"Route 66" (1960) TV series 1960-1964

Creators:

Herbert B. Leonard
Stirling Silliphant
(more)

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4

Release Date:

7 October 1960 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure

Plot:

Only fiction series written & shot all over North America. Two young adventurers in a Corvette explore early 60's social problems and changing mores...

Plot Keywords:

Route 66 | Corvette | Highway | Traveling | Number In Title

Awards:

Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys.

Cast

Martin Milner	...	Tod Stiles / ... (116 episodes, 1960-1964)
George Maharis	...	Buz Murdock / ... (82 episodes, 1960-1963)
Glenn Corbett	...	Lincoln Case / ... (32 episodes, 1963-1964)

Series Directed by
David Lowell Rich		(21 episodes, 1961-1963)
Arthur Hiller		(12 episodes, 1960-1962)
James Sheldon		(10 episodes, 1961-1963)
Alvin Ganzer		(9 episodes, 1960-1964)
Philip Leacock		(7 episodes, 1960-1963)
Elliot Silverstein		(5 episodes, 1960-1961)
Allen H. Miner		(5 episodes, 1963-1964)
Tom Gries		(4 episodes, 1962-1963)
George Sherman		(3 episodes, 1962-1963)
Robert Gist		(3 episodes, 1962)
Robert Ellis Miller		(3 episodes, 1963)
Roger Kay		(2 episodes, 1960)
William A. Graham		(2 episodes, 1961-1962)
Walter Grauman		(2 episodes, 1962-1963)
Allen Reisner		(2 episodes, 1963-1964)
James Goldstone		(2 episodes, 1963)
Ralph Senensky		(2 episodes, 1963)
Jeffrey Hayden		(2 episodes, 1964)

Series Writing credits
Stirling Silliphant		(115 episodes, 1960-1964)
Herbert B. Leonard		(114 episodes, 1960-1964)
Howard Rodman		(7 episodes, 1960-1964)
Leonard Freeman		(6 episodes, 1961-1963)
Larry Marcus		(4 episodes, 1962-1963)
Alvin Sargent		(4 episodes, 1963-1964)
Will Lorin		(3 episodes, 1961-1962)
Frank L. Moss		(3 episodes, 1961-1962)
Arnold Manoff		(3 episodes, 1963-1964)
Frank Chase		(2 episodes, 1962)
Shimon Wincelberg		(2 episodes, 1963)

Series Produced by
Herbert B. Leonard	....	executive producer / producer (115 episodes, 1960-1964)
Leo Davis	....	supervising producer / producer (53 episodes, 1962-1964)
Leonard Freeman	....	producer (29 episodes, 1961-1962)
Sam Manners	....	associate producer (24 episodes, 1960-1961)
Herbert E. Stewart	....	associate producer (22 episodes, 1961-1963)
Leonard Katzman	....	associate producer (19 episodes, 1962-1963)
Mort Abrahams	....	producer (16 episodes, 1962-1963)
Jerry Thomas	....	associate producer (8 episodes, 1961-1962)
Robert Bassler	....	producer (2 episodes, 1960)

Series Original Music by
Nelson Riddle		(113 episodes, 1960-1964)

Series Cinematography by
Jack A. Marta		(89 episodes, 1960-1964)
Irving Lippman		(23 episodes, 1961-1963)
Fred Bentley		(2 episodes, 1961)

Series Film Editing by
Jack Gleason		(84 episodes, 1960-1964)
Harry Coswick		(41 episodes, 1960-1963)
Milton Shifman		(21 episodes, 1960-1961)

Series Art Direction by
John T. McCormack		(114 episodes, 1960-1964)

Series Set Decoration by
William F. Calvert		(30 episodes, 1961-1963)
Morris Hoffman		(24 episodes, 1962-1964)
Sidney Clifford		(3 episodes, 1962)
Henry LaBous		(2 episodes, 1962)

Series Makeup Department
Abe Haberman	....	makeup artist (97 episodes, 1960-1964)
Guy Del Russo	....	makeup artist (5 episodes, 1964)
Mike Maggi	....	makeup artist (4 episodes, 1964)

Series Production Management
Sam Manners	....	in charge of production / executive in charge of production (87 episodes, 1961-1964)
Lawrence Werner	....	post-production supervisor (79 episodes, 1961-1964)
Leonard Katzman	....	production supervisor (15 episodes, 1960-1962)
Max Stein	....	production manager / production supervisor (4 episodes, 1961)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Max Stein	....	assistant director (57 episodes, 1960-1964)
Leonard Katzman	....	second unit director / assistant director (56 episodes, 1960-1964)
Sam Manners	....	second unit director / second assistant director (17 episodes, 1960-1961)
Bill Lukather	....	assistant director (17 episodes, 1961-1962)
Bruce Bilson	....	assistant director (16 episodes, 1962-1963)
Michael Messinger	....	assistant director (5 episodes, 1961-1962)

Series Art Department
Arthur Wasson	....	property master (101 episodes, 1960-1964)
Lloyd Bradley	....	property master (6 episodes, 1961)

