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Buck Houghton (4 May 1915 – 14 May 1999) was a television producer
Television producer

The primary role of a television producer is to control all aspects of production, ranging from show idea development and cast hiring to shoot supervision and fact-checking....
 for the first three seasons of The Twilight Zone
The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series)

The Twilight Zone is a science fiction anthology series United States television series created by Rod Serling. The original series ran for five seasons on CBS from 1959 to 1964 and remains television syndication to this day....
, as well as many other television programs from the 1950s through the 1990s. His collaboration with dramatist Clifford Odets, "The Richard Boone Show" (1963-64) was the only repertory company on television, in which a resident cast of actors played different roles in a TV play every week. His 1991 book, "What a Producer Does" (Samuel French) is a primer for would-be film and television producers.

He was the father of Jim Houghton
Jim Houghton

Jim Houghton is an American actor and writer. He was an original cast member of the CBS Daytime serial The Young and the Restless as Greg Foster, and of the long-running prime time serial, Knots Landing as Kenny Ward....
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Buck Houghton (4 May 1915 – 14 May 1999) was a television producer
Television producer

The primary role of a television producer is to control all aspects of production, ranging from show idea development and cast hiring to shoot supervision and fact-checking....
 for the first three seasons of The Twilight Zone
The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series)

The Twilight Zone is a science fiction anthology series United States television series created by Rod Serling. The original series ran for five seasons on CBS from 1959 to 1964 and remains television syndication to this day....
, as well as many other television programs from the 1950s through the 1990s. His collaboration with dramatist Clifford Odets, "The Richard Boone Show" (1963-64) was the only repertory company on television, in which a resident cast of actors played different roles in a TV play every week. His 1991 book, "What a Producer Does" (Samuel French) is a primer for would-be film and television producers.

He was the father of Jim Houghton
Jim Houghton

Jim Houghton is an American actor and writer. He was an original cast member of the CBS Daytime serial The Young and the Restless as Greg Foster, and of the long-running prime time serial, Knots Landing as Kenny Ward....
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