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William Meiklejohn
  • Date of Birth:
    March 16, 1903
  • Zodiac Sign:
    Pisces
  • Place of Birth:
    Los Angeles, California, U.S.
  • Place of Death:
    Burbank, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
  • Date of Death:
    April 26, 1981
  • Sex:
    Male
  • Nationality:
    American

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    William Meiklejohn
    • Meiklejohn became the head of talent and casting at Paramount Pictures.
    • He was famous for his self-avowed “seventh sense” to discover and promote stars such as Mickey Rooney, Judy Garland, Lucille Ball, and in 1937 a young sportscaster in Des Moines named Ronald Reagan.
    • Meiklejohn began his career in 1921 in his native Los Angeles as a booking agent for 80 different vaudeville acts.
    • In the 1930's, he joined Music Corporation of America, MCA, as it opened in Hollywood and it successfully built a film division.
    • He had his own talent agency called the William Meiklejohn Agency that he sold to MCA in May of 1939. At the time of the sale, his agency had over 100 actors and writers like Hattie McDaniel and Dorothy Parker.
    • Meiklejohn, was a famous Hollywood talent agent and scout in the 1920s through the 1940s.

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