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"Highway Patrol" (1955): Season 1: Episode 4 -- Though innocent of involvement, Joe Bradshaw happens to be in the company of the Fowler Brothers when they hold up a diner and murder its proprietor.
"Highway Patrol" (1955): Season 1: Episode 21 -- Dan Mathews receives a phone call from an employee of a wrecking yard.
"The Academy" (2007): : -- A heartless writer now needs the woman he rejected; parents faced with a demanding youngster in the middle of the night; a retired surgeon's interest is aroused by a dense young visitor; and a father determined to straighten out his troublesome son.
Night Gallery (1969) -- A man bets $10,000 that he can survive a night in a haunted house, and, in a second drama, the master of a castle is unperturbed when his domain is invaded by the Nazis. With Leslie Nielsen, Fritz Weaver, Francis Lederer, Helmut Dantine, Hank Brandt.
Night Gallery (1969) -- Stars who had their own series, including Cameron Mitchell, Elsa Lanchester, and Pernell Roberts guest star in three separate segments involving a green thumb, an eerie funeral and a haunted juke box on "Rod Serling's Night Gallery".

Overview

Date of Birth:
8 May 1923, California, USA more
Date of Death:
3 December 1991, Los Angeles, California, USA more
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Awards:
Nominated for 3 Primetime Emmys. more

Filmography

Jump to filmography as: Producer, Writer, Director, Actor, Miscellaneous Crew
Producer:
  1. Hellinger's Law (1981) (TV) (executive producer)
  2. "The Gangster Chronicles" (1981) TV series (producer)
    ... aka The Gangster Chronicles: An American Story

  3. Beggarman, Thief (1979) (TV) (producer)
  4. "The Dark Secret of Harvest Home" (1978) TV mini-series (producer)
  5. "Kojak" (supervising producer) (57 episodes, 1974-1977)
        - Once More from Birdland (1977) TV episode (supervising producer)
        - Another Gypsy Queen (1977) TV episode (supervising producer)
        - Sister Maria (1977) TV episode (supervising producer)
        - Kiss It All Goodbye (1977) TV episode (supervising producer)
        - I Was Happy Where I Was (1977) TV episode (supervising producer)
          (52 more)
  6. "Testimony of Two Men" (1977) TV mini-series (producer)
  7. "Switch" (producer) (7 episodes, 1976) (supervising producer) (1 episode, 1977)
        - Whatever Happened to Carol Harmony? (1977) TV episode (supervising producer)
        - The 100,000 Ruble Rumble (1976) TV episode (producer)
        - Gaffing the Skim (1976) TV episode (producer)
        - Quicker Than the Eye (1976) TV episode (producer)
        - The Things That Belong to Mickey Costello (1976) TV episode (producer)
          (3 more)
  8. Perilous Voyage (1976) (TV) (producer)
    ... aka The Revolution of Antonio DeLeon (USA: alternative title)
  9. "Doctors' Hospital" (producer) (13 episodes, 1975-1976)
        - Lullabye (1976) TV episode (producer)
        - And Hear a Sudden Cry (1976) TV episode (producer)
        - Surgeon, Heal Thyself (1975) TV episode (producer)
        - And Sorrow for Angels (1975) TV episode (producer)
        - My Cup Runneth Over (1975) TV episode (producer)
          (8 more)
  10. One of Our Own (1975) (TV) (producer)
    ... aka The Week of Fear (UK: new title)
  11. The Return of Charlie Chan (1973) (TV) (producer)
    ... aka Happiness Is a Warm Clue
  12. "Night Gallery" (producer) (19 episodes, 1970-1973)
    ... aka Rod Serling's Night Gallery (USA: alternative title)
        - Hatred Unto Death/How to Cure the Common Vampire (1973) TV episode (producer)
        - The Doll of Death (1973) TV episode (producer)
        - Whisper (1973) TV episode (producer)
        - Something in the Woodwork (1973) TV episode (producer)
        - Die Now, Pay Later (1973) TV episode (producer)
          (14 more)
  13. Amanda Fallon (1973) (TV) (producer)
  14. "The Bold Ones: The New Doctors" (producer) (2 episodes, 1972-1973)
    ... aka The New Doctors
        - And Other Springs I May Not See (1973) TV episode (producer)
        - Discovery at Fourteen (1972) TV episode (producer)
  15. Hauser's Memory (1970) (TV) (producer)
  16. "The Bold Ones: The Protectors" (executive producer) (4 episodes, 1969-1970)
        - Memo from the Class of '76 (1970) TV episode (executive producer)
        - A Thing Not of God (1970) TV episode (executive producer)
        - The Carrier (1970) TV episode (executive producer)
        - A Case of Good Whiskey at Christmas Time (1969) TV episode (executive producer)
  17. The Movie Murderer (1970) (TV) (producer)

