"Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea" (1964) TV series 1964-1968

Creator:

Irwin Allen
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Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4

Release Date:

14 September 1964 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Sci-Fi

Plot:

The submarine Seaview is commissioned to investigate the mysteries of the seas. Usually it finds more problems than answers...

Plot Keywords:

Submarine | Alien Species | Paranoia | Monster Of The Week | Transformation

Awards:

Won 4 Primetime Emmys. Another 8 nominations

Cast

Richard Basehart	...	Admiral Nelson / ... (110 episodes, 1964-1968)
David Hedison	...	Captain Crane / ... (110 episodes, 1964-1968)
Robert Dowdell	...	Chip Morton / ... (109 episodes, 1964-1968)
Del Monroe	...	Kowalski / ... (97 episodes, 1964-1968)
Terry Becker	...	Chief Francis Ethelbert Sharkey / ... (71 episodes, 1965-1968)
Paul Trinka	...	Patterson / ... (58 episodes, 1964-1968)

Series Directed by
Jus Addiss		(16 episodes, 1966-1968)
Jerry Hopper		(15 episodes, 1965-1968)
Sobey Martin		(14 episodes, 1964-1966)
Harry Harris		(12 episodes, 1965-1967)
Leonard Horn		(9 episodes, 1964-1966)
Felix E. Feist		(6 episodes, 1964-1965)
Robert Sparr		(5 episodes, 1967-1968)
James Goldstone		(4 episodes, 1964-1965)
Gerald Mayer		(4 episodes, 1966-1967)
Nathan Juran		(3 episodes, 1965-1966)
Sutton Roley		(3 episodes, 1966)
Charles R. Rondeau		(3 episodes, 1968)
Laslo Benedek		(2 episodes, 1964-1965)
Irwin Allen		(2 episodes, 1964)
John Brahm		(2 episodes, 1964)
Alex March		(2 episodes, 1965-1966)

Series Writing credits
Irwin Allen		(110 episodes, 1964-1968)
William Welch		(34 episodes, 1964-1968)
William Read Woodfield		(14 episodes, 1965-1966)
Charles Bennett		(7 episodes, 1965-1968)
Allan Balter		(7 episodes, 1965-1966)
Robert Hamner		(6 episodes, 1964-1968)
Hendrik Vollaerts		(6 episodes, 1965-1967)
Al Gail		(5 episodes, 1965-1968)
Sidney Marshall		(5 episodes, 1965-1968)
John Hawkins		(4 episodes, 1965-1967)
Ward Hawkins		(4 episodes, 1965-1967)
Robert Vincent Wright		(4 episodes, 1965-1966)
Arthur Weiss		(4 episodes, 1967-1968)
Donn Mullally		(3 episodes, 1966-1967)
Richard H. Landau		(2 episodes, 1964-1965)
Don Brinkley		(2 episodes, 1964)
Berne Giler		(2 episodes, 1964)
George Reed		(2 episodes, 1965-1966)
Jack Gross Jr.		(unknown episodes)

Series Produced by
Irwin Allen	....	producer (110 episodes, 1964-1968)
Bruce Fowler Jr.	....	associate producer (51 episodes, 1966-1968)
Frank La Tourette	....	associate producer (21 episodes, 1965-1966)
William Welch	....	associate producer (19 episodes, 1965-1966)
Joseph Gantman	....	associate producer (16 episodes, 1964-1965)
Allan Balter	....	associate producer (15 episodes, 1964-1965)

Series Original Music by
Leith Stevens		(9 episodes, 1965-1968)
Lennie Hayton		(8 episodes, 1965-1967)
Paul Sawtell		(7 episodes, 1964-1965)
Alexander Courage		(6 episodes, 1964-1968)
Hugo Friedhofer		(4 episodes, 1964)
Harry Geller		(4 episodes, 1967-1968)

Series Cinematography by
Winton C. Hoch		(51 episodes, 1964-1966)
Robert J. Bronner		(48 episodes, 1966-1968)
Carl E. Guthrie		(8 episodes, 1965-1966)
Paul Vogel		(4 episodes, 1966)

Series Film Editing by
James Baiotto		(21 episodes, 1964-1967)
Robert Belcher		(18 episodes, 1964-1966)
Dick Wormell		(17 episodes, 1965-1968)
George Watters		(16 episodes, 1966-1968)
Jack Gleason		(13 episodes, 1966-1967)
Dolph Rudeen		(8 episodes, 1966-1967)
Roland Gross		(6 episodes, 1964-1965)
Axel Hubert Sr.		(4 episodes, 1968)
Fred Baratta		(3 episodes, 1965)
Homer Powell		(3 episodes, 1968)

Series Casting by
Joe Scully		(unknown episodes)

Series Art Direction by
Jack Martin Smith		(110 episodes, 1964-1968)
Stan Jolley		(40 episodes, 1966-1968)
William J. Creber		(37 episodes, 1964-1966)
Lou Korn		(14 episodes, 1965-1966)
James F. McGuire		(7 episodes, 1965)
Rodger Maus		(2 episodes, 1966)

Series Set Decoration by
Walter M. Scott		(110 episodes, 1964-1968)
Norman Rockett		(43 episodes, 1964-1966)
Sven Wickman		(34 episodes, 1966-1967)
Bert Allen		(22 episodes, 1967-1968)
Robert De Vestel		(6 episodes, 1965)

Series Makeup Department
Ben Nye	....	makeup supervisor (43 episodes, 1965-1967)
Margaret Donovan	....	hair styling supervisor (14 episodes, 1965-1966)

