Awards for 1966

Trustees Award

WINNER

Edward R. Murrow
Who brought together the highest qualities of broadcasting and journalism so that he became a symbol to colleagues and the public alike of the complete broadcast journalist.

Primetime Emmy

Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Series

WINNER

I Spy: Bill Cosby (NBC)

NOMINEES

The Fugitive: David Janssen (ABC)
I Spy: Robert Culp (NBC)
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.: David McCallum (NBC)
Slattery's People: Richard Crenna (CBS)

Outstanding Single Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Drama

WINNER

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre: Cliff Robertson (NBC)
For episode "The Game (#3.1)".

NOMINEES

Hallmark Hall of Fame: Trevor Howard (NBC)
For episode "Eagle in a Cage (#15.1)".
Hamlet at Elsinore: Christopher Plummer (Syndicated)
Inherit the Wind: Ed Begley (NBC)
Inherit the Wind: Melvyn Douglas (NBC)

Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Comedy Series

WINNER

The Dick Van Dyke Show: Dick Van Dyke (CBS)

NOMINEES

Get Smart: Don Adams (NBC)
Hogan's Heroes: Bob Crane (CBS)

Outstanding Single Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Drama

WINNER

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre: Simone Signoret (NBC)
For episode "A Small Rebellion".

NOMINEES

I Spy: Eartha Kitt (NBC)
For episode "The Loser".
Dr. Kildare: Margaret Leighton (NBC)
For episodes "Behold The Great Man", "A Life for a Life", "Web of Hate", and "Horizontal Hero".
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre: Shelley Winters (NBC)
For playing "Edith".
For episode "Back to Back".

Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Series

WINNER

The Big Valley: Barbara Stanwyck (ABC)

NOMINEES

Honey West: Anne Francis (ABC)
Peyton Place: Barbara Parkins (ABC)

Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Comedy Series

WINNER

The Dick Van Dyke Show: Mary Tyler Moore (CBS)

NOMINEES

The Lucy Show: Lucille Ball (CBS)
Bewitched: Elizabeth Montgomery (ABC)

Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Drama

WINNER

Hallmark Hall of Fame: James Daly (NBC)
For episode "Eagle in a Cage (#15.1)".

NOMINEES

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.: Leo G. Carroll (NBC)
The Trials of O'Brien: David Burns (CBS)

Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Comedy

WINNER

The Andy Griffith Show: Don Knotts (CBS)
For episode "The Return of Barney Fife".

NOMINEES

Batman: Frank Gorshin (ABC)
For episode "Hi Diddle Riddle".
Hogan's Heroes: Werner Klemperer (CBS)
The Dick Van Dyke Show: Morey Amsterdam (CBS)

Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Drama

WINNER

Peyton Place: Lee Grant (ABC)

NOMINEES

I Spy: Jeanette Nolan (NBC)
For episode "The Conquest of Maude Murdock".
Inherit the Wind: Diane Baker (NBC)
Hallmark Hall of Fame: Pamela Franklin (NBC)
For episode "Eagle in a Cage (#15.1)".

Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Comedy

WINNER

Bewitched: Alice Pearce (ABC)
Awarded posthumously. Pearce's husband, Paul Davis, accepted the award.

NOMINEES

Bewitched: Agnes Moorehead (ABC)
The Dick Van Dyke Show: Rose Marie (CBS)

Individual Achievements in Electronic Production - Technical Directors

WINNER

Inherit the Wind: O. Tamburri (technical director) (NBC)
Shown within Hallmark Hall of Fame.

NOMINEE

The Dean Martin Comedy Hour: Karl Messerschmidt (technical director) (NBC)

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Drama

WINNER

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre: Sydney Pollack (NBC)
For episode "The Game (#3.1)".

NOMINEES

I Spy: Sheldon Leonard (NBC)
For episodes "So Long, Patrick Henry" (Hong Kong segments), "A Cup Of Kindness" and "Carry Me Back To Old Tsing-Tao".
Hallmark Hall of Fame: George Schaefer (NBC)
For episode "Eagle in a Cage (#15.1)".
Inherit the Wind: George Schaefer (NBC)

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy

WINNER

Bewitched: William Asher (ABC)

NOMINEES

The Dick Van Dyke Show: Jerry Paris (CBS)
Get Smart: Paul Bogart (NBC)
For episode "Diplomat's Daughter".