  18. Destiny of a Spy (1969) (TV) (producer)
    ... aka The Gaunt Woman
  19. Trial Run (1969) (TV) (producer)
  20. Shadow Over Elveron (1968) (TV) (producer)
  21. Ready and Willing (1967) (TV) (producer)
  22. How I Spent My Summer Vacation (1967) (TV) (producer)
    ... aka Deadly Roulette (UK: theatrical title)
  23. Code Name: Heraclitus (1967) (TV) (producer)
  24. "Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre" (producer) (2 episodes, 1965-1966)
    ... aka The Chrysler Theater
    ... aka Theatre of Stars (UK)
    ... aka Universal Star Time (syndication title)
        - Brilliant Benjamin Boggs (1966) TV episode (producer)
        - Russian Roulette (1965) TV episode (producer)
  25. Dark Intruder (1965) (producer)
    ... aka Black Cloak (USA: alternative title)
  26. See How They Run (1964) (TV) (producer)
  27. "Kraft Suspense Theatre" (producer) (2 episodes, 1964)
    ... aka Crisis (USA: syndication title)
    ... aka Suspense Theatre (USA: syndication title)
        - The World I Want (1964) TV episode (producer)
        - The Watchman (1964) TV episode (producer)
  28. "Channing" (producer) (26 episodes, 1963-1964)
    ... aka The Young and the Bold
        - My Son, the All-American (1964) TV episode (producer)
        - Christmas Day Is Breaking Wan (1964) TV episode (producer)
        - A Bang and a Whimper (1964) TV episode (producer)
        - Wave Goodbye to Our Fair-Haired Boy (1964) TV episode (producer)
        - The Trouble with Girls (1964) TV episode (producer)
          (21 more)
  29. "Ben Casey" (1961) TV series (associate producer) (unknown episodes)
Writer:
  1. The Bride in Black (1990) (TV) (story)
  2. Kojak: None So Blind (1990) (TV) (writer)

  3. "Whiz Kids" (1 episode, 1984)
        - May I Take Your Order Please? (1984) TV episode (written by)
  4. Hellinger's Law (1981) (TV) (writer)

  5. "Kojak" (13 episodes, 1973-1976)
        - A Summer Madness (1976) TV episode (story)
        - Justice Deferred (1976) TV episode (writer)
        - A Grave Too Soon (1976) TV episode (writer)
        - Out of the Frying Pan... (1975) TV episode (writer)
        - Elegy in an Asphalt Graveyard (1975) TV episode (writer)
          (8 more)
  6. "Doctors' Hospital" (12 episodes, 1975-1976)
        - Lullabye (1976) TV episode (developer)
        - And Hear a Sudden Cry (1976) TV episode (developer)
        - Surgeon, Heal Thyself (1975) TV episode (developer)
        - And Sorrow for Angels (1975) TV episode (developer)
        - My Cup Runneth Over (1975) TV episode (developer)
          (7 more)
  7. One of Our Own (1975) (TV) (writer)
    ... aka The Week of Fear (UK: new title)
  8. "Night Gallery" (16 episodes, 1971-1973)
    ... aka Rod Serling's Night Gallery (USA: alternative title)
        - Hatred Unto Death/How to Cure the Common Vampire (1973) TV episode (teleplay)
        - Die Now, Pay Later (1973) TV episode (writer)
        - Room for One Less (1973) TV episode (writer)
        - You Can Come Up Now, Mrs. Millikan/Smile Please (1972) TV episode (writer)
        - Spectre in Tap-Shoes (1972) TV episode (story)
          (11 more)