Series Sound Department
Paul Franz	....	sound mixer (114 episodes, 1960-1964)
Jim Bullock	....	sound effects editor (111 episodes, 1960-1964)
Jack Jackson	....	sound effects editor (22 episodes, 1962-1963)
Sid Lubow	....	sound effects editor (22 episodes, 1963-1964)

Series Special Effects by
Ira Anderson Jr.	....	special effects (63 episodes, 1960-1964)
Daniel Hays	....	special effects (14 episodes, 1963-1964)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
Harold Sanders	....	key grip (106 episodes, 1960-1964)
Virgil Thompson	....	gaffer (106 episodes, 1960-1964)
Robert Johannes	....	camera operator (69 episodes, 1960-1963)
James Goss	....	camera operator (39 episodes, 1962-1964)
Val O'Malley	....	camera operator (30 episodes, 1960-1961)
Howard Winner	....	second unit photographer (12 episodes, 1963-1964)
Frank Tallman	....	aerial photography (2 episodes, 1961)

Series Casting Department
Marion Dougherty	....	eastern casting executive (17 episodes, 1963-1964)

Series Costume and Wardrobe Department
Charles Arrico	....	costumer / wardrobe master (102 episodes, 1960-1964)
Forrest T. Butler	....	wardrobe master (7 episodes, 1960)
Ed Lossman	....	costumer (5 episodes, 1963)
Laura Lou Bates	....	wardrobe: women (2 episodes, 1961)

Series Editorial Department
Aaron Nibley	....	supervising film editor (114 episodes, 1960-1964)
Lawrence Werner	....	editorial supervisor / post-production supervisor (11 episodes, 1961-1963)

Series Music Department
Nelson Riddle	....	composer: theme music / conductor (116 episodes, 1960-1964)
Jack Lee	....	musician contractor / music contractor / ... (115 episodes, 1960-1964)
Ed Forsyth	....	music supervisor (114 episodes, 1960-1964)
Gil Grau	....	orchestrator (102 episodes, 1961-1964)

Series Transportation Department
Alfred Schultz	....	transportation captain (103 episodes, 1961-1964)

Series Other crew
Willetta Leonard	....	assistant to producer / assistant to the producer (115 episodes, 1960-1964)
Jack Gannon	....	script supervisor (113 episodes, 1960-1964)
Howard Rodman	....	story supervisor / story editor (63 episodes, 1960-1962)
John D. Benson	....	location manager (59 episodes, 1962-1964)
Harold Schneider	....	location manager / production coordinator (7 episodes, 1960)
Robert Maharis	....	location manager (7 episodes, 1961-1962)

Series Thanks
Cluff Peterson	....	special thanks (1 episode, 1960)
W.E. Webb	....	special thanks (1 episode, 1960)
Ray Gassner	....	Sunshine Baby through the courtesy of (1 episode, 1963)

Production Companies

• Lancer-Edling Productions
• Screen Gems Television

Distributors

• Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) (1960-1964) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
• Columbia TriStar Domestic Television (2001) (USA) (TV) (syndication)
• Sony Pictures Television (2002-) (USA) (TV) (syndication)
• Columbia Pictures Television
• Columbia TriStar Television
• Infinity Entertainment (2007) (USA) (DVD) (season 1)
• Infinity Entertainment (2008) (USA) (DVD) (complete second season)
• Infinity Entertainment (2010) (USA) (DVD) (complete third season)
• Screen Gems
• Shout! Factory (2012) (USA) (DVD) (complete series)

Also Known As:

Runtime:

60 min | 60 min (116 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Argentina:Atp

Filming Locations:

Corriganville, Ray Corrigan Ranch, Simi Valley, California, USA

Company:

Lancer-Edling Productions

Trivia:

One memorable episode featured Boris Karloff, Lon Chaney Jr. and Peter Lorre. Karloff and Chaney were given the chance to don their famous Universal Frankenstein Monster and Wolf Man make-up for the first time in decades.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Leave It to Beaver: Beaver on TV (#6.22)" (1963)

A series that was way ahead of its time

I have been living in Asia for the past 32 years so I don't know if

reruns of "Route 66" have ever been running on television in the States

over the past 3 decades. But 20 years ago when I read Alvin Toffler's

prediction in The Third Wave that the future would see professionals

not loyal to any one company but working with an honest fervor at a

given task and then moving on to the next worthy challenge, my

impression was, "this guy is describing the world of Buz and Tod on

'Route 66'." In an era when America was composed of white collar

office workers and blue collar union members, all working towards a

pension, 'Route 66' was a breath of fresh air, an escape, and a

challenge to try something different as well as a reminder that one

should move on not with a sense of despair but with a feeling of

jubilation and wonder at what is over the next hill. Against the

current economic climate in both Japan and the U.S.A., such a reminder

is especially needed today. Let's move on with a sense of jubilation

and wonder. And to help us do it, bring back the "Route 66" series.