Anton Leader
Born: 1913-12-23 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 1988-07-01
Known For: Directing
Biography
Anton Leader (December 23, 1913 – July 1, 1988) 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. From the middle 1950s to the middle 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.
Filmography
1974
- Movin' On ... (Director)
1971
- Nichols ... (Director)
1970
- The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County ... (Director)
1968
- Hawaii Five-O ... (Director)
1967
- Ironside ... (Director)
1966
- Star Trek ... (Director)
- Tarzan ... (Director)
- The Road West ... (Director)
1965
- Get Smart ... (Director)
- Lost in Space ... (Director)
- Laredo ... (Director)
- The Legend of Jesse James ... (Director)
1964
- Daniel Boone ... (Director)
- Gilligan's Island ... (Director)
- Children of the Damned ... (Director)
1963
- Espionage ... (Director)
1962
- The Virginian ... (Director)
- Zero One ... (Director)
1961
- Father of the Bride ... (Director)
1960
- National Velvet ... (Director)
- The Brothers Brannagan ... (Director)
1959
- The Twilight Zone ... (Director)
- Rawhide ... (Director)
- Mr. Lucky ... (Director)
- Bold Venture ... (Director)
1957
- Perry Mason ... (Director)
- Leave It to Beaver ... (Director)
- Sugarfoot ... (Director)
1956
- Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre ... (Director)
- The Adventures of Jim Bowie ... (Director)
- Wire Service ... (Director)
- Once to Every Woman ... (Director)
- Confession ... (Director)
1955
- Celebrity Playhouse ... (Director)
1953
- It Happens Every Thursday ... (Producer)
1952
- Cavalcade of America ... (Director)
- Sally and Saint Anne ... (Associate Producer)
1951
- Schlitz Playhouse of Stars ... (Director)
1950
- The Web ... (Director)