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Earl Bellamy (1917–2003)

Director | Second Unit Director or Assistant Director | Producer

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. See full bio »

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in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

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(age 86) in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
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1991 Rin-Tin-Tin: Hero of the West (video) (archive directed by)
 
1985-1987 Lime Street (TV series)
– Treasure Hunt (1987)
– Old Pilots Never Die (1985)
 
1985 V (TV series)
– War of Illusions (1985)
 
1982-1985 Trapper John, M.D. (TV series)
– High Time (1985)
– Long Ago and Far Away (1985)
– Promises... Promises (1984)
– Eternally Yours (1984)
– This Gland Is Your Gland (1984)
See all 18 episodes »
 
1984 Blue Thunder (TV series)
– The Island (1984)
 
1980-1984 Hart to Hart (TV series)
– Larsen's Last Jump (1984)
– Too Close to Hart (1983)
– Hart and Sole (1982)
– Deep in the Hart of Dixieland (1982)
– The Hart of the Matter (1982)
See all 12 episodes »
 
1981 Code Red (TV series)
– Dark Fire (1981)
 
1981 CHiPs (TV series)
– Weed Wars (1981)
– Moonlight (1981)
 
1981 The Love Boat (TV series)
– I Love You Too, Smith/Mamma and Me/Sally's Paradise (1981)
– Black Sheep/Hometown Doc/Clothes Make the Girl (1981)
 
1981 Magnum Thrust
 
1978-1980 Fantasy Island (TV series)
– The Love Doctor/Pleasure Palace/Possessed (1980) (segment "The Love Doctor")
– Flying Aces/The Mermaid Returns (1980)
– Nona/One Million B.C. (1980)
– The Inventor/On the Other Side (1979)
– The Cheerleaders/Marooned (1979)
See all 20 episodes »
 
1980 Valentine Magic on Love Island (TV movie)
 
1979 The Castaways on Gilligan's Island (TV movie)
 
1976-1979 Starsky and Hutch (TV series)
– Targets Without a Badge: Part 2 (1979)
– Targets Without a Badge: Part 1 (1979)
– The Trap (1978)
– The Heavyweight (1978)
– Murder Ward (1977)
See all 9 episodes »
 
1978-1979 Eight Is Enough (TV series)
– Mother's Rule (1979)
– The Boyfriend (1978)
 
1978 Desperate Women (TV movie)
 
1977 The San Pedro Beach Bums (TV series)
– Lifting Is My Life (1977)
– Sweepstakes Bums (1977)
 
1977 Speedtrap
 
1977 Young Dan'l Boone (TV series)
– The Trail Blazer (1977)
 
1977 Sidewinder 1
 
1977 Fire! (TV movie)
 
1977 Future Cop (TV series)
– Girl on the Ledge (1977)
 
1976 Flood! (TV movie)
 
1976 The Quest (TV series)
– The Buffalo Hunters (1976)
 
1976 Isis (TV series)
– The Hitchhiker (1976)
– Seeing Eye Horse (1976)
 
1976 The Wackiest Wagon Train in the West (archive footage)
 
1976 Stranded (TV movie)
 
1969-1976 Medical Center (TV series)
– You Can't Annul My Baby (1976)
– The High Cost of Winning (1975)
– The Eighth Deadly Sin (1975)
– Saturday's Child (1974)
– Kiss and Kill (1974)
See all 21 episodes »
 
1975 Against a Crooked Sky
 
1975 Walking Tall Part II
 
1975 S.W.A.T. (TV series)
– Sole Survivor (1975)
– Omega One (1975)
 
1975 Matt Helm (TV series)
 
1975 The Six Million Dollar Man (TV series)
– Outrage in Balinderry (1975)
– Taneha (1975)
 
1975 Sidecar Racers
 
1974 Seven Alone
 
1973-1974 Dusty's Trail (TV series)
– From Here to Maternity (1974)
– Half Moon (1973)
 
1972-1973 The F.B.I. (TV series)
– Ransom (1973)
– Desperate Journey (1973)
– A Gathering of Sharks (1973)
– End of a Nightmare (1972)
 
1973 M*A*S*H (TV series)
– Ceasefire (1973)
– Love Story (1973)
 
1972 Me and the Chimp (TV series)
 
1972 Marcus Welby, M.D. (TV series)
– Heartbeat for Yesterday (1972)
 
1972 The Rookies (TV series)
– The Good Die Young (1972)
– Time Is the Fire (1972)
 
1971-1972 The Partners (TV series)
– Two in a Pen (1972)
– Two or False (1972)
– North Is Now South (1971)
 
