Author Archives: Ralph

Filmed October 1966 There had been a major change in the production staff for THE FBI series in the month since I had completed filming ORDEAL. Director of photography William Spencer had departed for Twentieth Century Fox to photograph Quinn … Continue reading →

Filmed August 1966 Legendary art director William Cameron Menzies invented the job title, Production Designer, after his work on GONE WITH THE WIND. It denoted contribution beyond the creation of the sets for a film. I bring this up because … Continue reading →

Filmed July 1966 The above appeared on the final credit card of the end credits of each episode of THE FBI. I was not involved in the creation of scripts at their inception, so I can only surmise how the … Continue reading →

Filmed June 1966 With the commencement of the 1966-67 season there had been some major changes in the personnel structure of the QM Production Company. I again want to stress that my knowledge of this was strictly that of an … Continue reading →

Filmed May 1966 The start of the 1966-67 season found me doing something I had never done before. I signed with QM Productions to direct every other THE FBI for the season, a total of thirteen productions. That meant I … Continue reading →

Filmed March 1966 Ford Motor Co. was one of the sponsors of THE FBI on ABC. As I remember it, they sponsored the show every other week. At that time commercials in shows were not fifteen second and thirty second … Continue reading →

Filmed December 1965 It was early December when I drove out to Warner Bros. Studio and entered the gate on Barham Boulevard for the first time. Warner Bros. was the only lot of Hollywood’s seven major studios where I had … Continue reading →