Artist Bio

Franklin Lacey (Book, 1917 – 1988) worked in various production positions on Broadway throughout the 1940s and early 1950s, including acting as a stage manager for Ziegfeld. Lacey produced and hosted the talk show Meet Unusual People. In the late 1950s, Lacey shifted his focus to producing shows for Las Vegas, including producing a night club show for the Flamingo Hilton. He also wrote several pageants and penned the long-running London play Paguan in the Parlor.