Star Trek directors

Ralph Senensky was born on 1 May 1923 in Mason City, Iowa, USA. He is a director and production manager, known for Star Trek (1966), The Twilight Zone (1959) and Mission: Impossible (1966).

Joseph Pevney was born on 15 September 1911 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a director and actor, known for Star Trek (1966), Tammy and the Bachelor (1957) and Man of a Thousand Faces (1957). He was married to Margo Yvette Collins, Philippa Hilber and Mitzi Green. He died on 18 May 2008 in Palm Desert, California, USA.

Marc Daniels was born on 27 January 1912 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. He was a director and producer, known for Star Trek (1966), Nash Airflyte Theatre (1950) and Alice (1976). He was married to Emily Daniels and Meg Mundy. He died on 23 April 1989 in Santa Monica, California, USA.

Vincent McEveety was born on 10 August 1929 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was a director and assistant director, known for The Untouchables (1959), Star Trek (1966) and Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1958). He was married to Mary Ann O'Dell. He died on 19 May 2018 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

Robert Butler was born on 16 November 1927 in Hollywood, California, USA. He was a director and writer, known for Remington Steele (1982), Hill Street Blues (1981) and The Blue Knight (1973). He was married to Adrienne Hepburn. He died on 3 November 2023 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

James Goldstone was born on 8 June 1931 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was a director and writer, known for The Court of Last Resort (1957), Iron Horse (1966) and Kent State (1981). He was married to Ruth Goldstone. He died on 5 November 1999 in Shaftsbury, Vermont, USA.

Joseph Sargent was born on 22 July 1925 in Jersey City, New Jersey, USA. He was a director and actor, known for Jaws: The Revenge (1987), The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974) and Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970). He was married to Carolyn Nelson and Mary Carver. He died on 22 December 2014 in Malibu, California, USA.

Harvey Hart was born on 30 August 1928 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He was a director and producer, known for Shoot (1976), Folio (1955) and Passion and Paradise (1989). He was married to Theresa Hart. He died on 21 November 1989 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Leo Penn was born on 27 August 1921 in Lawrence, Massachusetts, USA. He was a director and actor, known for Ben Casey (1961), Star Trek (1966) and Remington Steele (1982). He was married to Eileen Ryan and Olive Deering. He died on 5 September 1998 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

Lawrence Dobkin was born on 16 September 1919 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor and director, known for Patton (1970), Mike Hammer (1958) and Star Trek (1966). He was married to Anne Collings, Joanna Barnes and Frances Hope Walker. He died on 28 October 2002 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

Gerd Oswald was born on 9 June 1919 in Berlin, Germany. He was a director and assistant director, known for Brainwashed (1960), A Place in the Sun (1951) and Agent for H.A.R.M. (1966). He was married to Marjorie Feinberg and Annabel Magness. He died on 22 May 1989 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

Robert Gist was a tough kid who grew up around the Chicago stockyards during the Depression. Reform school-bound after injuring another boy in a fistfight, Gist instead ended up in Chicago's Hull House, a settlement house where he first became interested in acting. Work in Chicago radio was followed by stage acting roles in Chicago and on Broadway (in the long-running "Harvey" with Josephine Hull). While acting in "Harvey", he made his film debut in New York-shot scenes for 20th Century-Fox's Christmas classic Miracle on 34th Street (1947). Gist was also seen on Broadway in director Charles Laughton's "The Caine Mutiny Court Martial" (1954) with Henry Fonda and John Hodiak. While shooting Operation Petticoat (1959) in Key West, Florida, Gist told director Blake Edwards that he was interested in directing; Edwards later hired him to helm episodes of the TV series Peter Gunn (1958). Gist has also directed for TV's Naked City (1958), The Twilight Zone (1959), Route 66 (1960) and many others.

Robert Sparr was born on 10 September 1915 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA. He was a director and editor, known for Star Trek (1966), A Swingin' Summer (1965) and The Wild Wild West (1965). He died on 28 August 1969 in Penrose, Colorado, USA.

Don McDougall was born on 28 September 1917 in San Francisco, California, USA. He was a director and writer, known for Jungle Jim (1955), Toke (1973) and Star Trek (1966). He died on 7 February 1991 in California, USA.

Brother of Oscar nominated actor Dan O'Herlihy, Michael O'Herlihy was a major TV director in the US from the 1950s to the 1980s. His credits include Star Trek (1966), Maverick (1957), Gunsmoke (1955), M*A*S*H (1972), Hawaii Five-O (1968), The A-Team (1983) and Miami Vice (1984) to name but a few.

He worked for Disney in the late 1960s and his feature film debut was for them in 1966 with The Fighting Prince of Donegal (1966), a family classic.

