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Michael Alexander Hoey

Michael A. Hoey http://imdb.com/name/nm0388629/ is the son of British character actor Dennis Hoey http://imdb.com/name/nm0388615 who appeared in over 70 motion pictures, but is best remembered for his portrayal of Scotland Yard Inspector Lestrade in the Sherlock Holmes films staring Basil Rathbone.

Although born in England, Michael grew up in Beverly Hills and began his career in Hollywood in the editing department, working for such industry icons as John Ford, George Cukor, and Fred Zinneman. Later, after Jack L. Warner promoted him, he produced the teen comedy, Palm Springs Weekend, staring Troy Donahue, Robert Conrad, Stefanie Powers, and Connie Stevens. He then wrote and directed a science fiction film, the screenplays for two Elvis Presley films –– Stay Away, Joe, and Live a Little, Love a Little, and was a contributing writer on four more Presley films, as well as serving as Associate Producer on two of them. He has been twice nominated for an Emmy Award and has received the Writers Guild’s Morgan Cox Award, a Media Award for writing, and an A.C.E. Eddie Award for editing. He has served two four-year terms as a Governor on the Board of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, and two terms on the Academy’s Executive Committee.

He has written episodes for The Rat Patrol, Get Christie Love, McCloud, Bridges to Cross, The Fitzpatricks, and The Lazarus Syndrome, which he also produced. He has directed numerous episodes of Dallas, Falcon Crest, Downtown, Blacke’s Magic, and Murder, She Wrote, and for five seasons was a writer/director on the popular series Fame. For nine years he served as Executive Producer of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences’ Creative Arts Emmy Awards on E! Entertainment Network.

His first book, "Elvis, Sherlock and Me: How I Survived Growing Up in Hollywood", was recently published by BearManor Media. It is his account of growing up, working in, and meeting the stars and studio bosses of Hollywood and covers the decades from the1940’s to the present. It is also the story of his rather turbulent relationship with his father.

Hoey's second book, "Inside Fame on Television: A Behind the Scenes History," a record of his experiences during the making of the TV series as well as interviews with many of the creative principals has been published by McFarland Publishing.