Gil Grant

Gil Grant was born in Tucson Arizona After graduating from Rincon High School he attended the University of Arizona while working full time at KVOATV as a camera operator eventually directing the evening news He graduated from the U of A with a degree in English Literature and Creative Writing Landing a job at KPNXTV in Phoenix then KTAR he wrote and directed commercials during the day while writing screenplays at night His break came when he sold a script to a new NBC sitcom OPERATION PETTICOAT Based on a Cary Grant Tony Curtis film about a pink submarine in World War II the series starred John Astin as well an 18 year old Jamie Lee Curtis in one of her first roles