Paul Gregory

Paul Gregory (August 27, 1920 – December 25, 2015) was an American producer for stage, film and television.

Early life Gregory was the son of a butcher and his wife. He went to public schools and graduated in 1938 from Lincoln High School in Des Moines, Iowa.

Career Gregory went to Hollywood where he worked as a personal assistant for such clients as bandleader Horace Heidt and pianist Carmen Cavallaro. He became friends with actor and director Charles Laughton and organized a successful lecture tour for Laughton throughout the United States between 1949 and 1950. His second for his development of The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial.

Gregory was also responsible for starting the acting career of his friend James Garner. He gave Garner his first acting role in his production of The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial.

Personal life In 1964, Gregory married former film star Janet Gaynor. Afterward, he gradually retired from show business and raised cows, hogs, and pigeons at their ranch. Gregory and Gaynor were involved in a very serious car accident in 1982; two years later Gaynor died from her injuries. In 1998, Gregory married art gallerist Kathryn Obergfel, who died three years later.

Gregory lived in his retirement in Desert Hot Springs, just north of Palm Springs, California. His death was not reported until November 2016.

Filmography As a producer The Night of the Hunter (1955) Front Row Center (1955; 1 episode) Ford Star Jubilee (1955/1956; 2 episodes, also writer for one) The Naked and the Dead (1958) As himself The Ed Sullivan Show (1955) This Is Your Life - James Garner (1958) The Hollywood Greats - Charles Laughton (1978) Moving Pictures (1995) Biography - Janet Gaynor (2001)