  9. "Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre" (1 episode, 1967)
    ... aka The Chrysler Theater
    ... aka Theatre of Stars (UK)
    ... aka Universal Star Time (syndication title)
        - The Lady Is My Wife (1967) TV episode (story)
  10. The Hanged Man (1964) (TV) (writer)
  11. "Channing" (1 episode, 1964)
    ... aka The Young and the Bold
        - Another Kind of Music (1964) TV episode (teleplay)
  12. "Ben Casey" (9 episodes, 1961-1963)
        - It Is Getting Dark... And We Are Lost (1963) TV episode (teleplay)
        - Dispel the Black Cyclone That Shakes the Throne (1963) TV episode (teleplay)
        - Between Summer and Winter, the Glorious Season (1962) TV episode (teleplay)
        - Of All Save Pain Bereft (1962) TV episode (adaptation)
        - Legacy from a Stranger (1962) TV episode (adaptation)
          (4 more)
  13. "Have Gun - Will Travel" (3 episodes, 1958-1962)
        - The Mark of Cain (1962) TV episode (writer)
        - Justice in Hell (1962) TV episode (writer)
        - The High Graders (1958) TV episode (story) (teleplay)
  14. "My Three Sons" (2 episodes, 1960-1962)
        - The Romance of Silver Pines (1962) TV episode (written by)
        - Spring Will Be a Little Late (1960) TV episode (written by)
  15. "Dante" (2 episodes, 1960-1961)
        - Dante's Fickle Fate (1961) TV episode (written by)
        - My Pal, the Bullseye (1960) TV episode (written by)
  16. "The Rebel" (3 episodes, 1959-1960)
        - To See the Elephant (1960) TV episode (writer)
        - Noblesse Oblige (1960) TV episode (writer)
        - School Days (1959) TV episode (writer)
  17. "Bronco" (2 episodes, 1959-1960)
        - Legacy of Twisted Creek (1960) TV episode (writer)
        - The Last Resort (1959) TV episode (writer)
  18. "Pony Express" (1 episode, 1960)
        - The Killer (1960) TV episode (teleplay)
  19. "Hotel de Paree" (3 episodes, 1959-1960)
        - Sundance and the Greenhorn Trader (1960) TV episode (teleplay)
        - Hard Luck for Sundance (1960) TV episode (written by)
        - The High Cost of Justice (1959) TV episode (written by)
  20. "The Millionaire" (5 episodes, 1957-1960)
    ... aka If You Had a Million
        - Millionaire Jerry Mitchell (1960) TV episode (story)
        - Millionaire Angela Temple (1959) TV episode (writer)
        - The David Barrett Story (1958) TV episode (writer)
        - The Peter Bartley Story (1958) TV episode (writer)
        - The Barbara Lydon Story (1957) TV episode (written by)