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Variety or Music

WINNER

The Julie Andrews Show: Alan Handley (NBC)

NOMINEES

The Andy Williams Show: Bob Henry (NBC)
The Dean Martin Comedy Hour: Greg Garrison (NBC)
Color Me Barbra: Dwight Hemion (CBS)
Frank Sinatra: A Man and His Music: Dwight Hemion (NBC)

Outstanding Writing Achievement in Variety

WINNER

An Evening with Carol Channing: Hal Goldman, Al Gordon, Sheldon Keller (CBS)

NOMINEES

The Danny Kaye Show: Ernest Chambers, Pat McCormick, Ron Friedman, Larry Tucker, Paul Mazursky, Billy Barnes, Bernard Rothman, Norman Barasch, Carroll Moore (CBS)
The Julie Andrews Show: Bill Persky, Sam Denoff (NBC)

Outstanding Writing Achievement in Comedy

WINNER

The Dick Van Dyke Show: Bill Persky, Sam Denoff (CBS)
For episode "Coast To Coast Big Mouth".

NOMINEES

The Dick Van Dyke Show: Bill Persky, Sam Denoff (CBS)
For episode "The Ugliest Dog In The World".
Get Smart: Mel Brooks (writer), Buck Henry (writer) (NBC)
For episode "Mr. Big".

Outstanding Writing Achievement in Drama

WINNER

Hallmark Hall of Fame: Millard Lampell (writer) (NBC)
For episode "Eagle in a Cage (#15.1)".
At the presentation of the award, Lampell said: "I think I ought to mention that I was blacklisted for 10 years," one of the first public acknowledgments of the effects of the McCarthy era.

NOMINEES

I Spy: Morton S. Fine (writer), David Friedkin (writer) (NBC)
For episode "A Cup of Kindness".
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre: S. Lee Pogostin (writer) (NBC)
For episode "The Game (#3.1)".

Individual Achievements in Cinematography - Cinematography

WINNER

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea: Winton C. Hoch (cinematographer) (American Broadcasting Company (ABC))

NOMINEES

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.: Fred J. Koenekamp (cinematographer) (National Broadcasting Company (NBC))
Run for Your Life: Lionel Lindon (cinematographer) (National Broadcasting Company (NBC))
For episode "The Cold, Cold War of Paul Bryan" (#1.1).
The Fugitive: Meredith M. Nicholson (cinematographer) (ABC)
Bonanza: Haskell B. Boggs (cinematographer), William P. Whitley (cinematographer) (NBC)
Michelangelo: The Last Giant: Tom Priestley (cinematographer) (NBC)
The Wild Wild West: Ted Voigtlander (cinematographer) (CBS)

Individual Achievements in Cinematography - Special

WINNER

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea: L.B. Abbott (photographic effects), Howard Lydecker (photographic effects) (American Broadcasting Company (ABC))

NOMINEES

Lost in Space: Howard Lydecker (photographic effects), L.B. Abbott (photographic effects) (CBS)
Bonanza: Edward P. Ancona Jr. (color coordinator) (NBC)

Individual Achievements in Art Direction and Allied Crafts - Mechanical Special Effects

NOMINEES

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.: Robert Murdock (creation of unusual props), Arnold Goode (creation of unusual props), Bill Graham (creation of unusual props) (National Broadcasting Company (NBC))
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea: Robert A. Tait (mechanical effects) (American Broadcasting Company (ABC))

Individual Achievements in Art Direction and Allied Crafts - Makeup

NOMINEE

Inherit the Wind: Bob O'Bradovich (makeup) (National Broadcasting Company (NBC))
Shown within _"Halllmark Hall of Fame" (1951)_

Individual Achievements in Art Direction and Allied Crafts - Art Direction

WINNER

The Hollywood Palace: James Trittipo (art director) (American Broadcasting Company (ABC))

NOMINEES

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.: James W. Sullivan (art director), George W. Davis (art director), Merrill Pye (art director) (National Broadcasting Company (NBC))
Color Me Barbra: Tom H. John (art director) (CBS)
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea: William J. Creber (art director) (American Broadcasting Company (ABC))
Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color: William H. Tuntke (art director), Carroll Clark (art director) (National Broadcasting Company (NBC))
For episodes "Further Adventures of Gallegher" (#12.2, #12.3, #12.4)
The Andy Williams Show: Edward Stephenson (NBC)

Individual Achievements in Art Direction and Allied Crafts - Set Direction

NOMINEES

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea: Norman Rockett (set decorator) (American Broadcasting Company (ABC))
Color Me Barbra: Bill Harp (set decorator) (CBS)
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.: Henry Grace (set decorator), Charles S. Thompson (set decorator), Jack Mills (set decorator), Frank Lombardo (set decorator) (National Broadcasting Company (NBC))

Individual Achievements in Art Direction and Allied Crafts - Costume Design

NOMINEES

Danny Thomas' The Wonderful World of Burlesque: Second Edition: Bob Mackie (costume designer), Ray Aghayan (costume designer) (National Broadcasting Company (NBC))
The Hollywood Palace: Ed Smith (wardrobe) (American Broadcasting Company (ABC))

