Description:
Directed more than 1,600 episodes of television. Graduated from Hollywood High School in 1935 and got a job as a messenger at Columbia Studios, working his way up to second assistant director by 1939. Served in the U.S. Navy's photographic unit near the end of World War II.
Birthday
March 11, 1917
Born In
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Spouse/Ex-
Gail Duff Bruns October 7, 1977 - November 30, 2003 (his death),Margaret Jane (MarJane) Nulle November 22, 1952 - August 29, 1977 (her death),Catherine Theresa Murphy 1939 - December 22, 1951 (her death)
Trivia
Talks about the Bela Lugosi movie The Return of the Vampire (1943)--on which he worked as assistant director--in the book "A Sci-Fi Swarm and Horror Horde" (McFarland & Co., 2010) by Tom Weaver.
Quotes
[about the ability of Highland Dale--aka "Beauty"--the title horse used in Fury (1955), to play baseball] The horse was out in center field. When the kid hit the ball, wherever it went, Fury went after it and ran to home base with it. McCutcheon [trainer Ralph McCutcheon] had the horse so well trained he could say, "All right, Beaut, go". The horse would run and Ralph would yell to him, "Look over your right shoulder" and the horse would turn while running and look back. He could do that on either the right or left side. What McCutcheon used to train horses and dogs I'll never know, but he was unbelievable!
Nickname
"No Strain"
