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"Star Trek" (1966): Season 2: Episode 24 -- Enterprise is used to test the new M-5 computer

"Star Trek" (1966): Season 3: Episode 24 -- A woman from Kirk's past exchanges bodies with him and takes control of the ship

"Alfred Hitchcock Presents" (1955): Season 2: Episode 20 -- An adulterous husband, a dog and arsenic -- sometimes there is such a thing as a perfect murder.

"Night Gallery" (1970): Season 1: Episode 1 -- Two half hour segments, one dealing with the power of suggestion and the other dealing with a soul transfer. Larry Hagman guest stars.

"Alfred Hitchcock Presents" (1955): Season 2: Episode 10 -- A son's hatred of his step-mother has deadly results, but not for the intended victim.

Overview

Date of Birth:

1 May 1919, Los Angeles, California, USA more

Date of Death:

19 October 2002, Newport Beach, Orange County, California, USA more

Trivia:

Father of Elizabeth, Victoria and Michael Lucas. more

STARmeter:

Down 13% in popularity this week. See why on IMDbPro.

Awards:

Nominated for Primetime Emmy. Another 1 nomination more

NewsDesk:

Scotty's Ashes To Be Sent Into Space
(From WENN. 22 July 2005)

Alternate Names:

Jack Meredyth Lucas | John M. Lucas | John Mcready Lucas | John Lucas

Filmography

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			Year	Gross (USD)	Rating
1.	"Star Trek: New Voyages" (2004)	(1 episode)	2004	-	6.5 (491)
	AKAs: Star Trek New Voyages: Phase II (USA: new title) 1 TV episode: Kitumba (????) (based on a story by)
2.	Yeshua (1984)	(writer)	1984	-	-

3.	"Nero Wolfe" (1981)	(1 episode, 1981)	1981	-	7.3 (65)
	1 TV episode: To Catch a Dead Man (1981) (writer)
4.	"Fantasy Island" (1978)	(1 episode, 1978)	1978	-	6.3 (626)
	1 TV episode: Call Me Lucky/Torch Singer (1978) (written by)
5.	"The Six Million Dollar Man" (1974)	(6 episodes, 1976-1978)	1978	-	7.3 (822)
	6 TV episodes: Date with Danger: Part 2 (1978) (writer) Date with Danger (1978) (written by) The Cheshire Project (1977) (written by) The Dark Side of the Moon: Part 2 (1977) (teleplay) The Dark Side of the Moon (1977) (written by) 1 episode not shown.
6.	"Logan's Run" (1977)	(1 episode, 1977)	1977	-	7.8 (229)
	1 TV episode: The Judas Goat (1977) (writer)
7.	"Kojak" (1973)	(1 episode, 1977)	1977	-	7.3 (799)
	1 TV episode: Tears for All Who Loved Her (1977) (story)
8.	"Rafferty" (1977)	(2 episodes, 1977)	1977	-	6.7 (10)
	2 TV episodes: The Cutting Edge (1977) (written by) The Price of Pain (????) (teleplay)
9.	"Harry O" (1973)	(5 episodes, 1975-1976)	1976	-	7.5 (121)
	5 TV episodes: Death Certificate (1976) (writer) Victim (1976) (story) (teleplay) Mayday (1975) (writer) Anatomy of a Frame (1975) (teleplay) Silent Kill (1975) (story)
10.	"Swiss Family Robinson" (1975)	(2 episodes, 1975)	1975	-	6.4 (29)
	AKAs: Island of Adventure (UK) 2 TV episodes: Ernie's Christmas (1975) (written by) The Pit (1975) (written by)
11.	Inferno in Paradise (1974)	(writer)	1974	-	-

