic (1968). The collection consists of general correspondence, miscellanea, U.S. government and United Nations publications,
and production files for film, radio, and stage productions. The production files contain correspondence, photographs, press
clippings, screenplays, shooting scripts, material on research, budget and publicity, and interviews, articles and addresses
by Wilson. There is also material relating to Orson Welles and the Mercury Theater production of
Macbeth.
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Language:
English.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections. Literary rights, including
copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds
the copyright and pursue the
copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.
Additional Physical Form Available
A copy of the original version of this online finding aid is available at the UCLA Department of Special Collections for in-house
consultation and may be obtained for a fee. Please contact:
- Public Services Division
- UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
- Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
- Box 951575
- Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
- Telephone: 310/825-4988 (10:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m., Pacific Time)
- Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Richard Wilson, 1969-82.
[Identification of item], Richard Alan Wilson Papers (Collection 1154). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young
Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
4234010
Wilson was born in 1915 in McKeesport, Pennsylvania; attended Denver University; became an announcer and actor for radio in
Denver and New York; in 1937, became an actor, stage manager, and assistant producer for Orson Welles at the Mercury Theatre;
worked on all Welles' films and radio shows to 1948; was associate producer on
Lady from Shanghai (in collaboration with William Castle), and
Macbeth; became associate producer, then producer at Universal-International; directed the following films:
Man with the gun (1955),
Trouble-shooter (1955),
The big boodle (1957),
Night in Havana (1957),
Raw wind in Eden (1958),
Al Capone (1959),
Pay or die (1960),
Wall of noise (1963),
Invitation to a gunfighter (1964), and
Three in the attic (1968).
Collection consists of production files, general correspondence, miscellanea, and U.S. government and United Nations publications.
Includes Wilson's production files for film, radio, and stage productions, containing correspondence, photographs, press clippings,
screenplays, shooting scripts, material on research, budget and publicity, and interviews, articles and addresses by Wilson.
Also includes material relating to Orson Welles and the Mercury Theater production of
Macbeth.
Arranged in the following series:
- Correspondence (Box 1).
- Miscellaneous (Box 2).
- Production files (Boxes 3-23).
- United Nations materials and U.S. government publication on atomic energy (Box 24).
- Material relating to Orson Welles (Box 25).
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Wilson, Richard Alan, 1915- --Archives.
Motion picture producers and directors--United States--Archival resources.
Radio producers and directors--United States--Archival resources.
Film scripts.