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,2,76,14,118,arialbd,7,255,255,255,1_.jpg "Lassie: Season 13: Episode 30 -- Ruth becomes caught in a dangerous hunting trap when she takes a shortcut on the way to a Grange supper.")
,2,76,14,118,arialbd,7,255,255,255,1_.jpg "Lassie: Season 7: Episode 15 -- Lassie is seriously injured by a truck while saving a three-year-old girl from danger.")
,2,76,14,118,arialbd,7,255,255,255,1_.jpg "Lassie: Season 5: Episode 39 -- Boomer leaves Mike in Timmy's care while he visits relatives, but the little dog proves to be quite a handful.")
,2,76,14,118,arialbd,7,255,255,255,1_.jpg "Lassie: Season 5: Episode 38 -- An older boy who has run away from home tries to convince Timmy and Boomer to camp out with him.")
,2,76,14,118,arialbd,7,255,255,255,1_.jpg "Lassie: Season 5: Episode 37 -- Timmy and Boomer set up a fortune-telling booth at the church carnival, but things don't go as planned.")
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12 September 1954 (USA)
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Won 2 Primetime Emmys.
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Cast
(Series Cast Summary - 5 of 260) | Lassie | ... | Lassie (321 episodes, 1954-1973) |
 | Jon Provost | ... | Timmy Martin / ... (248 episodes, 1957-1964) |
 | June Lockhart | ... | Ruth Martin / ... (204 episodes, 1958-1964) |
| Hugh Reilly | ... | Paul Martin (167 episodes, 1958-1964) |
| Lassie the Dog | ... | Lassie (150 episodes, 1954-1973) |
Series Directed by | |||
| William Beaudine | (75 episodes, 1960-1968) | ||
| Hollingsworth Morse | (58 episodes, 1959-1964) | ||
| Lesley Selander | (54 episodes, 1955-1959) | ||
| Philip Ford | (51 episodes, 1955-1958) | ||
| Jack B. Hively | (49 episodes, 1960-1973) | ||
| Dick Moder | (36 episodes, 1965-1973) | ||
| John English | (21 episodes, 1957-1966) | ||
| Franklin Adreon | (14 episodes, 1958-1959) | ||
| Joseph Sargent | (14 episodes, 1961-1964) | ||
| Maurice Geraghty | (10 episodes, 1956-1959) | ||
| Sidney Salkow | (9 episodes, 1954-1955) | ||
| George Archainbaud | (9 episodes, 1958-1959) | ||
| William Beaudine Jr. | (8 episodes, 1962-1969) | ||
| Earl Bellamy | (7 episodes, 1959-1960) | ||
| Sheldon Leonard | (6 episodes, 1954) | ||
| Christian Nyby | (6 episodes, 1964-1965) | ||
| Robert Sparr | (5 episodes, 1967-1969) | ||
| Abby Berlin | (4 episodes, 1958-1959) | ||
| Paul Nickell | (4 episodes, 1964) | ||
| James B. Clark | (4 episodes, 1969-1971) | ||
| Sigmund Neufeld Jr. | (4 episodes, 1969-1971) | ||
| Arthur H. Nadel | (4 episodes, 1972) | ||
| Thomas Carr | (3 episodes, 1954-1955) | ||
| George Blair | (3 episodes, 1959-1960) | ||
| Gerald Schnitzer | (3 episodes, 1960-1961) | ||
| Oliver Drake | (3 episodes, 1960) | ||
| Ezra Stone | (3 episodes, 1972-1973) | ||
| Leslie Goodwins | (2 episodes, 1954-1955) | ||
| Ralph Murphy | (2 episodes, 1957) | ||
| Harold D. Schuster | (2 episodes, 1958) | ||
| R.G. Springsteen | (2 episodes, 1958) | ||
| Norman Morgan | (2 episodes, 1959) | ||
| Tom Beemer | (2 episodes, 1969) | ||
| Richard L. Bare | (2 episodes, 1972) | ||
| Bonita Granville | (unknown episodes) | ||
Series Writing credits | ||
| Eric Knight | (376 episodes, 1954-1972) | |
| Eric Freiwald | (118 episodes, 1959-1973) | |
| Robert Schaefer | (118 episodes, 1959-1973) | |
