Eric Gilliland
Introduction '''Eric Raymond Gilliland''' is an American television producer, writer, actor and whistler.
Early life Gilliland was born and raised in Glenview, Illinois, United States. He graduated from Glenbrook South High School in 1980 and from Northwestern University School of Communication in 1984.
Television  Year Show Role Notes 1988-9 ''Who's the Boss?'' story editor, writer 1990-1 ''The Wonder Years'' writer 1992-3 ''Roseanne'' writer, co-producer Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy, GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Comedy Series, Writers Guild of America Award nomination 1993-4 ''Roseanne'' supervising producer GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Comedy Series 1995-6 ''Roseanne'' writer, co-exec producer, exec producer GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Comedy Series 1998 ''That's Life'' creator 1998-9 ''Welcome to New York'' executive producer 2000 ''That '70s Show'' writer, consulting producer 2006-9 ''My Boys'' writer, consulting producer 2011 ''Mr. Sunshine'' writer, co-exec producer 2012 ''Downwardly Mobile'' co-creator, writer, exec producer
Film  Year Film Role Notes 1992 ''Samantha'' actor: Hendricks starring Martha Plimpton 1994 ''Teresa's Tattoo'' actor: Police Officer directed by Julie Cypher 2004 ''Hair High'' voice actor: Spud directed by Bill Plympton 2006 ''Shortbus'' actor: Himself directed by John Cameron Mitchell 2007 ''The Ultimate Gift'' actor: Flight Attendant starring James Garner 2007 ''God Grew Tired of Us'' co-producer directed by Christopher Quinn
Music Gilliland is an accomplished whistler. His whistling has appeared on Sam Winch's ''The Lullabadeer'', a number of Sumack albums, and on the soundtrack for an episode of ''Penn & Teller: Bullshit!''. He also provided whistling accompaniment to Martha Plimpton's performance of Thunder Road on NPR's Studio 360.
References
External links * *  screen writers colony profile*  YouTube channel of "vlogs"