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Arthur Penn (I) (1922–2010)

Director | Producer | Actor

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Won Broadway's 1960 Tony Award as Best Director (Dramatic) for "The Miracle Worker." He was also Tony-nominated two other times: in 1958 as Best Director for "Two for the Seesaw." and in 1961 as Best Director (Dramatic) for "All the Way Home." See more trivia »

Born:

in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Died:

(age 88) in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
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Hide HideDirector (27 titles)
2001 100 Centre Street (TV series)
– The Fix (2001)
 
1996 Inside (TV movie)
 
1995 Lumière and Company (documentary)
 
1993 The Portrait (TV movie)
 
1989 Penn & Teller Get Killed
 
1987 Dead of Winter
 
1985 Target
 
1981 Four Friends
 
1976 The Missouri Breaks
 
1975 Night Moves
 
1973 Visions of Eight (documentary) (segment "Hightest, The")
 
1970 Little Big Man
 
1969 Alice's Restaurant
 
1968 Flesh and Blood (TV movie)
 
1967 Bonnie and Clyde
 
1966 The Chase
 
1965 Mickey One
 
1964 The Train ( - uncredited; fired, replaced by John Frankenheimer)
 
1962 The Miracle Worker
 
1958 The Left Handed Gun
 
1957-1958 Playhouse 90 (TV series)
– Portrait of a Murderer (1958)
– The Dark Side of the Earth (1957)
– Charley's Aunt (1957)
– Invitation to a Gunfighter (1957)
– The Miracle Worker (1957)
 
1955-1956 Playwrights '56 (TV series)
– Adam and Evening (1956)
– Lost (1956)
– The Waiting Place (1955)
– Daisy, Daisy (1955)
– The Heart's a Forgotten Hotel (1955)
See all 6 episodes »
 
1953-1955 The Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse (TV series)
– The Pardon-Me Boy (1955)
– The Assassin (1955)
– Catch My Boy on Sunday (1954)
– Beg, Borrow or Steal (1954)
– Man on the Mountaintop (1954)
See all 12 episodes »
 
1954-1955 Producers' Showcase (TV series)
– The King and Mrs. Candle (1955)
– State of the Union (1954)
 
1953-1955 Goodyear Playhouse (TV series)
– My Lost Saints (1955)
– Star in the Summer Night (1954)
– The Lawn Party (1954)
– Buy Me Blue Ribbons (1954)
– The Happy Rest (1953)
 
1954 Justice (TV series)
– Man on the Hunt (1954)
 
1953 The Gulf Playhouse (TV series)
– A Gift from Cotton Mather (1953)
– Prophet in His Land (1953)
– Crip (1953)
– The Tears of My Sister (1953)
– One Night Stand (1953)
See all 7 episodes »
 
Show ShowProducer (7 titles)
2000-2001 Law & Order (TV series) (executive producer - 13 episodes)
– Phobia (2001) (executive producer)
– Teenage Wasteland (2001) (executive producer)
– Sunday in the Park with Jorge (2001) (executive producer)
– Whose Monkey Is It Anyway? (2001) (executive producer)
– Hubris (2001) (executive producer)
See all 13 episodes »
 
1989 Penn & Teller Get Killed (producer)
 
1981 Four Friends (producer)
 
1968 Flesh and Blood (TV movie) (producer)
 
1965 Mickey One (producer)
 
1963 ITV Play of the Week (TV series) (producer - 1 episode)
– Three Roads to Rome (1963) (producer)
 
1953 The Gulf Playhouse (TV series) (producer - 1 episode)
– Death of the Old Man (1953) (producer)
 
Show ShowActor (1 title)
1999 BeastMaster (TV series)
Ketzwayo
– Circle of Life (1999) … Ketzwayo
– The Umpatra (1999) … Ketzwayo
 
Show ShowWriter (1 title)
1969 Alice's Restaurant (screenplay)
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (1 title)
1952 The Colgate Comedy Hour (TV series) (associate television director - 1 episode)
– Episode #2.35 (1952) (associate television director)
 
1952 The Colgate Comedy Hour (TV series) (associate director - 1 episode)
– Episode #2.21 (1952) (associate director)
 
Show ShowThanks (7 titles)
2011 A Bird of the Air (very special thanks)
 
2010 Días de cine (TV series) (in memory of - 1 episode)
– Episode dated 30 September 2010 (2010) (in memory of)
 
2005 The Bulls (short) (thanks)
 
2002 Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film (TV documentary) (special thanks)
 
