Author Archives: Ralph

The Snow Job

FILMED  October  1972 Venice, California is a beachfront neighborhood of the city of Los Angeles, situated south of Santa Monica. Founded in 1905 as a seaside resort town, several miles of canals were dug to drain the marshes in preparation … Continue reading

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Perilous Times

FILMED February 1965 Come September 2, 2014, it will be five years since I launched the trek that evolved into this website. As I approach this fifth anniversary, I am recognizing the journey has proved to be so much more … Continue reading

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The Deadly Species

FILMED January 1972 Great article, Mr. Senensky, real “who’s who” of superb 60s and 70s television actors. The above was part of a COMMENT left on my last post — ARRANGEMENT WITH TERROR. The writer was referring to the actors … Continue reading

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Arrangement With Terror

FILMED November 1971 There was something different about that opening. Did you catch it? ARRANGEMENT WITH TERROR was the fifteenth episode of THE FBI that I directed. It was only the second one where the criminal charged with the crime … Continue reading

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End Of A Hero

FILMED September 1971 After I published my last post, A SECOND LIFE, I decided that since I had written about thirteen of the sixteen episodes I directed of THE FBI, it was time to move on. But then I learned … Continue reading

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A Second Life

FILMED October 1971 From the emotional disturbance of construction worker James Whitmore in MY NAME IS MARTIN BURNHAM, to the problems attendant upon Season Hubley recovering her hearing in THE SOUND OF SUNLIGHT, Senensky seems always to have been interested … Continue reading

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SPECIAL: These Are The Voyages – Season Two

STAR TREK was a phenomenon. I directed six and a half episodes of the original series, working a total of ninety days. I worked many more days than that on just the pilot of DYNASTY. I directed twice as many … Continue reading

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Another Final Exit

FILMED  December  1967 Following their success in the 1966-67 season when they sold two successful series to the networks (STAR TREK to NBC and MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE to CBS) Lucille Ball’s Desilu Studios continued on their roll the following season by … Continue reading

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Ends Of The Earth

FILMED  February 1973 And now we get to a television series that I’m sure the majority of people today do not remember. Robert Justman, the first producer of the series, in his interview for the Archives Of American Television said: … Continue reading

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The Man Who Went Mad By Mistake

FILMED  January 1966 THE MAN WHO WENT MAD BY MISTAKE was the second THE FBI that I directed. It was the only one of the eleven that I directed in the first two seasons that I have not (so far) … Continue reading

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