Series Production Management
William Self	....	in charge of production / executive in charge of production (110 episodes, 1964-1968)
George E. Swink	....	post-production supervisor (103 episodes, 1964-1968)
Jack Sonntag	....	production supervisor / production manager (62 episodes, 1966-1968)
Harry Templeton	....	unit production manager (52 episodes, 1966-1968)
Gaston Glass	....	production manager (48 episodes, 1964-1966)
Hal Herman	....	unit production manager (40 episodes, 1965-1966)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
William McGarry	....	assistant director (34 episodes, 1965-1968)
Norman August	....	assistant director (30 episodes, 1966-1968)
Jack Stubbs	....	assistant director (15 episodes, 1964-1965)
Les Warner	....	assistant director (9 episodes, 1964-1965)
Gilbert Mandelik	....	assistant director (8 episodes, 1964-1965)
Wilson Shyer	....	assistant director (5 episodes, 1965-1966)
John D. Bloss	....	assistant director (4 episodes, 1965)
George Templeton	....	assistant director (3 episodes, 1966)
William Kissell	....	assistant director (3 episodes, 1967-1968)

Series Art Department
Maurice Zuberano	....	production illustrator (1 episode, 1964)

Series Sound Department
Don Hall	....	supervising sound editor / supervising sound effects editor / ... (57 episodes, 1965-1968)
Bob Cornett	....	sound effects editor (44 episodes, 1965-1968)
Ralph Hickey	....	supervising sound effects editor / sound effects editor (32 episodes, 1964-1965)
Dick Le Grand	....	sound effects editor (26 episodes, 1966-1967)
Don Higgins	....	sound effects editor (3 episodes, 1966)
Elwell Jackson	....	sound effects editor (unknown episodes)
Daniel Mandell	....	sound effects editor (unknown episodes)
John Mills	....	sound effects editor (unknown episodes)

Series Special Effects by
Greg C. Jensen	....	special effects (unknown episodes)

Series Visual Effects by
L.B. Abbott	....	special photographic effects (110 episodes, 1964-1968)
Howard Lydecker	....	special photographic effects (26 episodes, 1965-1966)

Series Stunts
Bobby Somers	....	stunts (6 episodes, 1964-1965)
Larry Holt	....	stunts (3 episodes, 1967-1968)
Frank Babich	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Jerry Catron	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Chuck Courtney	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Dick Dial	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Nick Dimitri	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Gary Epper	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Ralph Garrett	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Dick Geary	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Johnny Hagner	....	stunt double (unknown episodes)
Hubie Kerns	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Denver Mattson	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Troy Melton	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Roy N. Sickner	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Paul Stader	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Ron Stein	....	stunts (unknown episodes)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
John Lamb	....	underwater photographer / underwater photography (75 episodes, 1964-1968)

Series Editorial Department
Robert Mintz	....	post-production coordinator (109 episodes, 1964-1968)
Roland Gross	....	supervising film editor (25 episodes, 1964-1965)

Series Music Department
Lionel Newman	....	music supervisor / conductor / ... (110 episodes, 1964-1968)
Leonard A. Engel	....	supervising music editor (109 episodes, 1964-1968)
Paul Sawtell	....	composer: theme music (101 episodes, 1964-1968)
Morrie McNaughton	....	music editor / music supervisor (77 episodes, 1965-1968)
Harry Eisen	....	music editor (33 episodes, 1964-1965)

Series Transportation Department
Chris Haynes	....	driver (21 episodes, 1964-1968)

Series Other crew
Al Gail	....	associate story editor / assistant to producer (110 episodes, 1964-1968)
Paul Zastupnevich	....	assistant to producer / production assistant (110 episodes, 1964-1968)
Sidney Marshall	....	story editor (78 episodes, 1965-1968)
Hal Herman	....	production associate / production coordinator / ... (69 episodes, 1964-1968)
Les Warner	....	production coordinator / unit production coordinator (57 episodes, 1964-1968)
William Welch	....	story editor (31 episodes, 1964-1965)
Jack Stubbs	....	unit production coordinator (24 episodes, 1965-1966)
Robert Mintz	....	post production coordinator (13 episodes, 1967)
Ray Didsbury	....	production assistant (unknown episodes)
Robert Sonntag	....	production assistant (unknown episodes)

Production Companies

• Irwin Allen Productions (as Cambridge) (for)
• 20th Century Fox Television

Distributors

• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (1964-1968) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
• Revelation Films (2010) (UK) (DVD)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2006) (USA) (DVD)

Other Companies

• AMF Voit Inc.  diving gear

Also Known As:

Runtime:

52 min (110 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color | Black and White (31 episodes)

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound Recording)

Filming Locations:

20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Irwin Allen Productions

Trivia:

Epsiode 2.1, "Jonah And The Whale," was the first episode to be broadcast in color. Seaview is redesigned with only one set of observation windows and a hatch for the flying sub, although stock footage was used throughout seasons 2-4 showing the sub with three or six windows. New uniforms appear also as well as the flying sub. Over the course of seasons 2-4, there were six different flying sub models used for filming.

Quotes:

Captain Crane:[after watching a flying saucer depart] We can expect to see it again someday. I hope they'll remember they were treated as friends.
Admiral Nelson:They'll remember all right. I wonder if we will.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Mystery Science Theater 3000: Stranded in Space (#4.5)" (1991)

Pure Entertainment!

During my days as a child,the most entertaining show that Irwin Allen ever produced was "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea". It was a Sunday night staple during it run on ABC from 1964-1968. Each week,the nuclear submarine "the seaview" runs into huge sea creatures and prehistoric monsters, menacing aliens from other worlds,villains who would take over the ship and tried to destroy it,and have it out with whatever was out there in the mysterious vasts of the deep. Richard Basehart was brilliant as Admiral Nelson and David Hedison was very good as Captain Crane. However,it did have some incredible special effects during its day,making it one of the top ten shows during its initial run. Catch some of the episodes(if they're available on some local cable channel) if you can.