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John Meredyth Lucas (1919–2002)

Producer | Writer | Director

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Son of Bess Meredyth and Wilfred Lucas. See more trivia »

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in Los Angeles, California, USA

Died:

(age 83) in Newport Beach, Orange County, California, USA
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Hide HideProducer (6 titles)
1967-1982 Insight (TV series) (producer - 79 episodes)
– All Out (1982) (producer)
– Man of the Year (1977) (producer)
– The Picture in Sobel's Window (1976) (producer)
– Girl in Freefall (1976) (producer)
– Jesus B.C. (1976) (producer)
See all 79 episodes »
 
1980 Beyond Westworld (TV series) (producer - 5 episodes)
– Sound of Terror (1980) (producer)
– My Brother's Keeper (1980) (producer)
– Westworld Destroyed (1980) (producer)
– Take-Over (1980) (producer)
– The Lion (1980) (producer)
 
1967-1968 Star Trek (TV series) (producer - 10 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)
See all 10 episodes »
 
1966 The Fugitive (TV series) (co-producer - 9 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)
See all 9 episodes »
 
1965-1966 Ben Casey (TV series) (producer - 12 episodes)
– Lullaby for a Wind-Up Toy (1966) (producer)
– Fun and Games and Other Tragic Things (1966) (producer)
– If You Play Your Cards Right, You Too Can Be a Loser (1965) (producer)
– The Importance of Being 65937 (1965) (producer)
– No More, Cried the Rooster - There Will Be Truth (1965) (producer)
See all 12 episodes »
 
1961 Whiplash (TV series) (associate producer - 34 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)
See all 34 episodes »
 
Show ShowWriter (44 titles)
2013 Star Trek New Voyages: Phase II (TV series)
– Kitumba (2013) (based on a story by)
 
1984 Yeshua
 
1981 Nero Wolfe (TV series)
– To Catch a Dead Man (1981) (writer)
 
1978 Fantasy Island (TV series)
– Call Me Lucky/Torch Singer (1978) (story / segment "Torch Song" / teleplay / segment "Torch Song")
 
1976-1978 The Six Million Dollar Man (TV series)
– 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)
See all 6 episodes »
 
1977 Logan's Run (TV series)
– The Judas Goat (1977) (written by)
 
1977 Kojak (TV series)
– Tears for All Who Love Her (1977) (story)
 
1977 Rafferty (TV series)
– The Cutting Edge (1977) (written by)
– The Price of Pain (teleplay)
 
1975-1976 Harry O (TV series)
– Death Certificate (1976) (written by)
– Victim (1976) (story / teleplay)
– Mayday (1975) (written by)
– Anatomy of a Frame (1975) (teleplay)
– Silent Kill (1975) (story)
 
1975 Swiss Family Robinson (TV series)
– Ernie's Christmas (1975) (written by)
– The Pit (1975) (written by)
 
1967-1974 Mannix (TV series)
– A Choice of Victims (1974) (story)
– Desert Run (1973) (written by)
– Search for a Whisper (1973) (teleplay)
– Portrait of a Hero (1972) (teleplay)
– A Gathering of Ghosts (1971) (teleplay)
See all 11 episodes »
 
1974 Inferno in Paradise (written by)
 
1973 The Starlost (TV series)
– The Implant People (1973) (uncredited)
 
1971 Medical Center (TV series)
– Idolmaker (1971) (written by)
– Danger Point (1971) (written by)
 
1965-1971 Insight (TV series)
– Bird on 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)
See all 7 episodes »
 
1971 City Beneath the Sea (TV movie) (screenplay)
 
1970 The Silent Force (TV series)
– Take as Directed for Death (1970) (written by)
 
1967-1969 Star Trek (TV series)
– That Which Survives (1969) (teleplay)
– Elaan of Troyius (1968) (written by)
– Patterns of Force (1968) (written by)
– The Changeling (1967) (written by)
 
1967 The Fugitive (TV series)
– The Breaking of the Habit (1967) (writer)
 
1964-1965 Ben Casey (TV series)
– 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)
 
1965 My Blood Runs Cold (story)
 
1963 Burke's Law (TV series)
– Who Killed Beau Sparrow? (1963) (written by)
– Who Killed Harris Crown? (1963) (written by)
 
1963 Laramie (TV series)
– The Sometime Gambler (1963) (teleplay and story)
 
1961 Bus Stop (TV series)
– The Covering Darkness (1961) (story / teleplay)
 
1960 Pony Express (TV series)
– The Search (1960) (written by)
– The Replacement (1960) (writer)
 
1959 The Lawless Years (TV series)
– Lucky Silva (1959) (as John Mcready Lucas)
– The Payoff (1959) (writer)
– No Fare (1959) (writer)
 
1959 Cimarron City (TV series)
– The Bitter Lesson (1959) (teleplay)
 
1958 The Sign of Zorro (screenplay)
 
1958 Flight (TV series)
– Final Approach (1958) (writer)
– Flight Surgeon (1958) (writer)
– Crash Investigation (writer)
 
1957-1958 Zorro (TV series)
– 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)
See all 7 episodes »
 