1971-1972 My Three Sons (TV series)
– Whatever Happened to Ernie? (1972)
– Barbara Lost (1972)
– Lonesome Katie (1972)
– The Birth of Arfie (1972)
– Bad Day for Barbara (1972)
See all 24 episodes »
 
1972 The Sixth Sense (TV series)
– Echo of a Distant Scream (1972)
 
1972 The Brady Bunch (TV series)
– The Big Bet (1972)
 
1971 The Trackers (TV movie)
 
1968-1971 Mod Squad (TV series)
– The Sands of Anger (1971)
– Sweet Child of Terror (1970)
– Never Give the Fuzz an Even Break (1969)
– The Healer (1969)
– A Place to Run, a Heart to Hide In (1969)
See all 13 episodes »
 
1971 The Partridge Family (TV series)
– A Knight in Shining Armor (1971)
 
1970 The Young Rebels (TV series)
– Valley of the Guns (1970)
 
1970 That Girl (TV series)
– Don and Sandi and Harry and Snoopy (1970)
 
1970 Then Came Bronson (TV series)
– The Forest Primeval (1970)
 
1969-1970 The Doris Day Show (TV series)
– Buck's Portrait (1970)
– Married for a Day (1969)
 
1969 The Desperate Mission (TV movie)
 
1969 The Pigeon (TV movie)
 
1969 To Rome with Love (TV series)
 
1969 Backtrack!
 
1968-1969 Gentle Ben (TV series)
– The Bully (1969)
– My Son the Banker (1969)
– Warden's Pond (1968)
– A Gift of Love (1968)
 
1969 My Friend Tony (TV series)
 
1968 Three Guns for Texas
 
1966-1968 I Spy (TV series)
– Suitable for Framing (1968)
– The Name of the Game (1968)
– Happy Birthday Everybody (1968)
– Turnabout for Traitors (1968)
– Tag, You're It (1968)
See all 14 episodes »
 
1968 Cowboy in Africa (TV series)
– John Henry's Eden (1968)
– A Man of Value (1968)
– The Quiet Death (1968)
 
1967 Accidental Family (TV series)
– The Secret Life of Jerry Webster (1967)
– Halloween's on Us (1967)
 
1967 Get Smart (TV series)
– A Man Called Smart: Part 3 (1967)
– A Man Called Smart: Part 2 (1967)
– A Man Called Smart: Part 1 (1967)
– The Mummy (1967)
– Cutback at Control (1967)
See all 7 episodes »
 
1966-1967 Daniel Boone (TV series)
– The Necklace (1967)
– The Long Way Home (1967)
– When I Became a Man, I Put Away Childish Things (1967)
– The Wolf Man (1967)
– Onatha (1966)
See all 6 episodes »
 
1967 Heroic Mission (TV series)
 
1966 Tarzan (TV series)
– The Fire People (1966)
– The Three Faces of Death (1966)
 
1966 Iron Horse (TV series)
– Big Deal (1966)
 
1966 The Monroes (TV series)
– Ride with Terror (1966)
 
1966 Munster, Go Home!
 
1965-1966 Laredo (TV series)
– The Would-Be Gentleman of Laredo (1966)
– No Bugles, One Drum (1966)
– The Golden Trail (1965)
 
1962-1966 The Virginian (TV series)
– A Bald-Faced Boy (1966)
– We've Lost a Train (1965)
– A Bride for Lars (1964)
– First to Thine Own Self (1964)
– Roar from the Mountain (1964)
See all 8 episodes »
 
1966 Gunpoint
 
1965-1966 The John Forsythe Show (TV series)
– Engagement, Italian Style (1966)
– The Terrifying Inheritance of Major John Foster (1965)
 
1966 Incident at Phantom Hill
 
1964-1965 The Munsters (TV series)
– John Doe Munster (1965)
– Herman Munster, Shutterbug (1965)
– Lily Munster, Girl Model (1965)
– All-Star Munster (1965)
– Grandpa's Call of the Wild (1965)
See all 7 episodes »
 
1965 Fluffy
 
1965 Kraft Suspense Theatre (TV series)
– Jungle of Fear (1965)
 
1964-1965 McHale's Navy (TV series)
– Rumble on Taratupa (1965)
– The British Also Have Ensigns (1964)
– Will the Alligator Take the Stand? (1964)
– Laugh, Captain, Laugh (1964)
– Lester, the Skipper (1964)
See all 6 episodes »
 
