Earl Bellamy

Earl Arthur Bellamy (March 11, 1917 – November 30, 2003) was an American television and film director.

Biography

Bellamy was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He was also known as Earl J. Bellamy, or Earl J. Bellamy, Jr.
"Earl Bellamy." Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television, Volume 28. Gale Group, 2000.
Reproduced in Biography Resource Center. Farmington Hills, Mich.: Gale, 2008. http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/BioRC
Document Number: K1609009682. Fee. Retrieved December 28, 2008. His father was Richard James Bellamy. He moved to Hollywood in 1920 with his parents; his father was a railroad engineer. After graduating from Hollywood High School in 1935, Bellamy received a degree from Los Angeles City College

and took a job as a messenger for Columbia Studios. Within four years, Bellamy had worked his way up to second assistant director before taking time off to serve in the U.S. Navy's photographic unit during World War II.

When Bellamy returned to Hollywood, he became a well-respected TV director who was particularly adept at Westerns. Although he directed nearly two dozen feature films, Bellamy was best known for his work on '' The Lone Ranger'', '' Sergeant Preston of the Yukon'', '' Rawhide'', '' The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin'', '' The Virginian'' and '' Tales of Wells Fargo''.

Family fare was his forte in the 1950s. He directed shows like '' Jungle Jim'', '' Lassie'', '' Leave It to Beaver'' and '' The Donna Reed Show''. In the 1960s, he focused on sitcoms like '' Bachelor Father'', '' Get Smart'', '' The Munsters'', '' McHale's Navy'', and the final season of My Three Sons. Medical dramas, like '' Marcus Welby, M.D.'' and '' Trapper John M.D.'', as well as sitcoms such as ''M*A*S*H'' and '' The San Pedro Beach Bums'', kept him busy in the 1970s. Before retiring in 1986, Bellamy directed the science fiction miniseries, '' V'', and many episodes of ''Fantasy Island'' and '' Hart to Hart''.

After his retirement, Bellamy and his wife moved to New Mexico. The state had provided him with many different filming locations.

In 2002, the Motion Picture and Television Fund gave him the prestigious Golden Boot Award.

Bellamy died on November 30, 2003, in Albuquerque, New Mexico, at the age of 86. It is reported that he died of a myocardial infarction (heart attack).

He had three children, Michael, Earl Jr, and Karen. His first wife died 9 years after Earl Jr was born. His second wife (mother of Karen) committed suicide.

Films

*''Sidewinder 1'' (1977) director
*''Speedtrap'' (1977) director
*''Against a Crooked Sky'' (1975) director
*''Walking Tall Part 2'' (1975) director
*'' Sidecar Racers'' (1975) director
*'' Seven Alone'' (1974) director
*'' Backtrack!'' (1969) director
*'' Incident at Phantom Hill'' (1966) director
*''Munster, Go Home!'' (1966) director
*'' Gunpoint'' (1966) director
*'' Fluffy'' (1965) director
*'' Stagecoach to Dancers' Rock'' (1962) director
*'' Toughest Gun in Tombstone'' (1958) director
*'' Blackjack Ketchum, Desperado'' (1956) director
*'' Seminole Uprising'' (1955) director
*''It Should Happen to You'' (1954) assistant director
*'' From Here to Eternity'' (1953) assistant director
*''Shockproof'' (1949) assistant director

Television

*''Alfred Hitchcock Presents'' Role: Director
*''The Andy Griffith Show'' Role: Director
*'' Bachelor Father'' Role: Director
*'' The Brian Keith Show'' Role: Director of some episodes
*'' CHiPs'' Role: Director
*''Castaways on Gilligan's Island'' (TV movie) Role: Director
*'' Code Red'' Role: Director
*''Crusader'' Role: Director
*'' Daniel Boone'' Role: Director
*''Desilu Playhouse'' Role: Director
*'' The Desperate Mission'' (TV movie) Role: Director
*''Desperate Women'' (TV movie) Role: Director
*''Eight Is Enough'', season 3, episode 17: "Mother's Rule", Role: Director
*''The F.B.I.'' Role: Director
*''Fantasy Island'' Role: Director
*'' Fire!'' (TV movie) Role: Director
*'' Flood!'' (TV movie) Role: Director
*'' Future Cop'' Role: Director
*'' Get Smart'' Role: Director
*'' Hart to Hart'' Role: Director, Writer
*''I Spy'' Role: Director
*''Isis'' Role: Director
*'' The John Forsythe Show'' Role: Director
*''Knight in Shining Armour'' (TV special) Role: Director
*'' Laramie'' Role: Director
*'' Laredo'' Role: Director
*'' Leave It to Beaver'' Role: Director
*'' The Lone Ranger'' Role: Director
*'' M Squad'' Role: Director
*''M*A*S*H'' Role: Director
*''Masquerade'' Role: Director
*'' Matt Helm'' Role: Director
*'' McHale's Navy'' Role: Director
*'' Medical Center'' Role: Director
*''The Mod Squad'' Role: Director
*'' The Munsters'' Role: Director
*'' My Three Sons'' Role: Director
*''O'Connor's Ocean'' (TV special) Role: Director
*''Partners'' (TV series) Role: Director
*'' Perry Mason'' Role: Director
*'' The Pigeon'' (TV movie) Role: Director
*'' The Quest'' Role: Director
*'' Rawhide'' Role: Director
*'' The Restless Gun'' Role: Director of some episodes
*'' S.W.A.T.'' Role: Director
*'' The San Pedro Beach Bums'' Role: Director
*''Sixth Sense'' (TV series) Role: Director
*'' Starsky and Hutch'' Role: Director
*''Stranded'' (TV special) Role: Director
*'' To Rome with Love'' Role: Director
*'' The Trackers'' (TV movie) Role: Director
*'' Trapper John, M.D.'' Role: Director
*'' U.S. Marshal'' Role: Director 2 episodes
*''Valentine Magic on Love Island'' (TV movie) Role: Director
*''Wagon Train'' Role: Director
*''Young Dan'l Boone'' Role: Director
*'' Tales of Wells Fargo'' Role: Director

References

External links

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Earl Bellamy Papers
at the Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research
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Filmography by New York Times

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1917 births
2003 deaths
American television directors
Film producers from California
Artists from Minneapolis
People from Hollywood, Los Angeles
Artists from Albuquerque, New Mexico
Los Angeles City College alumni
United States Navy personnel of World War II
United States Navy sailors
Film directors from Minnesota
Film directors from Los Angeles
Film directors from New Mexico
Film producers from Minnesota