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| Wilson started out as a writer before turning to directing |
Hugh Wilson, the director of the first Police Academy film and the creator of US sitcom WKRP in Cincinnati, has died aged 74.
Wilson started out as a comedy writer on Bob Newhart and Tony Randall's 1970s TV shows and was originally hired to "punch up" Police Academy's script.
Wilson agreed on condition he could also direct the film. Filmed in Toronto, the 1984 original followed the fortunes of a mismatched group of misfits training to become police officers. It went on to spawn six sequels and a TV series.