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"The Big Valley" (1965): Season 1: Episode 29 -- Victoria helps a friend and her ex-outlaw husband who have opened a store next to a warehouse of gold.
"The Big Valley" (1965): Season 1: Episode 24 -- In a secretive town, Jarrod investigates Heath's hatred of a man rescued from bounty hunters.
"The Big Valley" (1965): Season 1: Episode 3 -- Obsessed to learn her late husband's past, Victoria endangers her life in a mining town.
"The Big Valley" (1965): Season 1: Episode 26 -- Victoria forces an escaped convict at gunpoint to rescue Heath from beneath a mudslide; guest Bruce Dern.
"The Big Valley" (1965): Season 1: Episode 13 -- Heath claims a new foreman was once commandant of a corrupt prison camp in the Civil War; guest John Anderson.

Overview

Date of Birth:

23 February 1922, Chicago, Illinois, USA more

Date of Death:

13 September 2009, Tarzana, California, USA more

Mini Biography:

Jules V. Levy, Arthur Gardner and Arnold Laven met in 1943 in the First... more

Trivia:

Arnold Laven was the "script boy" for The Arizona Ranger (1948), a film starring father... more

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Awards:

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Filmography

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Producer
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Year Gross (USD) Rating
- 1. Underground (1970)   (producer) 1970 - 4.6 (20)
AKAs:
  • Resistance
- 2. "The Big Valley" (1965)   producer (60 episodes, 1965-1967) executive producer (52 episodes, 1967-1969) 1969 - 7.8 (390)
112 TV episodes: 107 episodes not shown.
- 3. Sam Whiskey (1969) (producer) 1969 - 5.7 (314)
- 4. The Scalphunters (1968) (producer) 1968 - 6.8 (931)
- 5. Clambake (1967) (producer) 1967 - 5.0 (876)
- 6. The Glory Guys (1965) (producer) 1965 - 6.0 (160)
- 7. "The Rifleman" (1958)   producer (121 episodes, 1959-1963) 1963 - 8.1 (408)
121 TV episodes: 116 episodes not shown.
- 8. Geronimo (1962) (producer) 1962 - 5.7 (291)
- 9. "The Dick Powell Show" (1961)   producer (1 episode, 1962) 1962 - 7.3 (40)
AKAs:
  • The Dick Powell Theatre (USA: new title)
1 TV episode:
- 10. "The Detectives Starring Robert Taylor" (1959)   producer (2 episodes, 1960-1961) 1961 - 8.2 (32)
AKAs:
  • Robert Taylor's Detectives (new title)
  • The Detectives
  • The Detectives, Starring Robert Taylor
2 TV episodes:
- 11. "Law of the Plainsman" (1959)   executive producer (24 episodes, 1959-1960) 1960 - 9.2 (12)
AKAs:
  • The Westerners (USA: syndication title)
24 TV episodes: 19 episodes not shown.
- 12. "Zane Grey Theater" (1956)   producer (1 episode, 1958) 1958 - 6.8 (53)
AKAs:
  • Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theater (USA: complete title)
  • The Westerners (USA: rerun title)
1 TV episode:
- 13. The Vampire (1957/I)   (producer) 1957 - 5.5 (215)
AKAs:
  • Mark of the Vampire (USA: TV title)
Director
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Year Gross (USD) Rating
- 1. "Lady Blue" (1985) (unknown episodes) 1985 - 6.5 (40)
- 2. "The A-Team" (1983)   (6 episodes, 1983-1985) 1985 - 7.6 (4,992)
6 TV episodes: 1 episode not shown.
- 3. "Riptide" (1984) (unknown episodes) 1984 - 6.4 (315)
- 4. "The Greatest American Hero" (1981)   (7 episodes, 1981-1983) 1983 - 7.2 (643)
- 5. "Cassie & Co." (1982)   (2 episodes, 1982) 1982 - -
2 TV episodes:
- 6. "Hill Street Blues" (1981)   (3 episodes, 1981-1982) 1982 - 8.3 (1,190)
- 7. "CHiPs" (1977)   (2 episodes, 1981) 1981 - 6.1 (780)
AKAs:
  • CHiPs Patrol (USA: syndication title)
