William Froug

Who was William Froug?

William Froug was an American television writer and producer. His producing credits included the series The Twilight Zone, Gilligan's Island and Bewitched, among others. He was a writer for such shows as, Adventures In Paradise, The Dick Powell Show, Charlie's Angels and The New Twilight Zone. He authored numerous books on screenwriting, including Screenwriting Tricks of the Trade, Zen and the Art of Screenwriting I and II, The Screenwriter Looks at The Screenwriter and How I Escaped from Gilligan's Island: Adventures of a Hollywood Writer-Producer, published in 2005 by the University of Wisconsin Press.

One of Froug's students, actor and screenwriter Dan O'Bannon, included a reference to Froug in the 1974 film Dark Star. O'Bannon's character, Sergeant Pinback, claims that his real name is "Bill Froug."