Paul Sills

ABOUT PAUL SILLS

Theatre director best known as the first-ever director of the influential improv comedy troupe The Second City. He was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in 2011.

He founded the Playwright's Theater Club while a student at the University of Chicago.

His Second City improv group has produced some of the most recognizable names in American comedy, including John Belushi and Chris Farley .

His mother is "Improvisation for the Theater" author Viola Spolin.

He was married to "Freaky Friday" actress Barbara Harris until their divorce in 1959.