Directed more than 1,600 episodes of television. Graduated from Hollywood High School in 1935 and got a job as a messenger at Columbia Studios, working his way up to second assistant director by 1939. Served in the U.S. Navy's photographic unit near the end of World War II.
Known For
Credits
Crew Credits
Trapper John, M.D. (1979)
Episode crew as Director
(2 episodes)
- Episode 5x15: Where There's a Will (Jan 29, 1984)
- Episode 4x22: South Side Story (Apr 3, 1983)
The Love Boat (1977)
Episode crew as Director
(2 episodes)
- Episode 4x22: I Love You Too, Smith / Mama and Me / Sally's Paradise (Mar 7, 1981)
- Episode 4x21: Black Sheep / Hometown Doc / Clothes Make the Girl (Feb 28, 1981)
Fantasy Island (1977)
Episode crew as Director
(12 episodes)
- Episode 3x20: Nona / One Million B.C. (Mar 1, 1980)
- Episode 3x13: The Inventor / On the Other Side (Dec 15, 1979)
- Episode 3x12: The Cheerleaders / Marooned (Dec 8, 1979)
- Episode 3x11: The Mermaid / The Victim (Dec 1, 1979)
- Episode 3x10: Class of '69 / The Pug (Nov 24, 1979)
- Episode 3x07: The Wedding (Nov 3, 1979)
- Episode 3x06: The Red Baron / Young at Heart (Oct 27, 1979)
- Episode 3x03: Tattoo: the Love God / Magnolia Blossoms (Sep 21, 1979)
- Episode 3x01: Hit Man / The Swimmer (Sep 7, 1979)
- Episode 2x22: The Comic / The Golden Hour (May 5, 1979)
- Episode 2x02: The Big Dipper / The Pirate (Sep 23, 1978)
- Episode 2x01: The Homecoming / The Sheikh (Sep 16, 1978)
The Secrets of ISIS (1975)
Episode crew as Director
(2 episodes)
- Episode 2x02: The Hitchhiker (Sep 18, 1976)
- Episode 2x01: Seeing Eye Horse (Sep 11, 1976)
S.W.A.T. (1975)
Episode crew as Director
(2 episodes)
- Episode 1x12: Sole Survivor (May 26, 1975)
- Episode 1x10: Omega One (May 12, 1975)
The Brian Keith Show (1972)
Episode crew as Director
(2 episodes)
- Episode 2x05: Inflation (Oct 19, 1973)
- Episode 2x03: Austin Moves In (Oct 5, 1973)
The Partridge Family (1970)
Episode crew as Director
- Episode 1x25: A Knight in Shining Armor (Mar 19, 1971)
To Rome with Love (1969)
Episode crew as Director
(4 episodes)
- Episode 2x19: Mike and the Countess (Feb 3, 1971)
- Episode 2x17: Beauty and the Judge (Jan 20, 1971)
- Episode 2x05: A Boy to Remember (Oct 13, 1970)
- Episode 1x13: A Gown for Alison (Jan 11, 1970)
That Girl (1966)
Episode crew as Director
- Episode 5x02: Donald, Sandi, and Harry and Snoopy (Oct 2, 1970)
The Munsters (1964)
Episode crew as Director
(7 episodes)
- Episode 2x09: John Doe Munster (Nov 11, 1965)
- Episode 2x04: Herman Munster, Shutter Bug (Oct 7, 1965)
- Episode 1x33: Lily Munster, Girl Model (May 6, 1965)
- Episode 1x17: All-Star Munster (Jan 14, 1965)
- Episode 1x16: Grandpa's Call of the Wild (Jan 7, 1965)
- Episode 1x08: Herman the Great (Nov 12, 1964)
- Episode 1x07: Tin Can Man (Nov 5, 1964)
McHale's Navy (1962)
Episode crew as Director
(6 episodes)
- Episode 3x31: Rumble on Taratupa (Apr 20, 1965)
- Episode 3x08: The British Also Have Ensigns (Nov 10, 1964)
- Episode 3x07: Will the Alligator Take the Stand? (Oct 27, 1964)
- Episode 3x06: Laugh, Captain, Laugh (Oct 20, 1964)
- Episode 3x02: Lester, the Skipper (Sep 18, 1964)
- Episode 3x01: The Ghosts of 73 (Sep 15, 1964)
The Andy Griffith Show (1960)
Episode crew as Director
(4 episodes)
- Episode 4x20: The Song Festers (Feb 24, 1964)
- Episode 4x17: My Fair Ernest T. Bass (Feb 3, 1964)
- Episode 4x05: Briscoe Declares for Aunt Bee (Oct 28, 1963)
- Episode 4x02: The Haunted House (Oct 7, 1963)
Leave It to Beaver (1957)
Episode crew as Director
(2 episodes)
- Episode 6x21: Beaver the Caddy (Feb 14, 1963)
- Episode 6x17: The Parking Attendants (Jan 17, 1963)
Tales of Wells Fargo (1957)
Episode crew as Director
(2 episodes)
- Episode 2x34: The Pickpocket (Apr 28, 1958)
- Episode 2x33: The Reward (Apr 21, 1958)
The Lone Ranger (1949)
Episode crew as Director
(2 episodes)
- Episode 5x03: The Counterfeit Mask (Sep 27, 1956)
- Episode 5x01: The Wooden Rifle (Sep 13, 1956)