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Donald L. Gold

  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
  • Production Manager
  • Producer
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Donald L. Gold was born on 15 December 1924 in Glasgow, Scotland, UK. He is an assistant director and production manager, known for Miami Vice (1984), CHiPs (1977) and The Rockford Files (1974).
BornDecember 15, 1924
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    Known for

    Don Johnson and Philip Michael Thomas in Miami Vice (1984)
    Miami Vice
    7.6
    TV Series
    • Production Manager
    Erik Estrada and Larry Wilcox in CHiPs (1977)
    CHiPs
    6.5
    TV Series
    • Production Manager
    Noah Beery Jr. and James Garner in The Rockford Files (1974)
    The Rockford Files
    8.2
    TV Series
    • Writer
    Project U.F.O. (1978)
    Project U.F.O.
    7.1
    TV Series
    • Production Manager

    Credits

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    Second Unit or Assistant Director

    • Scam (1993)
      Scam
      5.4
      TV Movie
      • second unit director: Jamaica (as Don Gold)
      • 1993
    • The White Shadow (1978)
      The White Shadow
      8.0
      TV Series
      • second assistant director (as Donald Gold)
      • 1979
    • CBS: On the Air (1978)
      CBS: On the Air
      8.2
      TV Mini Series
      • associate director (as Don Gold)
      • 1978
    • Meg Foster and Perry King in A Different Story (1978)
      A Different Story
      5.6
      • second assistant director (as Donald Gold)
      • 1978
    • Victory at Entebbe (1976)
      Victory at Entebbe
      5.9
      TV Movie
      • assistant director (as Donald Gold)
      • 1976
    • The Ghost & Mrs. Muir (1968)
      The Ghost & Mrs. Muir
      7.7
      TV Series
      • assistant director (as Don Gold)
      • 1968
    • Wayne Maunder in Custer (1967)
      Custer
      6.4
      TV Series
      • assistant director (as Donald Gold)
      • 1967
    • The Felony Squad (1966)
      The Felony Squad
      7.4
      TV Series
      • assistant director (as Donald Gold)
      • 1966–1967
    • And Baby Makes Three (1966)
      And Baby Makes Three
      7.4
      TV Movie
      • assistant director (as Donald Gold)
      • 1966
    • John Banner, Robert Clary, Bob Crane, Richard Dawson, Ivan Dixon, Larry Hovis, and Werner Klemperer in Hogan's Heroes (1965)
      Hogan's Heroes
      7.8
      TV Series
      • assistant director
      • 1965–1966
    • June Lockhart, Angela Cartwright, Mark Goddard, Jonathan Harris, Marta Kristen, Bill Mumy, and Guy Williams in Lost in Space (1965)
      Lost in Space
      7.2
      TV Series
      • assistant director (as Don Gold)
      • 1966
    • Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Joe Bolton, Bill Camfield, Joe DeRita, Hal Fryar, Johnny Ginger, Nancy Kovack, Wayne Mack, Ed T. McDonnell, Bruce Sedley, Paul Shannon, and Sally Starr in The Outlaws Is Coming (1964)
      The Outlaws Is Coming
      6.0
      • assistant director (as Donald Gold)
      • 1964
    • Hazel (1961)
      Hazel
      7.2
      TV Series
      • assistant director (as Donald Gold)
      • 1964
    • Richard Crenna and Maxine Stuart in Slattery's People (1964)
      Slattery's People
      8.0
      TV Series
      • assistant director (as Donald Gold)
      • 1964
    • Inger Stevens and William Windom in The Farmer's Daughter (1963)
      The Farmer's Daughter
      7.4
      TV Series
      • assistant director (as Donald Gold)
      • 1964