  21. "The Detectives Starring Robert Taylor" (1959) TV series (unknown episodes)
    ... aka Robert Taylor's Detectives (new title)
    ... aka The Detectives
    ... aka The Detectives, Starring Robert Taylor
  22. "World of Giants" (1 episode, 1959)
    ... aka W.O.G. (USA: short title)
        - Special Agent (1959) TV episode (writer)
  23. "Dragnet" (1 episode, 1959)
    ... aka Badge 714 (USA: syndication title)
        - The Big Operator (1959) TV episode (writer)
  24. "M Squad" (12 episodes, 1957-1959)
        - The Outsider (1959) TV episode (writer)
        - The Terror on Dark Street (1959) TV episode (writer)
        - Ghost Town (1959) TV episode (teleplay)
        - Death Threat (1959) TV episode (writer)
        - The Missing Claimant (1958) TV episode (written by)
          (7 more)
  25. "The Third Man" (1 episode, 1959)
        - The Indispensible Man (1959) TV episode (writer)
  26. "Man with a Camera" (2 episodes, 1958-1959)
        - The Last Portrait (1959) TV episode (written by)
        - Closeup on Violence (1958) TV episode (written by)
  27. "Flight" (2 episodes, 1959)
        - Chopper Four (1959) TV episode (writer)
        - Decision (????) TV episode (writer)
  28. "Rescue 8" (1 episode, 1958)
        - The Crackup (1958) TV episode (teleplay)
  29. "Broken Arrow" (3 episodes, 1957-1958)
        - Iron Maiden (1958) TV episode (writer)
        - Aztec Treasure (1958) TV episode (writer)
        - Black Moment (1957) TV episode (writer)
  30. "Code 3" (2 episodes, 1957)
        - Death in an Alley (1957) TV episode (writer)
        - You Can't Kill a Marine (1957) TV episode (writer)
  31. "Highway Patrol" (3 episodes, 1955-1957)
        - Statute of Limitations (1957) TV episode (writer)
        - Lookout (1955) TV episode (writer)
        - Car Theft (????) TV episode (writer)
  32. "Men of Annapolis" (1957) TV series (unknown episodes)
  33. "Dr. Christian" (6 episodes, 1956-1957)
        - Blackmail (1957) TV episode (written by)
        - Champion (1957) TV episode (written by)
        - Mother's Boy (1957) TV episode (written by)
        - Old Man (1957) TV episode (written by)
        - The Alien (1957) TV episode (written by)
          (1 more)
  34. "Celebrity Playhouse" (2 episodes, 1956)
        - Stagecoach to Paradise (1956) TV episode (writer)
        - Live Bait (1956) TV episode (writer)
  35. "The Man Called X" (1956) TV series (unknown episodes)
  36. "Cavalcade of America" (1 episode, 1955)
    ... aka DuPont Presents the Cavalcade Theatre (USA: fourth season title)
    ... aka DuPont Theater (USA: fifth season title)
        - Crisis in Paris (1955) TV episode (writer)
  37. "Brave Eagle" (1 episode, 1955)
        - The Flight (1955) TV episode (writer)
  38. "The Lone Ranger" (6 episodes, 1954-1955)
        - Counterfeit Redskins (1955) TV episode (screenplay)
        - Death Goes to Press (1955) TV episode (screenplay)
        - The Quiet Highwayman (1955) TV episode (screenplay)
        - The Globe (1954) TV episode (screenplay)
        - Homer with a High Hat (1954) TV episode (screenplay)
          (1 more)
  39. "Waterfront" (1 episode)
        - Live Bait (????) TV episode (writer)
  40. "The New Adventures of China Smith" (1 episode, 1954)
    ... aka Captain China
    ... aka The Affairs of China Smith
        - The Bible of Mr. Quaile (1954) TV episode (teleplay)
  41. "Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok" (1 episode, 1953)
        - The Sheriff Was a Redhead (1953) TV episode (writer)
  42. "The Unexpected" (2 episodes, 1952)
    ... aka Times Square Playhouse
        - Escape to Nowhere (1952) TV episode (writer)
        - Bright Boy (1952) TV episode (writer)
  43. "China Smith" (1952) TV series (unknown episodes)
  44. "Racket Squad" (1 episode, 1951)
        - Two for One (1951) TV episode (writer)
Director:
  1. "Night Gallery" (5 episodes, 1971-1973)
    ... aka Rod Serling's Night Gallery (USA: alternative title)
        - Hatred Unto Death/How to Cure the Common Vampire (1973) TV episode
        - Room for One Less (1973) TV episode
        - You Can Come Up Now, Mrs. Millikan/Smile Please (1972) TV episode
        - The Diary/A Matter of Semantics/Big Surprise/Professor Peabody's Last Lecture (1971) TV episode
        - A Question of Fear/The Devil Is Not Mocked (1971) TV episode
  2. Amanda Fallon (1973) (TV)
Actor:
  1. "Night Gallery" .... Laboratory Assistant / ... (3 episodes, 1971-1972)
    ... aka Rod Serling's Night Gallery (USA: alternative title)
        - Green Fingers/The Funeral/The Tune in Dan's Cafe (1972) TV episode .... Ygor
        - House: With Ghost/A Midnight Visit to the Neighborhood Blood Bank/Dr. Stringfellow's Rejuvenator/Hell's Bells (1971) TV episode (uncredited) .... Second Demon
        - Since Aunt Ada Came to Stay/With Apologies to Mr. Hyde/The Flip Side of Satan (1971) TV episode .... Laboratory Assistant

  2. "Rebound" .... Finnegan (1 episode, 1952)
        - The Witness (1952) TV episode .... Finnegan
  3. Call Me Mister (1951) (uncredited) .... Soldier
Miscellaneous Crew:
  1. The Psychiatrist: God Bless the Children (1970) (TV) (story consultant)
    ... aka Children of the Lotus Eater (USA: alternative title)

Additional Details

Other Works:
In 1967, he created an unsold comedy pilot about two elderly, retired superheroes who must once again don their leotards to do battle with a super-villain who has been set free and has vowed to destroy the world. more
Genres:
Drama | Mystery | Crime | Horror more
Plot Keywords:
Character Name In Title | Beautiful Woman | Based On Novel | Police more

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