2 TV episodes:
- 8. "Freebie and the Bean" (1980)   (1 episode, 1981) 1981 - -
1 TV episode:
- 9. Back to the Planet of the Apes (1981) (TV)   1981 - 4.7 (375)
AKAs:
  • The New Planet of the Apes (USA: alternative title)
- 10. "Tenspeed and Brown Shoe" (1980) (unknown episodes) 1980 - 7.8 (99)
- 11. "The Yeagers" (1980) (unknown episodes) 1980 - -
- 12. "Eight Is Enough" (1977)   (5 episodes, 1978-1979) 1979 - 6.4 (329)
- 13. "Paris" (1979)   (1 episode, 1979) 1979 - 5.9 (6)
1 TV episode:
- 14. "Time Express" (1979) (unknown episodes) 1979 - 6.3 (7)
- 15. "Friends" (1979) (unknown episodes) 1979 - 3.0 (19)
- 16. "Turnabout" (1979)   (1 episode, 1979) 1979 - -
1 TV episode:
- 17. "Fantasy Island" (1978)   (2 episodes, 1978-1979) 1979 - 6.3 (626)
- 18. "The Rockford Files" (1974)   (2 episodes, 1978) 1978 - 8.4 (1,108)
AKAs:
  • Jim Rockford, Private Investigator (USA: syndication title)
2 TV episodes:
- 19. "Richie Brockelman, Private Eye" (1978) (unknown episodes) 1978 - 7.6 (12)
- 20. "The Six Million Dollar Man" (1974)   (3 episodes, 1975-1978) 1978 - 7.3 (822)
3 TV episodes:
- 21. "Rafferty" (1977)   (3 episodes, 1977) 1977 - 6.7 (10)
- 22. "Delvecchio" (1976)   (3 episodes, 1976-1977) 1977 - 7.3 (32)
3 TV episodes:
- 23. "Switch" (1975)   (1 episode, 1977) 1977 - 7.2 (88)
1 TV episode:
- 24. "Dog and Cat" (1977) (unknown episodes) 1977 - 8.4 (12)
- 25. "Police Woman" (1974)   (2 episodes, 1974-1977) 1977 - 6.6 (186)
2 TV episodes:
- 26. "Isis" (1975)   (6 episodes, 1975) 1975 - 6.8 (111)
AKAs:
  • The Secret of Isis
6 TV episodes: 1 episode not shown.
- 27. "Archer" (1975)   (1 episode, 1975) 1975 - -
1 TV episode:
- 28. "Planet of the Apes" (1974)   (3 episodes, 1974) 1974 - 7.1 (551)
3 TV episodes:
- 29. "Shazam!" (1974) (unknown episodes) 1974 - 6.9 (140)
- 30. Rex Harrison Presents Stories of Love (1974) (TV)   (segment "Kiss Me Again, Stranger") 1974 - 6.5 (11)
AKAs:
  • Short Stories of Love
  • Short Story
  • Three Faces of Love
- 31. "Ironside" (1967)   (2 episodes, 1972-1974) 1974 - 7.1 (312)
AKAs:
  • The Raymond Burr Show (USA: syndication title)
2 TV episodes:
- 32. "Mannix" (1967)   (8 episodes, 1972-1973) 1973 - 7.3 (319)
- 33. "The Magician" (1973) (unknown episodes) 1973 - 7.2 (79)
- 34. "Griff" (1973) (unknown episodes) 1973 - -
- 35. "Gunsmoke" (1955)   (1 episode, 1973) 1973 - 8.0 (686)
AKAs:
  • Gun Law (UK)
  • Marshal Dillon (USA: rerun title)
1 TV episode:
- 36. "Ghost Story" (1972)   (1 episode, 1972) 1972 - 7.3 (76)
AKAs:
  • Circle of Fear (USA: new title)
1 TV episode:
- 37. "Marcus Welby, M.D." (1969)   (2 episodes, 1971-1972) 1972 - 7.4 (189)
AKAs:
  • Robert Young, Family Doctor
2 TV episodes:
- 38. "Dan August" (1970)   (1 episode, 1970) 1970 - 7.6 (53)
1 TV episode:
- 39. Sam Whiskey (1969) 1969 - 5.7 (314)
- 40. "The Big Valley" (1965)   (6 episodes, 1965-1968) 1968 - 7.8 (390)
6 TV episodes: 1 episode not shown.
- 41. Rough Night in Jericho (1967) 1967 - 6.3 (262)
- 42. "The F.B.I." (1965) (unknown episodes) 1965 - 8.0 (166)
- 43. The Glory Guys (1965) 1965 - 6.0 (160)
- 44. "The Alfred Hitchcock Hour" (1962)   (1 episode, 1964) 1964 - 8.6 (319)
1 TV episode:
- 45. "The Rifleman" (1958)   (21 episodes, 1958-1963) 1963 - 8.1 (408)
21 TV episodes: 16 episodes not shown.
- 46. Geronimo (1962) 1962 - 5.7 (291)
- 47. "The Detectives Starring Robert Taylor" (1959)   (2 episodes, 1959) 1959 - 8.2 (32)
AKAs:
  • Robert Taylor's Detectives (new title)
  • The Detectives
  • The Detectives, Starring Robert Taylor
2 TV episodes:
- 48. Anna Lucasta (1959) 1959 - 6.5 (86)