    Production Manager

    • Dick Van Dyke and Barry Van Dyke in Diagnosis Murder (1993)
      Diagnosis Murder
      6.9
      TV Series
      • unit production manager (as Don Gold)
      • 1994–1999
    • The Man from Left Field (1993)
      The Man from Left Field
      5.8
      TV Movie
      • unit production manager (as Don Gold)
      • 1993
    • Don Johnson and Philip Michael Thomas in Miami Vice (1984)
      Miami Vice
      7.6
      TV Series
      • unit production manager
      • 1984–1987
    • Lee Van Cleef, Shô Kosugi, and Timothy Van Patten in The Master (1984)
      The Master
      4.5
      TV Series
      • production manager (as Don Gold)
      • 1984
    • David Carradine, Angie Dickinson, Paul Michael Glaser, and Susan Tyrrell in Jealousy (1984)
      Jealousy
      5.3
      TV Movie
      • unit production manager (as Donald Gold)
      • 1984
    • Erik Estrada and Larry Wilcox in CHiPs (1977)
      CHiPs
      6.5
      TV Series
      • unit production manager
      • 1980–1982
    • Kam Fong, Al Harrington, Jack Lord, and James MacArthur in Hawaii Five-O (1968)
      Hawaii Five-O
      7.4
      TV Series
      • unit production manager
      • 1979–1980
    • Robert Wagner and Stefanie Powers in Hart to Hart (1979)
      Hart to Hart
      6.7
      TV Series
      • production manager (as Don Gold)
      • 1980
    • Project U.F.O. (1978)
      Project U.F.O.
      7.1
      TV Series
      • head of production
      • unit production manager
      • 1978–1979
    • Joey Aresco, Ilene Graff, and Harrison Page in Supertrain (1979)
      Supertrain
      4.5
      TV Series
      • second unit production manager
      • 1979
    • The Midnight Man (1974)
      The Midnight Man
      6.4
      • unit production manager (as Donald Gold)
      • 1974
    • McMillan & Wife (1971)
      McMillan & Wife
      7.2
      TV Series
      • unit manager
      • 1971–1973
    • Brock's Last Case (1973)
      Brock's Last Case
      6.0
      TV Movie
      • unit manager (as Don Gold)
      • 1973
    • The Longest Night (1972)
      The Longest Night
      6.7
      TV Movie
      • unit manager (as Donald Gold)
      • 1972
    • Lee Grant in Ransom for a Dead Man (1971)
      Ransom for a Dead Man
      7.6
      TV Movie
      • unit manager (as Don Gold)
      • 1971

    Producer

    • Sex and the Teenage Mind (2002)
      Sex and the Teenage Mind
      4.1
      • producer (as Don Gold)
      • 2002
    • Dick Van Dyke and Barry Van Dyke in Diagnosis Murder: Diagnosis of Murder (1992)
      Diagnosis Murder: Without Warning
      7.3
      TV Movie
      • producer
      • 2002
    • Dick Van Dyke and Barry Van Dyke in Diagnosis Murder: Diagnosis of Murder (1992)
      Diagnosis Murder: Town Without Pity
      6.9
      TV Movie
      • producer
      • 2002
    • Dick Van Dyke and Barry Van Dyke in Diagnosis Murder (1993)
      Diagnosis Murder
      6.9
      TV Series
      • producer
      • 1999–2001
    • Carmen Electra and David Hasselhoff in Baywatch: White Thunder at Glacier Bay (1998)
      Baywatch: White Thunder at Glacier Bay
      5.2
      Video
      • co-producer (as Don Gold)
      • 1998
    • Christopher Lloyd, Cynthia Gibb, James Calvert, and Stephen Kay in Deadly Games (1995)
      Deadly Games
      6.3
      TV Series
      • producer (as Don Gold)
      • 1995–1997
    • Scam (1993)
      Scam
      5.4
      TV Movie
      • line producer (as Don Gold)
      • 1993
    • Don Johnson and Philip Michael Thomas in Miami Vice (1984)
      Miami Vice
      7.6
      TV Series
      • co-producer
      • coordinating producer
      • co-producer: Miami
      • 1985–1989
    • Erik Estrada and Larry Wilcox in CHiPs (1977)
      CHiPs
      6.5
      TV Series
      • producer
      • 1983
    • Joey Aresco, Ilene Graff, and Harrison Page in Supertrain (1979)
      Supertrain
      4.5
      TV Series
      • associate producer
      • 1979

    Personal details

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    • Alternative names
      • Donald Gold
    • Born
      • December 15, 1924
      • Glasgow, Scotland, UK
    • Other works
      Producing for Hollywood: a Guide for the Independent Producer (Second Edition) By Paul Mason and Donald Gold Published by Allworth Communications, Inc., 2004 275 pages

    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Along with Rudolph Borchert and Lester Wm. Berke, wrote the final regular episode of The Rockford Files (1974).

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