12.	"The Starlost" (1973)	(1 episode, 1973)	1973	-	6.4 (108)
	AKAs: The Ark (USA: syndication title) 1 TV episode: The Implant People (1973) (writer) (uncredited)
13.	"Mannix" (1967)	(10 episodes, 1967-1973)	1973	-	7.3 (319)
	10 TV episodes: Desert Run (1973) (written by) Search for a Whisper (1973) (teleplay) Portrait of a Hero (1972) (teleplay) A Gathering of Ghosts (1971) (teleplay) Round Trip to Nowhere (1971) (teleplay) 5 episodes not shown.
14.	"Medical Center" (1969)	(2 episodes, 1971)	1971	-	7.3 (133)
	2 TV episodes: Idolmaker (1971) (written by) Danger Point (1971) (written by)
15.	"Insight" (1960)	(7 episodes, 1965-1971)	1971	-	6.6 (38)
	7 TV episodes: The Bird of the Mast (1971) (written by) Prometheus Bound (1970) (written by) Bourbon in Suburbia (1970) (written by) Look Back to the Garden (1968) (written by) Seed of Dissent (1967) (written by) 2 episodes not shown.
16.	City Beneath the Sea (1971) (TV)	(screenplay)	1971	-	4.8 (212)
	AKAs: One Hour to Doomsday (UK: theatrical title)
17.	"The Silent Force" (1970)	(1 episode, 1970)	1970	-	5.5 (5)
	1 TV episode: Take as Directed for Death (1970) (written by)
18.	"Star Trek" (1966)	(4 episodes, 1967-1969)	1969	-	8.6 (8,329)
	AKAs: Star Trek: TOS (USA: promotional abbreviation) Star Trek: The Original Series (USA: informal title) 4 TV episodes: That Which Survives (1969) (teleplay) Elaan of Troyius (1968) (written by) Patterns of Force (1968) (written by) The Changeling (1967) (written by)
19.	"The Fugitive" (1963)	(1 episode, 1967)	1967	-	8.4 (503)
	1 TV episode: The Breaking of the Habit (1967) (writer)
20.	"Ben Casey" (1961)	(3 episodes, 1964-1965)	1965	-	7.6 (107)
	3 TV episodes: Because of the Needle, the Haystack Was Lost (1965) (writer) A Bird in the Solitude Singing (1964) (writer) The Evidence of Things Not Seen (1964) (writer)
21.	My Blood Runs Cold (1965)	(story)	1965	-	5.5 (55)

22.	"Burke's Law" (1963)	(2 episodes, 1963)	1963	-	7.7 (142)
	AKAs: Amos Burke, Secret Agent (USA: new title) 2 TV episodes: Who Killed Beau Sparrow? (1963) (written by) Who Killed Harris Crown? (1963) (written by)
23.	"Bus Stop" (1961)	(1 episode, 1961)	1961	-	8.0 (21)
	1 TV episode: The Covering Darkness (1961) (story) (teleplay)
24.	"Pony Express" (1959)	(2 episodes, 1960)	1960	-	-
	2 TV episodes: The Search (1960) (written by) Replacement (1960) (writer)
25.	"The Lawless Years" (1959)	(3 episodes, 1959)	1959	-	8.0 (12)
	3 TV episodes: Lucky Silva (1959) (writer) (as John Mcready Lucas) The Payoff (1959) (writer) No Fare (1959) (writer)
26.	"Cimarron City" (1958)	(1 episode, 1959)	1959	-	7.0 (18)
	1 TV episode: The Bitter Lesson (1959) (teleplay)
27.	The Sign of Zorro (1958)	(screenplay)	1958	-	7.1 (169)