Individual Achievements in Electronic Production - Video Tape Editing

WINNER

The Julie Andrews Show: Craig Curtis (editor), Arthur Schneider (editor) (NBC)

NOMINEE

Lorne Greene's American West: Arthur Schneider (editor), Stan Chlebek (editor), Craig Curtis (editor) (NBC)

Individual Achievements in Film Editing

WINNERS

The Making of a President: 1964: William T. Cartwright (editor), David E. Blewitt (editor) (CBS)
Bonanza: Marvin Coil (editor), Everett Douglas (editor), Ellsworth Hoagland (editor) (NBC)

NOMINEES

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea: Robert Belcher (editor), Dick Wormell (editor), James Baiotto (editor) (American Broadcasting Company (ABC))
Michelangelo: The Last Giant: Loftus McDonough (editor) (National Broadcasting Company (NBC))
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.: William B. Gulick (editor), Joseph Dervin (editor), Henry Berman (editor) (National Broadcasting Company (NBC))

Individual Achievements in Sound Editing

WINNER


No recipient was awarded in this category.

NOMINEES

Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom: James Bourgeois (sound editor) (NBC)
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.: John Lipow (sound editor), William Rival (sound editor) (NBC)
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea: Don Higgins (sound editor), Bob Cornett (sound editor), Elwell Jackson (sound editor), Don Hall (supervising sound editor) (ABC)
Batman: Dick Le Grand (sound editor), Ross Taylor (sound editor), Harold E. Wooley (sound editor), Ralph Hickey (sound editor) (ABC)

Individual Achievements in Electronic Production - Special Electronic Effects

NOMINEE

The Julie Andrews Show: Milt Altman (special electronic effects) (NBC)

Individual Achievements in Music - Conducting

NOMINEES

The Bell Telephone Hour: Donald Voorhees (NBC)
The Hollywood Palace: Mitchell Ayres (ABC)
Saga of Western Man: Erich Leinsdorf (ABC)
For episode "Beethoven: Ordeal and Triumph".
Frank Sinatra: A Man and His Music: Gordon Jenkins, Nelson Riddle (NBC)
The Julie Andrews Show: Irwin Kostal (NBC)
Michelangelo: The Last Giant: Laurence Rosenthal (NBC)

Individual Achievements in Music - Arranging

NOMINEES

The Hollywood Palace: Joseph Lipman (arranger) (American Broadcasting Company (ABC))
Alice in Wonderland or What's a Nice Kid Like You Doing in a Place Like This?: Marty Paich (ABC)

Individual Achievements in Music - Composition

WINNER

Michelangelo: The Last Giant: Laurence Rosenthal (NBC)

NOMINEES

Bonanza: David Rose (NBC)
Gunsmoke: Morton Stevens (CBS)
For episode "Seven Hours To Dawn".
I Spy: Earle Hagen (NBC)
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.: Jerry Goldsmith (NBC)
For the original theme music.
Run for Your Life: Pete Rugolo (NBC)
The Making of a President: 1964: Lalo Schifrin (CBS)

Outstanding Musical Program

WINNER

Frank Sinatra: A Man and His Music: Dwight Hemion (producer) (NBC)

NOMINEES

The Bell Telephone Hour: Barry Wood (executive producer) (NBC)
Color Me Barbra: Joe Layton (producer), Dwight Hemion (producer) (CBS)

Outstanding Dramatic Series

WINNER

The Fugitive: Alan A. Armer (producer) (ABC)

NOMINEES

Bonanza: David Dortort (producer) (NBC)
I Spy: David Friedkin (producer), Morton S. Fine (producer) (NBC)
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.: Norman Felton (executive producer) (NBC)
Slattery's People: Irving Elman (producer) (CBS)

Outstanding Children's Program

WINNER

A Charlie Brown Christmas: Lee Mendelson (producer), Bill Melendez (producer) (CBS)

NOMINEES

Captain Kangaroo: Al Hyslop (producer) (CBS)
NBC Children's Theatre: George A. Heinemann (producer) (NBC)
For episode "The World of Stuart Little".
Discovery: Jules Power (executive producer) (ABC)
Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color: Walt Disney (producer), Ron Miller (producer) (NBC)
For episode "Further Adventures of Gallagher".
For episode "The Adventures of Gallegher: Part 1 (#11.16)".
For episode "The Adventures of Gallegher: Part 2 (#11.17)".
For episode "The Adventures of Gallegher: Part 3 (#11.18)".

