Wilson Mizner was born on May 19, 1876 in Benicia, California, USA. He was a writer and actor, known for The Mind Reader (1933), Frisco Jenny (1932) and Hard to Handle (1933). He was married to Mary Adelaide Moore Yerkes. He died on April 3, 1933 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Dared 'Herbert K. Somborn' (ex-husband of Gloria Swanson): "If you know
anything about food, you can sell it out of a hat." This led to the
1926 opening of the legendary hat-shaped Brown Derby restaurant.
According to Anita Loos, he opened the Brown Derby because he could find no other spot "where a man of his inertia could loaf in comfort".
Manager and co-owner of famed Hollywood eatery, The Brown Derby
Man-about-town and raconteur who, with his architect brother Addison
Mizner, developed Boca Raton and Palm Beach, Florida, as resorts for
the rich.
Wilson and his brother Addison are the subjects of the Stephen Sondheim musical play, Road Show, previously known as Wiseguys and Bounce.