28.	"Zorro" (1957)	(7 episodes, 1957-1958)	1958	-	8.2 (449)
	7 TV episodes: Death Stacks the Deck (1958) (teleplay) Zorro Fights His Father (1958) (teleplay) Sweet Face of Danger (1958) (teleplay) The Fall of Monastario (1958) (teleplay) Zorro's Ride Into Terror (1957) (teleplay) 2 episodes not shown.
29.	"Flight" (1958)	(3 episodes)	1958	-	9.1 (8)
	3 TV episodes: Crash Investigation (????) (writer) Final Approach (????) (writer) Flight Surgeon (????) (writer)
30.	"Dragnet" (1951)	(1 episode, 1957)	1957	-	7.8 (210)
	AKAs: Badge 714 (USA: syndication title) 1 TV episode: The Big Blank (1957) (writer)
31.	"Noah's Ark" (1956)	(1 episode, 1957)	1957	-	-
	1 TV episode: The Intruder (1957) (teleplay)
32.	"Broken Arrow" (1956)	(1 episode, 1957)	1957	-	7.6 (27)
	1 TV episode: Apache Massacre (1957) (writer)
33.	The Scarlet Hour (1956)	(screenplay)	1956	-	6.1 (23)

34.	"Cavalcade of America" (1952)	(2 episodes, 1955-1956)	1956	-	8.4 (17)
	AKAs: DuPont Presents the Cavalcade Theatre (USA: fourth season title) DuPont Theater (USA: fifth season title) 2 TV episodes: The Prison Within (1956) (writer) Toward Tomorrow (1955) (screenplay)
35.	"Medic" (1954)	(5 episodes, 1954-1955)	1955	-	8.9 (28)
	5 TV episodes: Break Through the Bars (1955) (teleplay) Flash of Darkness (1955) (written by) Breath of Life (1955) (teleplay) Boy in the Storm (1955) (writer) The Wild Intruder (1954) (written by)
36.	"Letter to Loretta" (1953)	(2 episodes, 1954-1955)	1955	-	8.6 (37)
	AKAs: The Loretta Young Show (USA: new title) The Loretta Young Theatre (USA: rerun title) 2 TV episodes: Tale of a Cayuse (1955) (writer) Three Minutes Too Late (1954) (teleplay)
37.	"Disneyland" (1954)	(2 episodes, 1954-1955)	1955	-	8.4 (277)
	AKAs: Disney's Wonderful World (USA: new title) The Disney Sunday Movie (USA: new title) The Magical World of Disney (USA: new title) The Wonderful World of Disney (USA: new title) Walt Disney (USA: new title) Walt Disney Presents (USA: new title) Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (USA: new title) 2 TV episodes: Monsters of the Deep (1955) (writer) Operation Undersea (1954) (written by)
38.	Tumbleweed (1953)	(writer)	1953	-	7.1 (86)
	AKAs: Three Were Renegades (USA: alternative title)
39.	"Mr. & Mrs. North" (1952)	(2 episodes, 1953)	1953	-	8.1 (26)
	2 TV episodes: Hot Mink (1953) (writer) Dying to Live (1953) (written by)
40.	Captain Pirate (1952)	(screenplay)	1952	-	6.3 (69)
	AKAs: Captain Blood, Fugitive (UK)
41.	Red Mountain (1951)	(writer)	1951	-	6.2 (76)