Outstanding Variety Special

WINNER

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre: Bob Hope (executive producer) (NBC)
For the Christmas Special (19 January 1966).

NOMINEE

The Julie Andrews Show: Alan Handley (producer) (NBC)

Individual Achievements in Electronic Production - Lighting

WINNER

Frank Sinatra: A Man and His Music: Lon Stucky (lighting) (NBC)

NOMINEES

Color Me Barbra: Robert Barry (lighting) (CBS)
The Bell Telephone Hour: Phil Hyms (lighting) (NBC)
The Andy Williams Show: John Freschi (NBC)

Outstanding Achievement in News and Documentaries - Programs

WINNER

CBS Reports: David Lowe (producer) (CBS)
For episode: "Ku Klux Klan: The Invisible Empire". Awarded posthumously. The award was accepted by his wife Harriet Van Horne.

Individual Achievements in Electronic Production - Audio Engineering

WINNER

Young People's Concerts: Young Performers No. 7 - Pictures at an Exhibition: Laurence Schneider (audio engineer) (CBS)
Official ATAS records lists title as "New York Philharmonic Young People's Concerts with Leonard Bernstein".

NOMINEES

Perry Mason: Herman Lewis (audio engineer) (CBS)
The Andy Williams Show: William Cole (audio engineer) (NBC)

Special Classification of Individual Achievements

WINNER

That Was the Week That Was: Burr Tillstrom (NBC)
For the "Berlin Wall" hand ballet.

NOMINEES

The Julie Andrews Show: Gene Kelly (NBC)
The Jackie Gleason Show: Art Carney (CBS)
For episode "The Adoption".
Inherit the Wind: Robert Hartung (adaptation) (NBC)
Shown within Hallmark Hall of Fame.
The Julie Andrews Show: Tony Charmoli (choreography) (NBC)
The Danny Kaye Show: Tony Charmoli (choreography) (CBS)
Linus! The Lion Hearted: Carl Reiner (voices) (CBS)
The Andy Williams Show: Nick Castle (choreographer) (NBC)
A Charlie Brown Christmas: Charles M. Schulz (writer) (CBS)

Outstanding Variety Series

WINNER

The Andy Williams Show: Bob Finkel (producer) (NBC)

NOMINEES

The Danny Kaye Show: Robert Scheerer (producer) (CBS)
The Hollywood Palace: William O. Harbach (producer), Nick Vanoff (producer) (ABC)
The Red Skelton Hour: Seymour Berns (producer) (CBS)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson: Art Stark (producer) (NBC)

Individual Achievements in Electronic Production - Video Control

NOMINEE

The Bell Telephone Hour: Arnold Dick (NBC)

Achievements in Daytime Programming - Programs

WINNERS

Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom: Don Meier (NBC)
Camera Three: Dan Gallagher (CBS)

NOMINEE

Today: Al Morgan (producer) (NBC)
For episode "A Tribute to Stevenson" (15 July, 1965).

Outstanding Achievement in News and Documentaries - Individuals

NOMINEE

CBS Reports: David Lowe (writer) (CBS)
For episode: "Ku Klux Klan: The Invisible Empire". Nomination posthumous.

Outstanding Dramatic Program

WINNER

Ages of Man: David Susskind (producer), Daniel Melnick (producer) (CBS)

NOMINEES

Slattery's People: Irving Elman (producer) (CBS)
For episode "Rally 'Round Your Own Flag, Mister".
Hallmark Hall of Fame: George Schaefer (producer) (NBC)
For episode "Eagle in a Cage (#15.1)".
Inherit the Wind: George Schaefer (producer) (NBC)

Outstanding Comedy Series

WINNER

The Dick Van Dyke Show: Carl Reiner (producer) (CBS)

NOMINEES

Batman: Howie Horwitz (producer) (ABC)
Bewitched: Jerry Davis (producer) (ABC)
Get Smart: Leonard Stern (executive producer) (NBC)
Hogan's Heroes: Edward H. Feldman (producer) (CBS)

Individual Achievements in Electronic Production - Electronic Cameramen

NOMINEE

The Strolling '20s: Emil Husni, Al Loreto, Mike English, John Lincoln (CBS)

Achievements in Educational Television - Individuals

WINNER

The French Chef: Julia Child (instructor/hostess) (NET)

NOMINEE

News in Perspective: Lester Markel (commentator), Tom Wicker (commentator), Max Frankel (commentator) (National Educational Television (NET))

Achievements in Educational Television - Programs

NOMINEES

Festival of Arts: David Sloss (producer) (NET)
For episode "A Roomful of Music".
Festival of Arts: Jac Venza (producer) (NET)
For episode "Dance Theatre of José Limon".

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