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
(3 episodes)
- Episode 5x15: Where There's a Will (Jan 29, 1984)
- Episode 5x07: Old Man Liver (Nov 13, 1983)
- Episode 4x22: South Side Story (Apr 3, 1983)
Hart to Hart (1979)
Episode crew as Director
(12 episodes)
- Episode 5x20: Larsen's Last Jump (Mar 13, 1984)
- Episode 4x21: Too Close to Hart (May 3, 1983)
- Episode 3x21: Hart and Sole (Apr 6, 1982)
- Episode 3x18: Deep in the Hart of Dixieland (Mar 9, 1982)
- Episode 3x15: The Hart of the Matter (Feb 16, 1982)
- Episode 3x11: Hartless Hobby (Jan 12, 1982)
- Episode 2x16: The Murder of Jonathan Hart (Apr 28, 1981)
- Episode 2x14: Solid Gold Murder (Mar 24, 1981)
- Episode 2x12: Murder in the Saddle (Feb 24, 1981)
- Episode 2x05: 'Tis the Season to Be Murdered (Dec 16, 1980)
- Episode 2x03: This Lady Is Murder (Nov 25, 1980)
- Episode 1x20: Cruise at Your Own Risk (Apr 8, 1980)
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
(20 episodes)
- Episode 4x05: The Love Doctor / The Pleasure Palace / Possessed (Nov 22, 1980)
- Episode 4x02: Flying Aces / The Mermaid Returns (Nov 1, 1980)
- 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 2x23: Cornelius & Alphonse / The Choice (May 6, 1979)
- Episode 2x22: The Comic / The Golden Hour (May 5, 1979)
- Episode 2x08: Return / The Toughest Man Alive (Nov 11, 1978)
- Episode 2x06: War Games / Queen of the Boston Bruisers (Oct 28, 1978)
- Episode 2x02: The Big Dipper / The Pirate (Sep 23, 1978)
- Episode 2x01: Homecoming / The Sheikh (Sep 16, 1978)
- Episode 1x15: Fool for a Client / Double Your Pleasure (May 15, 1978)
- Episode 1x12: The Over-The-Hill Caper / Poof, You're a Movie Star (Apr 15, 1978)
- Episode 1x10: Superstar / Salem (Mar 25, 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)
Starsky & Hutch (1975)
Episode crew as Director
(10 episodes)
- Episode 4x20: Targets Without a Badge (3) (Mar 11, 1979)
- Episode 4x19: Targets Without a Badge (2) (Mar 11, 1979)
- Episode 4x18: Targets Without a Badge (1) (Mar 6, 1979)
- Episode 3x16: The Trap (Feb 1, 1978)
- Episode 3x14: The Heavyweight (Jan 14, 1978)
- Episode 3x05: Murder Ward (Oct 8, 1977)
- Episode 3x03: Fatal Charm (Sep 24, 1977)
- Episode 2x24: Murder on Stage 17 (Mar 19, 1977)
- Episode 2x22: The Velvet Jungle (Mar 5, 1977)
- Episode 2x13: Little Girl Lost (Dec 25, 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
(4 episodes)
- Episode 2x21: No Man Is an Atoll (Mar 8, 1974)
- Episode 2x05: Inflation (Oct 19, 1973)
- Episode 2x03: Austin Moves In (Oct 5, 1973)
- Episode 2x02: The Camp Doctor (Sep 28, 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
(7 episodes)
- Episode 2x21: Yankee Trader (Feb 17, 1971)
- Episode 2x19: Mike and the Countess (Feb 3, 1971)
- Episode 2x17: Beauty and the Judge (Jan 20, 1971)
- Episode 2x13: Fly Away Home (Dec 15, 1970)
- Episode 2x05: A Boy to Remember (Oct 13, 1970)
- Episode 2x03: Baby of the Family (Sep 29, 1970)
- Episode 1x13: A Gown for Alison (Jan 11, 1970)
Medical Center (1969)
Episode crew as Director
(2 episodes)
- Episode 2x14: Man at Bay (Dec 16, 1970)
- Episode 1x22: The Combatants (Mar 18, 1970)
The Mod Squad (1968)
Episode crew as Director
(14 episodes)
- Episode 4x07: The Sands of Anger (Oct 26, 1971)
- Episode 2x17: A Town Called Sincere (Jan 27, 1970)
- Episode 2x15: Sweet Child of Terror (Jan 6, 1970)
- Episode 2x13: Never Give the Fuzz an Even Break (Dec 23, 1969)
- Episode 2x11: The Healer (Dec 9, 1969)
- Episode 2x10: A Place to Run, A Heart to Hide In (Dec 2, 1969)
- Episode 2x09: The Death of Bill Hannachek (Nov 25, 1969)
- Episode 2x03: An Eye for an Eye (Oct 7, 1969)
- Episode 1x24: Captain Greer, Call Surgery (Apr 1, 1969)
- Episode 1x19: The Uptight Town (Feb 18, 1969)
- Episode 1x18: A Hint of Darkness, A Hint of Light (Feb 11, 1969)
- Episode 1x08: The Price of Terror (Nov 26, 1968)
- Episode 1x05: You Can't Tell the Players Without a Programmer (Oct 29, 1968)
- Episode 1x02: Bad Man on Campus (Oct 1, 1968)
That Girl (1966)
Episode crew as Director
- Episode 5x02: Donald, Sandi, and Harry and Snoopy (Oct 2, 1970)
Get Smart (1965)
Episode crew as Director
(2 episodes)
- Episode 2x30: A Man Called Smart (3) (Apr 22, 1967)
- Episode 2x29: A Man Called Smart (2) (Apr 15, 1967)
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 Virginian (1962)
Episode crew as Director
(8 episodes)
- Episode 4x29: A Bald Faced Boy (Apr 13, 1966)
- Episode 3x30: We've Lost a Train (Apr 21, 1965)
- Episode 2x28: A Bride for Lars (Apr 15, 1964)
- Episode 2x20: First to Thine Own Self (Feb 12, 1964)
- Episode 2x16: Roar from the Mountain (Jan 8, 1964)
- Episode 2x08: A Portrait of Marie Valonne (Nov 6, 1963)
- Episode 1x17: The Judgment (Jan 16, 1963)
- Episode 1x04: The Big Deal (Oct 10, 1962)
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)
Wagon Train (1957)
Episode crew as Director
(2 episodes)
- Episode 1x18: The Gabe Carswell Story (Jan 15, 1958)
- Episode 1x13: The Clara Beauchamp Story (Dec 11, 1957)
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)