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Arnold Laven

American film and television director (1922-2009) · United States · On the map · Directors · Died at 87

Arnold Laven was an American film and television director and producer. He was one of the founders and principals of the American film and television production company Levy-Gardner-Laven. Laven was a producer of, among other things, the western television series The Rifleman and The Big Valley.

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2009Died13 September 20091984HunterSeries, Director1983The A-TeamSeries, Director1980Back to the Planet of the ApesFilm, Director1977CHiPsSeries, Director1975BarettaSeries, Director1974Planet of the ApesSeries, DirectorRex Harrison Presents Stories of LoveFilm, 1974Director1972Ghost StorySeries, DirectorDeath Follows a PsychoFilm, 1972Director1971The Hunting PartyFilm, Producer1970The Silent ForceSeries, DirectorUndergroundFilm, 1970Producer1968The ScalphuntersFilm, Producer1967MannixSeries, DirectorClambakeFilm, 1967Producer1965The Glory GuysFilm, Director, Producer1963RecoilFilm, Producer1958The RiflemanSeries, DirectorAnna LucastaFilm, 1958Director1957Slaughter on 10th AvenueFilm, Director1956The RackFilm, Director1955Alfred Hitchcock PresentsSeries, Director1953Vice SquadFilm, Director1952Without Warning!Film, Director1922Born3 February 1922

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  • The Scalphunters 1968
  • White Lightning 1973
  • The Hunting Party 1971
  • The Monster That Challenged the World 1957

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Television 17

About this person

He also directed motion pictures, including Without Warning!, The Rack, The Monster That Challenged the World, Geronimo, Rough Night in Jericho, and Sam Whiskey. In the 1970s and early 1980s, Laven directed dozens of episodes of television series, including episodes of Mannix, The A-Team, Hill Street Blues, The Six Million Dollar Man, Fantasy Island, The Rockford Files and CHiPs.

Country
United States
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1922 to 2009 · aged 87

In the same film or series as Arnold

Rayford BarnesAlso in The Hunting Party (1971)Booth ColmanAlso in Life, Liberty and Pursuit on the Planet of the Apes (1980)David SheinerAlso in Rex Harrison Presents Stories of Love (1974)