| Sumner Arthur Long | (46 episodes, 1955-1963) | |
| Claire Kennedy | (34 episodes, 1954-1958) | |
| Monroe Manning | (33 episodes, 1958-1965) | |
| Robert Lees | (20 episodes, 1957-1964) | |
| James Douglass West | (17 episodes, 1963-1969) | |
| Richard Sanville | (13 episodes, 1956-1964) | |
| Z.C. Cramer | (13 episodes, 1960-1964) | |
| Paul David | (12 episodes, 1956-1958) | |
| Jackson Gillis | (11 episodes, 1954-1960) | |
| Arnold Belgard | (9 episodes, 1958-1960) | |
| Alan Woods | (8 episodes, 1958-1960) | |
| Joan Scott | (7 episodes, 1956-1962) | |
| Francis Rosenwald | (7 episodes, 1962-1963) | |
| Jessica Benson | (6 episodes, 1957-1964) | |
| Charles O'Neal | (6 episodes, 1957-1963) | |
| Miriam Geiger | (6 episodes, 1957-1959) | |
| David Richards | (6 episodes, 1962-1963) | |
| Vernon E. Clark | (6 episodes, 1964-1969) | |
| Jack Paritz | (6 episodes, 1964-1965) | |
| Jennings Cobb | (6 episodes, 1965-1969) | |
| Seymour Kern | (5 episodes, 1956-1957) | |
| Pauline Stone | (5 episodes, 1957-1959) | |
| Will Gould | (5 episodes, 1958-1961) | |
| Ruth Church | (5 episodes, 1958-1960) | |
| James S. Henerson | (5 episodes, 1958-1959) | |
| Dwight Hauser | (5 episodes, 1961-1963) | |
| Orville H. Hampton | (5 episodes, 1963-1966) | |
| Frank L. Moss | (5 episodes, 1969-1971) | |
| David T. Chantler | (4 episodes, 1954-1957) | |
| Thelma Robinson | (4 episodes, 1955-1956) | |
| Michael Cosgrove | (4 episodes, 1958-1959) | |
| Oliver Drake | (4 episodes, 1959-1961) | |
| Hendrik Vollaerts | (4 episodes, 1959-1961) | |
| Les Farber | (4 episodes, 1960-1961) | |
| Barry Shipman | (4 episodes, 1964-1966) | |
| John McGreevey | (3 episodes, 1956) | |
| Ed Adamson | (3 episodes, 1957-1958) | |
| Vincent Fotre | (3 episodes, 1957-1958) | |
| Edmond Kelso | (3 episodes, 1957-1958) | |
| Homer McCoy | (3 episodes, 1957-1958) | |
| Edward E. Seabrook | (3 episodes, 1957-1958) | |
| Peggy Phillips | (3 episodes, 1958-1963) | |
| Bill Kelsay | (3 episodes, 1958-1959) | |
| Rose Mathias | (3 episodes, 1958-1959) | |
| Steven Michaels | (3 episodes, 1959-1960) | |
| William Beaudine | (3 episodes, 1960-1962) | |
| Jess Carneol | (3 episodes, 1963) | |
| Kay Lenard | (3 episodes, 1963) | |
| S.H. Barnett | (3 episodes, 1968) | |
| Colin MacKenzie | (3 episodes, 1968) | |
| Inez Asher | (2 episodes, 1955-1957) | |
| Joel Andrews | (2 episodes, 1955-1956) | |
| Marguerite Gallien | (2 episodes, 1955) | |
| Marianne Mosner | (2 episodes, 1956-1961) | |
| Doris Hursley | (2 episodes, 1956-1957) | |
| Frank Hursley | (2 episodes, 1956-1957) | |
| Robert Bloomfield | (2 episodes, 1956) | |
| Arthur Fitz-Richard | (2 episodes, 1957-1958) | |
| Jo Conway | (2 episodes, 1958-1960) | |
| Ellis Marcus | (2 episodes, 1958-1959) | |
| T.C. Lengyel | (2 episodes, 1958) | |
| Harold Shumate | (2 episodes, 1959-1960) | |
| Elwood Ullman | (2 episodes, 1959-1960) | |
| Mary Helen Fay | (2 episodes, 1960-1961) | |
| David Boehm | (2 episodes, 1960) | |
| Joseph Sargent | (2 episodes, 1961-1964) | |
| Jerry Thomas | (2 episodes, 1962-1963) | |
| Christopher Bose | (2 episodes, 1964) | |
Series Produced by | |||
| Jack Wrather | .... | executive producer / producer (423 episodes, 1956-1973) | |
| Robert Golden | .... | producer / executive producer (354 episodes, 1958-1973) | |
| Bonita Granville | .... | associate producer / producer (315 episodes, 1959-1973) | |
