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John Francis Minford "Jack" Wyatt (August 19, 1917 – April 4, 2008)〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Social Security Death Index )〕 was an advertising executive and television host from New York City and Dallas, Texas, who, during his early fifties, was ordained as an Episcopalian priest. From 1958 to 1959, he was the interviewer on the ABC crime/drama reality show, ''Confession'',〔Alex McNeil, ''Total Television'' (New York: Penguin Books, 1996), p. 178〕 in which he quizzed convicted criminals on the air to determine the root causes of their lawlessness. He also hosted a local version of ''Confession'' on WFAA-TV, Channel 8, in Dallas prior to the network's decision to pick up the program in the summer of 1958.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Rev. John "Jack" Francis Minford Wyatt, Adman Hosted Local TV's 'Confession' Prior to Priesthood )〕 ==Early life and career== Wyatt was born in Kansas City, Missouri, and reared in Forest Hills in the borough of Queens, New York. He began his work in radio and television production and advertising in New York. Several of his clients from Dallas prompted him to relocate there in 1954. He formed the Jack Wyatt Company, which became Wyatt, Dunagan & Williams Inc. His firm subsequently merged with Lennen & Newell, Inc., in New York. His subjects on ''Confession'' included prostitutes, murderers, counterfeiters, and alcoholics who had run afoul of the law.〔 At the time an advertising executive, Wyatt moderated the ''Confession'' discussion with a panel that included police officers, clergy, psychiatrists, sociologists, or civic leaders. Sometimes the criminals wore hoods or mask to remain anonymous. Sam Price of Dallas, co-producer of ''Confession,'' said that many of the guests were brought from the Texas State Penitentiary in Huntsville for the interviews in Dallas. Wyatt once said that law enforcement officers had told him that ''Confession'' had actually helped in the rehabilitation of some of the criminals.〔 According to his daughter, Susan Wyatt of Memphis, Tennessee, Wyatt began studying for the priesthood in 1967. She describes her father as "always a person who was very much involved with people and things in growth and change. He was a warm, outgoing person who touched many lives." Wyatt enrolled at St. Augustine's College in Canterbury, England and completed his last year of study at King's College London.〔 Sam Price recalls Wyatt as having the "urging to take the next step, whatever he was doing, whether it was broadcast, advertising – from film to videotape and things like that – this was the next step for him." Price voiced surprise at the commitment to the priesthood. Wyatt was ordained at St. Paul's Cathedral in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, where he served as an assistant priest. He later procured his own congregation in Durant in Bryan County in southeastern Oklahoma. He then became the canon to the Bishop of Oklahoma.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jack Wyatt」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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