Earl Bellamy (March 11, 1917 – November 30, 2003) was an American film and television director, and producer.
Biography
Bellamy was born Earl Arthur Bellamy in Minneapolis, Minnesota. His father is Richard James Bellamy. Earl had Scots – Irish ancestry. He had moved to Hollywood, California in 1920 with his parents, his father was an 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 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, Rawhide, The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin and The Virginian.
Family fare was his forte in the 50s; he directed shows like Lassie, Leave It to Beaver and The Donna Reed Show. In the 60s, he focused on comedic sitcoms like The Munsters and McHale's Navy. Medical dramas, like M*A*S*H, Marcus Welby, M.D. and Trapper John M.D., kept him busy in the 70s. In the 1966-1967 season, he directed ABC's The Monroes starring Michael Anderson, Jr., and Barbara Hershey as orphans trying to hold together a family of siblings in the Wyoming wilderness. Before retiring in 1986, Bellamy directed the science fiction miniseries, V., "Fantasy Island and Hart to Hart.
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, Bellamy was aged 86 at the time of his death. It is said that he died of an myocardial infarction (heart attack). His burial is unknown.
External links
Earl Bellamy at the Internet Movie Database
Earl Bellamy at TV.com
Earl Bellamy at Rotten Tomatoes
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Categories: American film directors | American television directors | American film producers | Americans of Scots-Irish descent | Welsh Americans | Deaths by myocardial infarction | Golden Boot Award winners | People from Minneapolis, Minnesota | People from Hollywood | People from Albuquerque, New Mexico | 1917 births | 2003 deathsHidden categories: All articles with unsourced statements | Articles with unsourced statements since June 2008
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