1957 Dragnet (TV series)
– The Big Blank (1957) (writer)
 
1957 Noah's Ark (TV series)
– The Intruder (1957) (teleplay)
 
1957 Broken Arrow (TV series)
– Apache Massacre (1957) (writer)
 
1956 The Scarlet Hour (screenplay)
 
1955-1956 Cavalcade of America (TV series)
– The Prison Within (1956) (written by)
– Toward Tomorrow (1955) (screenplay)
 
1954-1955 Medic (TV series)
– Wall of Silence (1955)
– Break Through the Bars (1955) (teleplay)
– Flash of Darkness (1955) (written by)
– Breath of Life (1955) (teleplay)
– Boy in the Storm (1955) (writer)
See all 6 episodes »
 
1954-1955 The Loretta Young Show (TV series)
– Tale of a Cayuse (1955) (writer)
– Three Minutes Too Late (1954) (teleplay)
 
1954-1955 Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (TV series)
– Monsters of the Deep (1955) (writer)
– Operation Undersea (1954) (written by)
 
1953 Tumbleweed (screenplay)
 
1953 Mr. & Mrs. North (TV series)
– Hot Mink (1953) (written by)
– Dying to Live (1953) (written by)
 
1952 Captain Pirate (screenplay)
 
1951 Red Mountain
 
1951 Peking Express (screenplay)
 
1950 Dark City (screenplay)
 
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1989 The Magic Boy's Easter (video short)
 
1984 Yeshua (co-director)
 
1984 3 Days (short)
 
1981 Farewell to the Planet of the Apes (TV movie)
 
1967-1980 Insight (TV series)
– Resurrection (1980)
– Is Anybody Listening? (1978)
– Christmas 2025 (1977)
– Jesus B.C. (1976)
– Cum Laude, Come Lonely (1976)
See all 12 episodes »
 
1976 The Six Million Dollar Man (TV series)
– H+2+O = Death (1976)
 
1974 Planet of the Apes (TV series)
– Up Above the World So High (1974)
 
1970-1972 Rod Serling's Night Gallery (TV series)
– Green Fingers/The Funeral/The Tune in Dan's Cafe (1972) (segment "The Funeral")
– 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) (segment "The Hand of Borgus Weems" / as John M. Lucas)
– The Dead Man/The Housekeeper (1970) (segment "The Housekeeper")
 
1968 Star Trek (TV series)
– Elaan of Troyius (1968)
– The Enterprise Incident (1968)
– The Ultimate Computer (1968)
 
1967-1968 Mannix (TV series)
– 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)
 
1967 The Fugitive (TV series)
– The Walls of Night (1967)
– Death of a Very Small Killer (1967)
– The Ivy Maze (1967)
– The Breaking of the Habit (1967)
 
1967 The Invaders (TV series)
– The Betrayed (1967)
 
1964-1966 Ben Casey (TV series)
– 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)
See all 9 episodes »
 
1961 Whiplash (TV series)
– Love Story in Gold (1961)
– The Haunted Valley (1961)
– Dark Runs the Sea (1961)
– Storm River (1961)
– The Wreckers (1961)
See all 13 episodes »
 
1959 Cimarron City (TV series)
– Blind Is the Killer (1959)
– The Bitter Lesson (1959)
 
1958 Zorro (TV series)
– Death Stacks the Deck (1958)
– Zorro Fights His Father (1958)
– Sweet Face of Danger (1958)
 
1957 The Court of Last Resort (TV series)
– The Gordon Wallace Case (1957)
 
1957 The George Sanders Mystery Theater (TV series)
– Love Has No Alibi (1957)
 
1957 Code 3 (TV series)
– Oil Well Incident (1957)
 
1956-1957 Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV series)
– Malice Domestic (1957)
– Crackpot (1957)
– Jonathan (1956)
 
1956 The Ford Television Theatre (TV series)
– Front Page Father (1956)
– The Payoff (1956)
– The Silent Strangers (1956)
 
1955-1956 Cavalcade of America (TV series)
– A Bed of Roses (1956)
– The Prison Within (1956)
– Toward Tomorrow (1955)
 
1956 Celebrity Playhouse (TV series)
– East of Nowhere (1956)
 
1955 Medic (TV series)
– Wall of Silence (1955)
– All My Mothers, All My Fathers (1955)
– Flash of Darkness (1955)
 
1955 The Loretta Young Show (TV series)
– The Flood (1955)
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (4 titles)
1947 The Unsuspected (dialogue director - as Jack Meredyth Lucas)
 
1944 The Last Ride (dialogue director)
 
1943 Murder on the Waterfront (dialogue director - as John Lucas)
 
1943 The Gorilla Man (dialogue director - as John Lucas)
 
1943 This Is the Army (second assistant director - uncredited)
 
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Son of Bess Meredyth and Wilfred Lucas. See more »

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