| Robert Maxwell | .... | producer / executive producer (138 episodes, 1954-1958) | |
| Rudolph E. Abel | .... | associate producer / producer (128 episodes, 1954-1958) | |
| Dusty Bruce | .... | producer (81 episodes, 1955-1957) | |
| William Beaudine Jr. | .... | associate producer / producer (79 episodes, 1967-1973) | |
| Sherman A. Harris | .... | executive producer (74 episodes, 1958-1960) | |
| Don Castle | .... | associate producer (63 episodes, 1960-1962) | |
| Peter Frank | .... | associate producer / assistant producer (40 episodes, 1957-1958) | |
| Leon Fromkess | .... | producer (unknown episodes) | |
Series Original Music by | |||
| Nathan Scott | (183 episodes, 1962-1973) | ||
| Raoul Kraushaar | (36 episodes, 1954-1957) | ||
| Alexander Courage | (2 episodes, 1972) | ||
| Joseph Hooven | (unknown episodes) | ||
Series Cinematography by | |||
| Stuart Thompson | (132 episodes, 1954-1958) | ||
| Eddie Fitzgerald | (115 episodes, 1962-1966) | ||
| Robert F. Sparks | (93 episodes, 1966-1973) | ||
| Kenneth Peach | (73 episodes, 1958-1960) | ||
| Charles Van Enger | (61 episodes, 1960-1962) | ||
| Ed Durden | (4 episodes, 1962-1964) | ||
| Robert C. Moreno | (3 episodes, 1966) | ||
| Harold E. Stine | (2 episodes, 1954-1955) | ||
Series Film Editing by | |||
| Monica Collingwood | (113 episodes, 1959-1973) | ||
| Arthur Hilton | (55 episodes, 1954-1957) | ||
| Bruce Schoengarth | (55 episodes, 1962-1973) | ||
| Sigmund Neufeld Jr. | (49 episodes, 1961-1971) | ||
| Chester W. Schaeffer | (32 episodes, 1957-1968) | ||
| Dwight Caldwell | (23 episodes, 1960-1962) | ||
| Richard L. Van Enger | (18 episodes, 1957-1958) | ||
| John Sheets | (15 episodes, 1959-1965) | ||
| Noel L. Scott | (12 episodes, 1958-1959) | ||
| Paul Weatherwax | (12 episodes, 1958) | ||
| William Morgan | (11 episodes, 1956-1957) | ||
| William W. Moore | (10 episodes, 1958-1959) | ||
| Arthur Roberts | (9 episodes, 1955-1956) | ||
| Harry Reynolds | (6 episodes, 1954) | ||
| Edward Sampson | (6 episodes, 1960-1961) | ||
| James Blakeley | (6 episodes, 1962-1965) | ||
| Desmond Marquette | (5 episodes, 1955-1956) | ||
| Thomas Neff | (4 episodes, 1963-1964) | ||
| Jack B. Hively | (4 episodes, 1967-1968) | ||
| Ralph Schoenfeld | (4 episodes, 1972-1973) | ||
| Bernard Matis | (3 episodes, 1954-1955) | ||
| Harry Marker | (3 episodes, 1959) | ||
| Roy V. Livingston | (3 episodes, 1960) | ||
| Jack Horger | (2 episodes, 1972) | ||
Series Casting by | |||
| Harvey Clermont | (179 episodes, 1960-1971) | ||
| Kerwin Coughlin | (55 episodes, 1964-1969) | ||
| Marvin Paige | (16 episodes, 1972-1973) | ||
Series Art Direction by | |||
| George Troast | (245 episodes, 1961-1973) | ||
| Bill Ross | (88 episodes, 1955-1958) | ||
Series Set Decoration by | |||
| Frank Rafferty | (123 episodes, 1962-1971) | ||
| Ken Swartz | (69 episodes, 1958-1960) | ||
| Jerry Welch | (32 episodes, 1964-1966) | ||
| Harry Gordon | (11 episodes, 1972-1973) | ||
| Gino Tomasino | (5 episodes, 1972) | ||
Series Costume Design by | |||
| Ellen | (21 episodes, 1955-1956) | ||
Series Makeup Department | |||
| Don Schoenfeld | .... | makeup artist (161 episodes, 1958-1963) | |
| Ruby Felker | .... | hair stylist / makeup artist (151 episodes, 1959-1964) | |
| Harry Ross | .... | makeup artist (106 episodes, 1955-1958) | |