1964 Broadside (TV series)
– Annie Shoots Down the Cupid (1964)
– The Non-Permanent Wave (1964)
 
1964 Destry (TV series)
– Big Deal at Little River (1964)
 
1963-1964 Arrest and Trial (TV series)
– The Black Flower (1964)
– Call It a Lifetime (1963) (uncredited)
 
1963-1964 The Andy Griffith Show (TV series)
– The Song Festers (1964)
– Hot Rod Otis (1964)
– Prisoner of Love (1964)
– My Fair Ernest T. Bass (1964)
– Gomer the House Guest (1963)
See all 7 episodes »
 
1963 Perry Mason (TV series)
– The Case of the Badgered Brother (1963)
– The Case of the Festive Felon (1963)
– The Case of the Decadent Dean (1963)
 
1963 Rawhide (TV series)
– Incident at El Crucero (1963)
 
1960-1963 Leave It to Beaver (TV series)
– Eddie's Sweater (1963)
– Beaver, the Caddy (1963)
– The Parking Attendants (1963)
– Ward's Baseball (1960)
 
1963 The Wide Country (TV series)
– Farewell to Margarita (1963)
 
1963 Alcoa Premiere (TV series)
– The Hat of Sergeant Martin (1963)
 
1962 Our Man Higgins (TV series)
 
1962 Stagecoach to Dancers' Rock
 
1962 Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (TV series)
 
1959-1962 Bachelor Father (TV series)
– Curfew Shall Not Ring Tonight (1962)
– Peter, the Medicine Man (1962)
– Divided House (1962)
– Boys Will Be (1962)
– Bentley Takes It Easy (1962)
See all 82 episodes »
 
1962 G.E. True Theater (TV series)
– The First Hundred Years (1962)
 
1962 Frontier Circus (TV series)
– Stopover in Paradise (1962)
 
1961 The Donna Reed Show (TV series)
– Private Tutor (1961)
 
1961 Whispering Smith (TV series)
– The Hemp Reeger Case (1961)
 
1961 Checkmate (TV series)
– A Slight Touch of Venom (1961)
 
1960 O'Conner's Ocean (TV movie)
 
1959-1960 Laramie (TV series)
– No Second Chance (1960)
– Bare Knuckles (1959)
 
1960 Pete and Gladys (TV series)
– Gladys and the Piggy Bank (1960)
 
1960 Bat Masterson (TV series)
– Dakota Showdown (1960)
 
1960 The Best of the Post (TV series)
– Command (1960)
 
1960 Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (TV series)
– Murder Is a Private Affair (1960)
 
1959-1960 Lassie (TV series)
– The Explorers (1960)
– The Maverick (1960)
– Judas Goat (1960)
– Star Reporter (1959)
– The Bounty Hunter (1959)
See all 7 episodes »
 
1957-1960 M Squad (TV series)
– Pitched Battle at Bluebell Acres (1960)
– The Slow Trap (1958)
– The Specialists (1957)
 
1959 U.S. Marshal (TV series)
– Trigger Happy (1959)
 
1957-1959 Tales of Wells Fargo (TV series)
– Doc Holliday (1959)
– Terry (1959)
– Fort Massacre (1959)
– The Happy Tree (1958)
– The Counterfeiters (1958)
See all 41 episodes »
 
1956-1959 State Trooper (TV series)
– Hard Money, Soft Touch (1959)
– The Man from Solitary (1959)
– Weep No More O'Grady (1956)
 
1959 Mike Hammer (TV series)
– Accentuate the Negative (1959)
– According to Luke (1959)
– Requiem for a Sucker (1959)
 
1958 Buckskin (TV series)
– The Trial of Chrissy Miller (1958)
 
1958 Schlitz Playhouse (TV series)
– Curfew at Midnight (1958)
 
1958 The Toughest Gun in Tombstone
 
1958 Studio 57 (TV series)
– Getaway Car (1958)
 
1958 The Restless Gun (TV series)
– The Hand Is Quicker (1958)
– Strange Family in Town (1958)
 
1957-1958 Sergeant Preston of the Yukon (TV series)
– The Criminal Collie (1958)
– Gold Rush Patrol (1958)
– Follow the Leader (1958)
– The Old Timer (1957)
– The Jailbreaker (1957)
See all 8 episodes »
 
