Anton Leader
American film director and film producer (1913-1988) · United States · On the map · Directors · Died at 74
Anton Leader was an American radio and television director. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on December 23, 1913. He directed radio dramas in New York in the 1940s and moved to Los Angeles in 1948. Subsequently, he worked as a free-lancer for Universal Studios and Columbia Pictures, among others.
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Movin' OnSeries, Director1971
NicholsSeries, Director1970
The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico CountyFilm, Director1967
IronsideSeries, Director1966
Star TrekSeries, Director1965
Get SmartSeries, Director1964
Children of the DamnedFilm, Director1962
The VirginianSeries, Director1959
Mr. LuckySeries, Director1958
LawmanSeries, Director1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey TheatreSeries, Director
ConfessionFilm, 1956Director
Once to Every WomanFilm, 1956Director1954
Go Man GoFilm, Producer1953
It Happens Every ThursdayFilm, Producer1952
Cavalcade of AmericaSeries, Director1913Born23 December 1913People around Anton
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William Shatner Anton directed For the World Is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky (1968)
Leonard Nimoy Anton directed For the World Is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky (1968)
George Takei Anton directed For the World Is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky (1968)
Nichelle Nichols Anton directed For the World Is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky (1968)
DeForest Kelley Anton directed For the World Is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky (1968)
Bessie Love Anton directed Children of the Damned (1964)
James Doohan Anton directed For the World Is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky (1968)
Walter Koenig Anton directed For the World Is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky (1968)
Lois Nettleton Anton directed The Midnight Sun (1961)
Alan Badel Anton directed Children of the Damned (1964)
Alfred Burke Anton directed Children of the Damned (1964)- Ian Hendry Anton directed Children of the Damned (1964)
Jason Wingreen Anton directed The Midnight Sun (1961)
Betty Garde Anton directed The Midnight Sun (1961)- Patrick Wymark Anton directed Children of the Damned (1964)
Filmography 6
43 credits on file
Television 24
Media & music
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About this person
From the mid-1950s to the mid-1970s, he directed many episodes of the popular television series of that era. Known as "Tony" to friends and colleagues, his screen credits alternated between "Tony Leader" and the more formal "Anton M. Leader." He died in Los Angeles, California, on July 1, 1988.
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Betty Lou GersonAlso in Once to Every Woman (1956)
Eric SheaAlso in The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County (1970)
Kathryn CardAlso in It Happens Every Thursday (1953)
Edmon RyanAlso in Go Man Go (1954)Frank MaherAlso in Children of the Damned (1964)Christopher SheaAlso in The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County (1970)