| David Newell | .... | makeup artist (95 episodes, 1965-1971) | |
| Betty Pedretti | .... | hair stylist / makeup artist (37 episodes, 1958-1959) | |
| Ted Coodley | .... | makeup artist (32 episodes, 1963-1964) | |
| Charles Blackman | .... | makeup artist (32 episodes, 1964-1966) | |
| Loren Cosand | .... | makeup artist (16 episodes, 1971-1973) | |
| Annabell | .... | hair stylist (6 episodes, 1959) | |
| Les Berns | .... | makeup artist (3 episodes, 1972) | |
Series Production Management | |||
| William Beaudine Jr. | .... | production supervisor / production manager (215 episodes, 1959-1967) | |
| Hugh McCollum | .... | production supervisor (47 episodes, 1958-1960) | |
Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director | |||
| James E. Casey | .... | assistant director (118 episodes, 1954-1969) | |
| Joe Dill | .... | assistant director (114 episodes, 1954-1958) | |
| Richard Del Ruth | .... | assistant director (69 episodes, 1964-1972) | |
| Maurice Vaccarino | .... | assistant director (32 episodes, 1958-1959) | |
| Austen Jewell | .... | assistant director (23 episodes, 1959-1961) | |
| Frank E. Myers | .... | assistant director (21 episodes, 1959-1960) | |
| Grayson Rogers | .... | assistant director (21 episodes, 1961-1963) | |
| Paul Feiner | .... | assistant director (16 episodes, 1959-1960) | |
| Wesley Barry | .... | assistant director (15 episodes, 1962-1964) | |
| Don Torpin | .... | assistant director (15 episodes, 1971-1973) | |
| Melville Shyer | .... | assistant director (10 episodes, 1954-1955) | |
| Gilbert Mandelik | .... | assistant director (6 episodes, 1969-1971) | |
| Robert H. Justman | .... | assistant director (4 episodes, 1965-1966) | |
| Gene Anderson | .... | assistant director (3 episodes, 1959-1960) | |
| John Barnwell | .... | assistant director (2 episodes, 1961) | |
| Herb Hirst | .... | assistant director (2 episodes, 1967) | |
Series Art Department | |||
| Mariano Tomasino | .... | property master (265 episodes, 1960-1973) | |
| Lou Asher | .... | property master (110 episodes, 1954-1958) | |
| Jack Owens | .... | property master (36 episodes, 1958-1959) | |
| Reginald Smith | .... | property master (36 episodes, 1959-1960) | |
| Craig Binkley | .... | assistant property master (27 episodes, 1967) | |
| Marvin Tomasino | .... | property master (6 episodes, 1960) | |
Series Sound Department | |||
| Wallace Nogle | .... | sound (304 episodes, 1956-1966) | |
| Bert Schoenfeld | .... | sound effects editor / sound editor (212 episodes, 1962-1973) | |
| Joe Kavigan | .... | sound effects editor / sound recordist (118 episodes, 1955-1959) | |
| Ray Alba | .... | sound editor / sound effects editor / ... (116 episodes, 1965-1973) | |
| William M. Andrews | .... | sound effects editor (78 episodes, 1958-1961) | |
| Dave Williams | .... | sound (64 episodes, 1966-1969) | |
| Harry D. Mills | .... | sound (37 episodes, 1955-1956) | |
| Bill Anderson | .... | sound effects editor (30 episodes, 1961-1962) | |
| Seymour S. Klein | .... | sound mixer (12 episodes, 1972-1973) | |
| Ben Winkler | .... | sound (5 episodes, 1965-1966) | |
| Al Overton | .... | sound (5 episodes, 1971-1972) | |
| Robert Post | .... | sound (3 episodes, 1971) | |
| Vic Carpenter | .... | sound (3 episodes, 1972) | |
Series Special Effects by | |||
| Harold Murphy | .... | special effects (268 episodes, 1959-1973) | |