- 49. "Zane Grey Theater" (1956)   (1 episode, 1958) 1958 - 6.8 (53)
AKAs:
  • Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theater (USA: complete title)
  • The Westerners (USA: rerun title)
1 TV episode:
- 50. "Wagon Train" (1957)   (1 episode, 1958) 1958 - 7.6 (211)
AKAs:
  • Major Adams, Trail Master
1 TV episode:
- 51. Slaughter on Tenth Avenue (1957) 1957 - 6.8 (111)
- 52. The Monster That Challenged the World (1957) 1957 - 5.5 (597)
- 53. The Rack (1956) 1956 - 6.8 (377)
- 54. "Telephone Time" (1956)   (1 episode, 1956) 1956 - 8.9 (20)
1 TV episode:
- 55. "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" (1955)   (1 episode, 1956) 1956 - 8.8 (1,223)
1 TV episode:
- 56. "Celebrity Playhouse" (1955)   (2 episodes, 1955-1956) 1956 - -
2 TV episodes:
- 57. "Stage 7" (1955)   (1 episode, 1955) 1955 - -
1 TV episode:
- 58. "The Ford Television Theatre" (1952)   (2 episodes, 1954-1955) 1955 - 7.3 (31)
AKAs:
  • Ford Theatre (USA: short title)
2 TV episodes:
- 59. Down Three Dark Streets (1954) 1954 - 6.9 (183)
- 60. "Schlitz Playhouse of Stars" (1951)   (1 episode, 1954) 1954 - 7.1 (49)
AKAs:
  • Herald Playhouse (USA: syndication title)
  • Schlitz Playhouse (USA: new title)
  • The Playhouse (USA: syndication title)
1 TV episode:
- 61. "The Joe Palooka Story" (1954)   (1 episode) 1954 - -
AKAs:
  • Joe Palooka (USA: informal English title)
1 TV episode:
- 62. Vice Squad (1953)   1953 - 6.6 (169)
AKAs:
  • The Girl in Room 17 (UK)
- 63. Without Warning! (1952)   1952 - 6.8 (80)
AKAs:
  • Without Warning (USA: poster title)
Miscellaneous Crew
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Year Gross (USD) Rating
- 1. Thy Neighbor's Wife (1953) (script supervisor) 1953 - 5.1 (13)
- 2. Mutiny (1952) (set continuity) 1952 - 5.0 (95)
- 3. Queen for a Day (1951)   (script supervisor) 1951 - 5.4 (11)
AKAs:
  • Horsie
- 4. He Ran All the Way (1951)   (dialogue director) 1951 - 7.1 (438)
AKAs:
  • He Ran All the Way Home (UK)
- 5. Teresa (1951) (script supervisor) 1951 - 6.4 (130)
- 6. Border Treasure (1950) (script supervisor) (uncredited) 1950 - 6.1 (13)
- 7. The Second Woman (1950)   (dialogue director) 1950 - 6.4 (235)
AKAs:
  • Ellen (UK)
  • Here Lies Love
  • Twelve Miles Out
- 8. D.O.A. (1950) (script supervisor) (uncredited) 1950 - 7.5 (3,500)
- 9. The Big Wheel (1949) (script supervisor) (uncredited) 1949 - 5.7 (206)
- 10. Reign of Terror (1949)   (script supervisor) (uncredited) 1949 - 7.1 (309)
AKAs:
  • The Black Book (UK)
- 11. The Daring Caballero (1949)   (script supervisor) (uncredited) 1949 - 6.7 (8)
AKAs:
  • Guns of Fury (USA: TV title)
- 12. Tulsa (1949) (script supervisor) 1949 - 6.2 (299)
- 13. He Walked by Night (1948) (script supervisor) (uncredited) 1948 - 7.4 (1,376)
- 14. In This Corner (1948) (script supervisor) (uncredited) 1948 - 6.6 (7)
- 15. Hollow Triumph (1948)   (script supervisor) (uncredited) 1948 - 6.6 (423)
AKAs:
  • The Man Who Murdered Himself (USA: reissue title)
  • The Scar (UK)
- 16. The Amazing Mr. X (1948)   (script supervisor) (uncredited) 1948 - 6.7 (387)
AKAs:
  • The Spiritualist (UK)
- 17. Canon City (1948) (script supervisor) (uncredited) 1948 - 7.2 (81)
- 18. Mickey (1948) (script supervisor) 1948 - 6.4 (16)
- 19. Man from Texas (1948) (script supervisor) 1948 - 6.6 (12)
- 20. Adventures of Gallant Bess (1948) (script supervisor) (uncredited) 1948 - 5.6 (23)
Writer
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Year Gross (USD) Rating
- 1. Geronimo (1962) (story) 1962 - 5.7 (291)

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