1957-1958 Wagon Train (TV series)
– The Gabe Carswell Story (1958)
– The Clara Beauchamp Story (1957)
 
1956-1957 The Lone Ranger (TV series)
– Blind Witness (1957)
– The Banker's Son (1957)
– Journey to San Carlos (1957)
– Mission for Tonto (1957)
– The Tarnished Star (1957)
See all 29 episodes »
 
1956-1957 Annie Oakley (TV series)
– The Dutch Gunmaker (1957)
– Sundown Stage (1956)
 
1957 Sheriff of Cochise (TV series)
– Apache Kid (1957)
 
1955-1956 Soldiers of Fortune (TV series)
– The Tattooed Lady of Torima (1956)
– Boomerang (1956)
– The Honor of Dr. Mazaro (1955)
– Jungle Rebel (1955)
 
1956 Blackjack Ketchum, Desperado
 
1955-1956 The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin (TV series)
– Rusty Surrenders (1956)
– Boone's Wedding Day (1955)
– Rin Tin Tin Meets Mister President (1955)
– Bounty Hunters (1955)
– Rin Tin Tin and the Shifting Sands (1955)
 
1955 Jungle Jim (TV series)
– A Fortune in Ivory (1955)
– Lagoon of Death (1955)
– Treasure of the Amazon (1955)
– Land of Terror (1955)
– Man Killer (1955)
 
1955 Crusader (TV series)
 
1955 Tales of the Texas Rangers (TV series)
 
1955 Seminole Uprising
 
1955 Masquerade (TV movie)
 
1954 The Lineup (TV series)
– Cop Shooting (1954)
– Cop Killer (1954)
– The Finley Case (1954)
 
1954 A Star Is Born (assistant director)
 
1954 It Should Happen to You (assistant director)
 
1953 From Here to Eternity (assistant director)
 
1953 Let's Do It Again (assistant director)
 
1953 Salome (assistant director)
 
1952 Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder (assistant director)
 
1952 He Cooked His Goose (short) (assistant director - uncredited)
 
1952 The Marrying Kind (assistant director)
 
1951 Ten Tall Men (assistant director)
 
1951 Chain of Circumstance (assistant director)
 
1951 Sirocco (assistant director)
 
1950 Born Yesterday (assistant director)
 
1950 Emergency Wedding (assistant director)
 
1950 The Fuller Brush Girl (assistant director)
 
1950 In a Lonely Place (assistant director)
 
1950 A Woman of Distinction (assistant director)
 
1949 And Baby Makes Three (assistant director)
 
1949 The Reckless Moment (assistant director)
 
1949 Johnny Allegro (assistant director)
 
1949 Laramie (assistant director - uncredited)
 
1949 Desert Vigilante (assistant director - uncredited)
 
1949 The Crime Doctor's Diary (assistant director - uncredited)
 
1949 Shockproof (assistant director)
 
1948 El Dorado Pass (assistant director)
 
1948 Black Eagle (assistant director)
 
1948 The Loves of Carmen (assistant director)
 
1947 Sport of Kings (assistant director)
 
1947 Bulldog Drummond at Bay (assistant director - uncredited)
 
1947 Jewels of Brandenburg (assistant director)
 
1947 Backlash (assistant director)
 
1947 Vacation Days (assistant director)
 
1946 Dangerous Millions (assistant director)
 
1945 Kiss and Tell (assistant director)
 
1945 Counter-Attack (assistant director)
 
1945 Rough Ridin' Justice (assistant director)
 
1944 Mr. Winkle Goes to War (assistant director)
 
1944 The Desert Hawk (assistant director)
 
1944 Jam Session (assistant director)
 
1944 The Return of the Vampire (assistant director - uncredited)
 
1943 Klondike Kate (assistant director)
 
1943 The Chance of a Lifetime (assistant director)
 
1943 Footlight Glamour (assistant director)
 
1943 After Midnight with Boston Blackie (assistant director - uncredited)
 
1942 The Talk of the Town (third assistant director - uncredited)
 
1940 Arizona (assistant director - uncredited)
 
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1962 Stagecoach to Dancers' Rock (producer)
 

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[about the ability of Highland Dale--aka "Beauty"--the title horse used in Fury, to play baseball] The horse was out in center field. When the kid hit the ball, wherever it went, Fury went after it and ran to home base with it. McCutcheon [trainer Ralph McCutcheon] had the horse so well trained he could say... See more »

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