| Joe Lombardi | .... | special effects (5 episodes, 1959) | |
| Gerald Endler | .... | mechanical effects (unknown episodes) | |
Series Stunts | |||
| Jesse Wayne | .... | stunt double: Bobby Diamond / stunt double: Kevin Brodie (2 episodes, 1961-1974) | |
| Gary Epper | .... | stunts (unknown episodes) | |
| Whitey Hughes | .... | stunts (unknown episodes) | |
Series Camera and Electrical Department | |||
| Burl Stafford | .... | chief electrician / electrician / ... (111 episodes, 1954-1958) | |
| Val O'Malley | .... | camera operator (25 episodes, 1954-1955) | |
| Kent Durban | .... | cinematographer: wildlife footage / cinematographer : wildlife footage (3 episodes, 1967-1969) | |
| Tom Beemer | .... | airplane footage (2 episodes, 1967) | |
| Bill Fairchild | .... | cinematographer: airplane footage (2 episodes, 1967) | |
Series Costume and Wardrobe Department | |||
| Walt Hoffman | .... | wardrobe (128 episodes, 1962-1967) | |
| Grace Kuhn | .... | wardrobe (62 episodes, 1960-1962) | |
| Bucky Rous | .... | wardrobe (16 episodes, 1967-1968) | |
| Stan Kufel | .... | wardrobe (15 episodes, 1969-1971) | |
| Charles Arrico | .... | wardrobe (12 episodes, 1968-1969) | |
| Bob Christenson | .... | costumer (12 episodes, 1972-1973) | |
| Dave Saltuper | .... | wardrobe / costume supervisor (7 episodes, 1971-1972) | |
| Swede Munden | .... | wardrobe (5 episodes, 1967) | |
| Morrie Friedman | .... | wardrobe (4 episodes, 1964) | |
| G. Tony Scarano | .... | wardrobe (3 episodes, 1968) | |
| Ellen | .... | original cottons: Miss Clayton (2 episodes, 1956) | |
| James Kemp | .... | wardrobe (2 episodes, 1971) | |
| Joyce Rogers | .... | wardrobe (2 episodes, 1971) | |
Series Editorial Department | |||
| John Sheets | .... | editorial administrator / editorial supervisor (156 episodes, 1960-1969) | |
| James Blakeley | .... | editorial administrator / editorial coordinator / ... (90 episodes, 1960-1963) | |
Series Music Department | |||
| Sid Sidney | .... | music editor / music supervisor (265 episodes, 1960-1973) | |
| Raoul Kraushaar | .... | music supervisor (93 episodes, 1954-1958) | |
| Robert Carlisle | .... | music editor (66 episodes, 1958-1960) | |
Series Other crew | |||
| Rudd Weatherwax | .... | animal trainer / dog trainer: Lassie / ... (429 episodes, 1954-1973) | |
| Mercy Weireter | .... | script supervisor (221 episodes, 1961-1971) | |
| Lloyd Nelson | .... | dialogue coach / script supervisor (122 episodes, 1960-1968) | |
| Lionel Comport | .... | livestock supervisor / animal handler (114 episodes, 1961-1972) | |
| Rose Mathias | .... | story editor (94 episodes, 1958-1961) | |
| Maria Little | .... | story editor / script editor / ... (94 episodes, 1961-1964) | |
| Peter Frank | .... | assistant to producers / assistant to producer (67 episodes, 1955-1957) | |
| Miriam Geiger | .... | story editor (48 episodes, 1956-1958) | |
| Richard Sanville | .... | story editor (19 episodes, 1956-1957) | |
| Dan Ocko | .... | assistant to producer (11 episodes, 1954-1955) | |
| Ted Derby | .... | animal handler / animal trainer (10 episodes, 1967-1972) | |
| Sheila Lynch | .... | script supervisor (8 episodes, 1972-1973) | |
| Lynn A. Aber | .... | script supervisor (7 episodes, 1971-1972) | |
| John Dutton | .... | script supervisor (5 episodes, 1964) | |
