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| name = Bill Finnegan | birth_name = William Robinson Finnegan | birth_date = {{birth date|1928|6|29|mf=y}} | birth_place = Kansas City, Missouri, US | death_date = {{death date and age|2008|11|28|1928|6|29|mf=y}} | death_place = Sag Harbor, New York, U.S. | nationality = American | years_active = 1950–2003 | occupation = Television producer, film producer | spouse = Patricia Finnegan (1952 – 2008; his death) | children = 4, including William Finnegan }}William Robinson "Bill" Finnegan (June 29, 1928 – November 28, 2008) was an American television and film producer whose well known credits included The Fabulous Baker Boys, Hawaii Five-O and the cult hit, Reality Bites.[1] he was a five time Emmy Awards nominee.[1] Early lifeBill Finnegan was born in Kansas City, Missouri, on June 29, 1928.[1] He enlisted and served in the United States Navy during World War II. Finnegan initially launched a career as a newsman in 1950 when he began reporting for, among other publications, the Associated Press.[1] Television and film productionFollowing a stint as a journalist and newsman, Finnegan began working as an assistant director and production manager in the television industry. Finnegan founded Finnegan-Pinchuk, a production company, with his wife, Patricia Finnegan, and their business partner, Sheldon Pinchuk. Their company, headquartered in Studio City, California, became a supplier of network and cable television movies by the late 1970s and 1980s.[1] Television productions by Finnegan-Pinchuk included Wes Craven's Summer of Fear in 1978; The Ordeal of Patty Hearst (1979) starring Dennis Weaver; The $5.20 an Hour Dream with Linda Lavin in 1980; 1982's World War III starring Rock Hudson; Jane Fonda's The Dollmaker in 1984; Amos, starring Kirk Douglas in 1985; The Atlanta Child Murders with Morgan Freeman, also aired in 1985; Circle of Violence which starred Tuesday Weld and River Phoenix in 1986, and Hoover in 1987, which starred Treat Williams.[1] Finnegan also produced several television shows, including Hawaii Five-O in 1977 and The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd ten years later in 1987, and the Emmy-award-winning Northern Exposure, which aired from 1990 to 1995.[1] Finnegan and his company also produced or co-produced feature films including Support Your Local Gunfighter in 1971; North Shore in 1987; The Fabulous Baker Boys in 1989; White Palace in 1990; The Babe in 1992; CrissCross in 1992; Reality Bites, starring Ben Stiller, in 1994; and Ed, starring Matt LeBlanc, in 1996. Finnegan officially retired from the production business in 2003.[1] DeathBill Finnegan died of Parkinson's disease at his home in Sag Harbor, New York, on November 28, 2008, at the age of 80.[1] He and his wife, Patricia Finnegan, had four children – Michael Finnegan, a political reporter for The Los Angeles Times; William Finnegan, a staff reporter for The New Yorker; Colleen, a doctor; and Kevin, a labor lawyer.[1] Television Films
Filmography
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References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 {{cite news|first=|last=|title=TV and film producer William Finnegan dies at 80|url=http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-finnegan2-2008dec02,0,3832258.story|work=Los Angeles Times|date=December 2, 2008|accessdate=December 28, 2008|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081219225744/http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-finnegan2-2008dec02%2C0%2C3832258.story|archivedate=December 19, 2008|deadurl=no|df=mdy-all}} External links
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