42.	Peking Express (1951)	(screenplay)	1951	-	5.4 (18)

43.	Dark City (1950)	(writer)	1950	-	6.8 (290)

			Year	Gross (USD)	Rating
1.	"Insight" (1960)	producer (15 episodes, 1967-1982)	1982	-	6.6 (38)
	15 TV episodes: All Out (1982) (producer) Eddie (1974) (producer) Hey, Janitor (1973) (producer) Reunion (1973) (producer) Truck Stop (1973) (producer) 10 episodes not shown.
2.	"Beyond Westworld" (1980)	producer (5 episodes, 1980)	1980	-	5.5 (16)
	5 TV episodes: Sound of Terror (1980) (producer) Brother's Keeper, My (1980) (producer) Westworld Destroyer (1980) (producer) Take-Over (1980) (producer) The Lion (1980) (producer)
3.	"Star Trek" (1966)	producer (10 episodes, 1967-1968)	1968	-	8.6 (8,329)
	AKAs: Star Trek: TOS (USA: promotional abbreviation) Star Trek: The Original Series (USA: informal title) 10 TV episodes: The Ultimate Computer (1968) (producer) The Omega Glory (1968) (producer) By Any Other Name (1968) (producer) Patterns of Force (1968) (producer) Return to Tomorrow (1968) (producer) 5 episodes not shown.
4.	"The Fugitive" (1963)	co-producer (9 episodes, 1966)	1966	-	8.4 (503)
	9 TV episodes: The Blessings of Liberty (1966) (co-producer) Nobody Loses All the Time (1966) (co-producer) Second Sight (1966) (co-producer) Joshua's Kingdom (1966) (co-producer) Ten Thousand Pieces of Silver (1966) (co-producer) 4 episodes not shown.
5.	"Ben Casey" (1961)	producer (11 episodes, 1965-1966)	1966	-	7.6 (107)
	11 TV episodes: Lullaby for a Wind-Up Toy (1966) (producer) Fun and Games and Other Tragic Things (1966) (producer) The Importance of Being 65937 (1965) (producer) No More, Cried the Rooster - There Will Be Truth (1965) (producer) Then I, and You, and All of Us Fell Down (1965) (producer) 6 episodes not shown.
6.	"Whiplash" (1960)	associate producer (34 episodes, 1961)	1961	-	8.6 (16)
	34 TV episodes: The Adelaide Arabs (1961) (associate producer) Act of Courage (1961) (associate producer) Secret of the Screaming Hills (1961) (associate producer) Love Story in Gold (1961) (associate producer) The Haunted Valley (1961) (associate producer) 29 episodes not shown.

			Year	Gross (USD)	Rating
1.	The Magic Boy's Easter (1989) (V)		1989	-	-

2.	3 Days (1984)		1984	-	3.8 (5)