2000 In the Shadow of Hollywood (documentary) (thanks)
 
1987 American Playhouse (TV series) (the producers wish to thank - 1 episode)
– Waiting for the Moon (1987) (the producers wish to thank)
 
1973 Badlands (the producer wishes to thank: for their help and cooperation)
 
Show ShowSelf (37 titles)
2014 Method or Madness? (documentary) (filming)
Himself
 
2010 Godard Made in USA (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2009 Nouvelle vague vue d'ailleurs (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1996-2008 American Masters (TV series documentary)
Himself / Himself - Interviewee
– You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story (2008) … Himself - Interviewee
– Tony Bennett: The Music Never Ends (2007) … Himself
– Nichols and May: Take Two (1996) … Himself
 
2008 Revolution! The Making of 'Bonnie and Clyde' (video documentary)
Himself
 
2008 Erika Rabau: Puck of Berlin (documentary)
Himself
 
2007 Brando (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2006 Edge of Outside (documentary)
Himself
 
2005 Filmmakers in Action (documentary)
Himself
 
2005 Filmmakers vs. Tycoons (documentary)
Himself
 
2005 The Needs of Kim Stanley (documentary)
 
2004 Imagine (TV series)
Himself
– Brando (2004) … Himself
 
2003 Biography (TV series documentary)
– Patty Duke (2003)
 
2003 AFI's 100 Years... 100 Heroes & Villains (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
2003 Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex, Drugs and Rock 'N' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood (documentary)
Himself
 
2002 Rosy-Fingered Dawn: a Film on Terrence Malick (documentary)
Himself
 
2002 Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film (TV documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
2001 E! True Hollywood Story (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Sammy Davis Jr. (2001) … Himself
 
2000 Bravo Profiles (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Gene Hackman (2000) … Himself
 
2000 In the Shadow of Hollywood (documentary)
Himself
 
1994-1999 Inside the Actors Studio (TV series)
Himself
– Tom Hanks (1999) … Himself
– Sean Penn (1999) … Himself (uncredited)
– Arthur Penn (1994) … Himself
 
1999 Magacine (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 1 May 1999 (1999) … Himself
 
1999 Life and Times (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Today Is a Good Day: Remembering Chief Dan George (1999) … Himself
 
1998 Searching for Arthur (TV documentary short)
Himself
 
1997 Directors on Directors (TV series documentary)
Himself - Interviewee
 
1996 Marlon Brando: The Wild One (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1995 A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1995 Arthur Penn (documentary)
Himself
 
1994 Charlie Rose (TV series)
Himself - Guest
– Episode dated 26 September 1994 (1994) … Himself - Guest
 
1993 The Untold West (TV series)
Himself
– Outlaws, Rebels and Rogues (1993) … Himself
 
1993 Naked in New York
Himself
 
1992 Cinéma! Cinéma! The French New Wave (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1988 Hello Actors Studio (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1970 The Dick Cavett Show (TV series)
Himself - Guest
– Episode dated 17 December 1970 (1970) … Himself - Guest
 
1970 Arthur Penn: The Director (documentary short)
Himself
 
1970 Arthur Penn, 1922-: Themes and Variants (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1967 NBC Experiment in Television (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Theater of the Deaf (1967) … Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (8 titles)
2013 Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age (documentary)
Himself
 
2011 The 65th Annual Tony Awards (TV movie)
Himself - Memorial Tribute
 
2011 The 83rd Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Memorial Tribute
 
2011 The Orange British Academy Film Awards (TV movie)
Himself - Memorial Tribute
 
2010 Cinema 3 (TV series)
 
2010 Días de cine (TV series)
 
2005 Cinema mil (TV series)
 
2002 BeastMaster (TV series)
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

(1960). Stage Play: All the Way Home. Drama. Written by Tad Mosel [final Broadway credit]. Based on the Pulitzer Prize novel "A Death in the Family" by James Agee. Assistant Director: Gene Lasko. Directed by Arthur Penn. Belasco Theatre: 30 Nov 1960- 16 Sep 1961 (333 performances... See more »

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3 Biographical Movies  | 5 Print Biographies  | 2 Interviews  | 2 Articles  | See more »
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[on Hurd Hatfield] America's least known great actor. See more »

Trivia:

Won Broadway's 1960 Tony Award as Best Director (Dramatic) for "The Miracle Worker." He was also Tony-nominated two other times: in 1958 as Best Director for "Two for the Seesaw." and in 1961 as Best Director (Dramatic) for "All the Way Home." See more »

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Libra