Who was Henry Wilson?
GATES: Henry Wilson was the biggest agent at that time. He was a builder of everybody. And he was a very good agent. I don’t think it turned out that well. He was such a nice man. But so be it. KING: So his career didn’t end well? GATES: No. No. GATES: And Rock was one of his clients? GATES: Yes. His biggest client. KING: And Rock was becoming a big star in movies then, right… GATES: Oh, yes. KING: … in the ’50s the Doris Day movies, et cetera. GATES: No, that was after. KING: Oh, really? But he was already… GATES: Started, yes. KING: “Giant” had been made? GATES: No, it hadn’t, but it was made during the time when I first met Rock. And I went down to Marfa (ph), Texas, and met all the Texans down there… KING: That’s where they filmed, right? GATES: … got cowboy boots. Yes, it was just — Rock took hundreds of pictures, which he — he loved to take pictures. KING: How did you get to be — come to Hollywood and be the secretary? GATES: Well, I worked for a producer called Mayn