3.	Yeshua (1984)	(co-director)	1984	-	-

4.	Farewell to the Planet of the Apes (1981) (TV)		1981	-	4.6 (119)

5.	"Insight" (1960)	(12 episodes, 1967-1980)	1980	-	6.6 (38)
	12 TV episodes: Resurrection (1980) Is Anybody Listening? (1978) Christmas 2025 (1977) Jesus B.C. (1976) Cum Laude, Come Lonely (1976) 7 episodes not shown.
6.	"The Six Million Dollar Man" (1974)	(1 episode, 1976)	1976	-	7.3 (822)
	1 TV episode: H+2+O = Death (1976)
7.	"Planet of the Apes" (1974)	(1 episode, 1974)	1974	-	7.1 (551)
	1 TV episode: Up Above the World So High (1974)
8.	"Night Gallery" (1970)	(4 episodes, 1970-1972)	1972	-	8.0 (628)
	AKAs: Rod Serling's Night Gallery (USA: alternative title) 4 TV episodes: Green Fingers/The Funeral/The Tune in Dan's Cafe (1972) The Different Ones/Tell David.../Logoda's Heads (1971) The Boy Who Predicted Earthquakes/Miss Lovecraft Sent Me/The Hand of Borgus Weems/Phantom of What Opera? (1971) (as John M. Lucas) The Dead Man/The Housekeeper (1970) (segment "The Housekeeper")
9.	"Star Trek" (1966)	(3 episodes, 1968)	1968	-	8.6 (8,329)
	AKAs: Star Trek: TOS (USA: promotional abbreviation) Star Trek: The Original Series (USA: informal title) 3 TV episodes: Elaan of Troyius (1968) The Enterprise Incident (1968) The Ultimate Computer (1968)
10.	"Mannix" (1967)	(5 episodes, 1967-1968)	1968	-	7.3 (319)
	5 TV episodes: License to Kill - Limit Three People (1968) Turn Every Stone (1967) The Cost of a Vacation (1967) The Many Deaths of Saint Christopher (1967) Skid Marks on a Dry Run (1967)
11.	"The Fugitive" (1963)	(4 episodes, 1967)	1967	-	8.4 (503)
	4 TV episodes: The Walls of Night (1967) Death Is a Very Small Killer (1967) The Ivy Maze (1967) The Breaking of the Habit (1967)
12.	"The Invaders" (1967)	(1 episode, 1967)	1967	-	8.4 (444)
	1 TV episode: The Betrayed (1967)
13.	"Ben Casey" (1961)	(9 episodes, 1964-1966)	1966	-	7.6 (107)
	9 TV episodes: Lullaby for a Wind-Up Toy (1966) Meantime, We Shall Express Our Darker Purpose (1966) A Nightingale Named Nathan (1965) A Dipperful of Water from a Poisoned Well (1965) A Rambling Discourse on Egyptian Water Clocks (1965) 4 episodes not shown.
14.	"Whiplash" (1960)	(13 episodes, 1961)	1961	-	8.6 (16)
	13 TV episodes: Love Story in Gold (1961) The Haunted Valley (1961) Dark Runs the Sea (1961) Storm River (1961) The Wreckers (1961) 8 episodes not shown.
15.	"Cimarron City" (1958)	(2 episodes, 1959)	1959	-	7.0 (18)
	2 TV episodes: Blind Is the Killer (1959) The Bitter Lesson (1959)
16.	"Zorro" (1957)	(3 episodes, 1958)	1958	-	8.2 (449)
	3 TV episodes: Death Stacks the Deck (1958) Zorro Fights His Father (1958) Sweet Face of Danger (1958)
17.	"The Court of Last Resort" (1957)	(1 episode, 1957)	1957	-	6.1 (11)
	1 TV episode: The Gordon Wallace Case (1957)
18.	"The George Sanders Mystery Theater" (1957)	(1 episode, 1957)	1957	-	-
	1 TV episode: Love Has No Alibi (1957)
19.	"Code 3" (1957)	(1 episode, 1957)	1957	-	6.7 (9)
	1 TV episode: Oil Well Incident (1957)
20.	"Alfred Hitchcock Presents" (1955)	(3 episodes, 1956-1957)	1957	-	8.8 (1,223)
	3 TV episodes: Malice Domestic (1957) Crackpot (1957) Jonathan (1956)
21.	"The Ford Television Theatre" (1952)	(3 episodes, 1956)	1956	-	7.3 (31)
	AKAs: Ford Theatre (USA: short title) 3 TV episodes: Front Page Father (1956) The Payoff (1956) The Silent Strangers (1956)
22.	"Cavalcade of America" (1952)	(3 episodes, 1955-1956)	1956	-	8.4 (17)
	AKAs: DuPont Presents the Cavalcade Theatre (USA: fourth season title) DuPont Theater (USA: fifth season title) 3 TV episodes: A Bed of Roses (1956) The Prison Within (1956) Toward Tomorrow (1955)
23.	"Celebrity Playhouse" (1955)	(1 episode, 1956)	1956	-	-
	1 TV episode: East of Nowhere (1956)
24.	"Letter to Loretta" (1953)	(1 episode, 1955)	1955	-	8.6 (37)
	AKAs: The Loretta Young Show (USA: new title) The Loretta Young Theatre (USA: rerun title) 1 TV episode: The Flood (1955)

			Year	Gross (USD)	Rating
1.	The Unsuspected (1947)	(dialogue director) (as Jack Meredyth Lucas)	1947	-	7.1 (578)

2.	The Last Ride (1944)	(dialogue director)	1944	-	5.6 (22)

3.	Murder on the Waterfront (1943)	(dialogue director) (as John Lucas)	1943	-	5.0 (36)

4.	The Gorilla Man (1943)	(dialogue director) (as John Lucas)	1943	-	5.6 (16)

Thanks View by NEW				Year	Gross (USD)	Rating
	1.	Without Lying Down: Frances Marion and the Power of Women in Hollywood (2000) (TV)	(thanks)	2000	-	7.8 (109)

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