Michael Trikilis (July 14, 1940 – December 28, 2019) was an American film and television producer, known mostly for his involvement with
Playboy TV
Playboy TV (originally The Playboy Channel) is a pay television channel based in the United States.
History
The channel first launched on December 9, 1980, as Escapade by Rainbow Programing Services (a joint-venture of four cable companies, ...
. In 1981, Trikilis, along with
Hugh Hefner, developed much of the original programming for "The Playboy Channel". Most notably, Trikilis developed the signature "Playboy style" of video, which features women, Playboy Playmates and Celebrity Centerfolds, often in dreamlike versions of their everyday lives. He has appeared as himself on
E!'s
reality show ''
The Girls Next Door
''The Girls Next Door'' (also known as ''The Girls of the Playboy Mansion'') is a reality television series which focuses on the lives of Hugh Hefner's girlfriends who live with him at the Playboy Mansion. The series was created by executive pr ...
''.
Trikilis has also produced several feature films, including ''
Six Pack'' (1982) and ''The Death of Ocean View Park'' (1979).
Personal life
Trikilis was the first husband of
Marianne Gordon and briefly dated reality TV star and former Playmate
Jeana Keough
Jeana Ellen Keough (née Myers; formerly Tomasino; born September 18, 1955) is an American television personality, realtor, actress, and model. Keough graduated from Whitnall High School located in Greenfield, Wisconsin in 1972. When she was yo ...
(then Jeana Tomasina).
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2019 deaths
Businesspeople from Youngstown, Ohio
Television producers from Ohio
Playboy people
Film producers from Ohio
1940 births
20th-century American businesspeople