| Pat Derby | .... | animal handler / animal trainer (5 episodes, 1968-1972) | |
| Ray Berwick | .... | animal handler / bird trainer (4 episodes, 1969-1972) | |
| Robert Gary | .... | script supervisor (4 episodes, 1973) | |
| Robert Weatherwax | .... | animal trainer / assistant animal trainer (2 episodes, 1956-1967) | |
| Lou Schumacher | .... | animal handler / eagle handler (2 episodes, 1968-1969) | |
| Moe Di Sesso | .... | animal provider (2 episodes, 1968) | |
| Robert Davenport | .... | horse trainer (2 episodes, 1971) | |
| Sam Williamson | .... | assistant animal trainer (unknown episodes) | |
Production Companies
- Lassie Television
- Robert Maxwell Associates (1954-1957)
- Television Programs of America (TPA) (1954-1957)
- Wrather Productions (as Jack Wrather Productions)
- Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) (1954-1971) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
- Starcuts (1995) (USA) (VHS)
- Sony Wonder (2004) (USA) (DVD)
- Guardian Television Network (GTN) (2006) (USA) (TV) (episode "The Raffle")
- Nederlandse Christelijke Radio Vereniging (NCRV) (1962-1980) (Netherlands) (TV)
- Radio Tokyo Television (1957) (Japan) (TV)
- Television Programs of America (TPA)
- Campbell Soup Company original sponsor
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Of the variations of this series, the 6 seasons that featured June Lockhart, Hugh Reilly and Jon Provost seemed to hold the episodes that worked the best for me (the other variations of the series, while good, seemed to lack the small family environment that existed with the above), and, I must admit that "Lassie" is one of the reasons that I pursued a job in the field of meteorology in my adult years (and why to this day I still enjoy camping in National Parks or Forests) - as the Bible says, a good influence at a young age is very important, and I'm grateful that through television, the program "Lassie" was the good influence I needed. After watching some of these early episodes during the TVLand "Lassie" 50th Anniversary Marathon this past weekend (4/23-24/05), the program still remains in my mind as my all-time favorite television series during my grade school years.
In watching these episodes over the weekend, what also came to mind was the "poor simplicity" of a child living in those post-World War II times - some might think that what is shown in "Lassie" was an exaggeration for television, but, in reality was mostly true - of our favorite "toys" at that time (I was born in the mid-1950's), our green garden hose was one of our favorites during the summer months (a very inexpensive way to "go to the beach"), along with our clothesline, which we used to "transport" our stuffed animals on "long journeys" far from our house (with the use of wooden clothespins - a stuffed rabbit had the ears for just this purpose) - try explaining that to a child today!
People should also remember that this "poor simplicity" was also a reflection of the country's recent past at that time - while in today's world, 30 years ago means 1975, in 1960 30 years earlier meant 1930 - the height of the depression, and as older Americans know, it took the country many years to recover from those very poor and simple times, and could still be felt in some ways, even during the early 1960's.
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