Nominated for an Emmy in 1979 for his NBC miniseries Backstairs at the White House (1979), O'Herlihy, like his brother, never received the accolades in his home country that he did in the US.

Tall, dignified-looking Newland began in show business as a song-and-dance man with a vaudeville troupe ('The Vikings'), whose trade-mark was wearing gold capes. He acted in stock with the Stuart Walker Company, then found work on the New York stage in tandem with Milton Berle at the Roxy, Capitol and Loew's State Theatres. He also acted in radio and resumed touring nationally on the vaudeville circuit, as well as performing on the legitimate stage in such respected plays as "The Petrified Forest". After wartime service in the Army Air Corps, Newland embarked on a short film career under contract to Warner Brothers, which -- by his own account -- was an 'immediate failure'.

He instead turned his hand to directing early television and became best known for his paranormal anthology series One Step Beyond (1959), which he also hosted in his distinctively mellifluous voice and deadpan fashion. This was a good (though rather less well-known) contemporary of The Twilight Zone (1959). It was shot on the MGM lot with full access to the studio's wardrobe department and with a respectable budget of $30,000 to $50,000 per episode. In addition to high production values, the series consistently boasted good actors, including a young Warren Beatty, William Shatner and Suzanne Pleshette. An attempt to resurrect the franchise (The Next Step Beyond (1978)) nearly twenty years later with the same production team failed to re-ignite public interest.

Though he considered his work on 'One Step Beyond' as the highlight of his career, Newland continued to be in demand for many more years as a busy television director in a variety of other genres: from soap opera (Peyton Place (1964)), to espionage (The Man Who Never Was (1966)); from westerns (Daniel Boone (1964)) to cop shows (Police Woman (1974)). Until the mid-70's, his sonorous voice also continued to resound on radio's CBS Mystery Theater.

Herschel Daugherty was born on 27 October 1910 in Lauramie, Indiana, USA. He was a director and actor, known for General Electric Theater (1953), Mildred Pierce (1945) and Star Trek (1966). He died on 5 March 1993 in Encinitas, California, USA.

Gene Nelson was barely a teen when he saw the Fred Astaire movie Flying Down to Rio (1933), which would change his life. It was then that he decided he would be a dancer. After graduating from high school, Nelson joined the Sonja Henie Ice Show and toured for 3 years before joining the Army in World War II. After he was discharged, he appeared in a handful of movies before 1950. He worked with Debbie Reynolds in The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady (1950), Doris Day in Tea for Two (1950) and Virginia Mayo in She's Working Her Way Through College (1952). He would be best known for his role of cowboy Will Parker in Oklahoma! (1955), where he would twirl the lasso to the tune of "Kansas City".

After his dancing days ended he turned to directing TV and films, including two Elvis Presley movies, Kissin' Cousins (1964) and Harum Scarum (1965). For television he directed episodes of I Dream of Jeannie (1965), Star Trek (1966), The Rifleman (1958), The Donna Reed Show (1958) and many others.

James Komack was born on 3 August 1924 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a producer and writer, known for The Courtship of Eddie's Father (1969), Chico and the Man (1974) and Welcome Back, Kotter (1975). He was married to Marilyn Cluny Cohen. He died on 24 December 1997 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

John Meredyth Lucas was born on 1 May 1919 in Los Angeles, California, USA. John was a producer and director, known for Star Trek (1966), Insight (1960) and Mannix (1967). John was married to Patricia Kay Hightower, Patricia Kay Silvera and Joan Winfield. John died on 19 October 2002 in Newport Beach, Orange County, California, USA.

Jud Taylor was born on 25 February 1932 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a director and actor, known for The Great Escape (1963), Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1963) and The Fugitive (1963). He was married to Lynn Kressel and Devra Korwin. He died on 6 August 2008 in New York City, New York, USA.

Marvin J. Chomsky was born on 23 May 1929 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a director and producer, known for Holocaust (1978), Billionaire Boys Club (1987) and Peter the Great (1986). He died on 28 March 2022 in Santa Monica, California, USA.

John Erman was born on 3 August 1935 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was a director and producer, known for The Blackwater Lightship (2004), Roots (1977) and The Outer Limits (1963). He died on 25 June 2021 in New York City, New York, USA.

Herb Wallerstein was born on 28 November 1925 in New York, USA. He was an assistant director and director, known for Star Trek (1966), Mission: Impossible (1966) and The Six Million Dollar Man (1974). He died on 27 September 1985 in Woodland Hills, California, USA.

Anton Leader was born on 23 December 1913 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. He was a director and production manager, known for The Virginian (1962), Star Trek (1966) and The Twilight Zone (1959). He was married to Rosalind Palca. He died on 1 July 1988 in Los Angeles, California, USA.