Though he’s been retired for quite a while, the 76-year-old writer hasn’t slowed down, continuing to write on a freelance basis. John Stanley (left) and Bob Wilkins on the set of 'Creature Features.' Stanley will be sure to encounter fans of both these bodies of work this weekend when he appears at the inaugural Alien Con in Santa Clara, this Friday, Oct. He began in 1961 as a pop culture reporter for the San Francisco Chronicle, where he stayed for 33 years, interviewing some of the most legendary movie stars and personalities of the classic silver screen.īut for generations of Bay Area horror and Sci-fi fans, he's best known as a host of the late-night, cult favorite KTVU show Creature Features, which ran in the mid-1970s through the mid-1980s. With more than five decades of experience under his belt, longtime Bay Area entertainment journalist John Stanley has covered a wide array of stories from the realms of film, television and the stage.
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