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Name
  
Leslie Martinson

Role
  
Television Director


Siblings
  
Bertram Martinson

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Full Name
  
Leslie Herbert Martinson

Born
  
January 16, 1915 (age 109) (
1915-01-16
)
Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Other names
  
Leslie MartinsonLes Martinson

Occupation
  
Film and television director

Parents
  
Lewis Martinson, Gertrude Martinson

Movies
  
Batman, Fathom, PT 109, Hot Rod Girl, Rescue from Gilligan's

Similar People
  
Burt Ward, Lee Meriwether, Frank Gorshin, Lorenzo Semple - Jr, Connie Martinson

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Leslie Herbert "Les" Martinson (January 16, 1915 – September 3, 2016) was an American television and film director.

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Career

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Martinson was born to Gertrude and Lewis Martinson in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, on January 16, 1915. He had a brother named Bertram. He was a newspaper journalist before accepting a long-term job as an MGM script clerk in 1936. He began directing TV western series in the early 1950s. His first feature film assignment was Republic Pictures' 1954 film The Atomic Kid, a Mickey Rooney matinée vehicle. Beginning with episodes of the series Conflict, Martinson became a prolific director for Warner Brothers Television.

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In 1954-1955, he directed the first of Mickey Rooney's three failed situation comedy television series entitled The Mickey Rooney Show: Hey, Mulligan.

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Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, Martinson continued directing feature films and episodic television including Maverick, PT 109, Temple Houston, Batman, Mission: Impossible, Mannix, Diff'rent Strokes, and the made-for-TV movie, Rescue from Gilligan's Island. During the 1980s, Martinson directed episodes of Harper Valley PTA, CHiPs, and Airwolf.

Martinson was President Emeritus of the West Coast Jewish Theatre.

Personal life

He was married to television host and writer Connie Martinson. They resided in Beverly Hills, California. He turned 100 on January 16, 2015 and died on September 3, 2016 at the age of 101. Prior to his marriage to Connie, Leslie was married to Louise Fish.

References

Leslie H. Martinson Wikipedia


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