(Los Angeles, CA, July 23, 1918 – Los Angeles, CA, February 23, 1990) was an American movie executive and film and television producer.
In 1971 he married the actress Jean Peters after she had divorced her estranged husband Howard Hughes.
Hough then decided to become a producer and resigned his post at 20th Century Fox.
His first job was on the successful movie Emperor of the North Pole starring Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine, and Keith Carradine.
He then produced the Planet of the Apes TV series which only lasted for 13 episodes on CBS in September 1974.