Leonard S. Katzman Biography (c. 1927-1996)

Born c. 1927; died of a heart attack, September 5, 1996, in Malibu, CA.

Famous Works

Credits; Television Producer, Except Where Indicated; Series
(With Norman MacDonnell and Joseph Drackow) Gunsmoke, CBS, 1955-75.
(With others) The Wild Wild West, CBS, 1965-70.
(With others) Hawaii Five-O, CBS, 1968-80.
(And director with others) Dirty Sally, CBS, 1974.
Petrocelli, NBC, 1974-76.
Fantastic Journey, NBC, 1977.
Logan's Run, CBS, 1977-78.
(Later executive producer; and director with others) Dallas, CBS, 1978-91.
Executive producer, Our Family Honor, ABC, 1985-86.
Executive producer and creator (with David Paulsen), Dangerous Curves, CBS, 1992-93.
Executive producer, Walker, Texas Ranger, CBS, 1994-95.
Credits; Television Work; Movies
Executive producer and director, Dallas: J. R. Returns (also known as Dallas: The Movie), CBS, 1996.
Credits; Film Assistant Director, Except Where Indicated

It Came from beneath the Sea, Columbia, 1955.
Crash Landing, Columbia, 1957.
The Giant Claw (also known as The Mark of the Claw), Columbia, 1957.
The World Was His Jury, Columbia, 1957.
Second unit director, The Last Blitzkrieg, Columbia, 1958.
(And production manager) Diary of a High School Bride, American International Pictures, 1959.
Face of a Fugitive, Columbia, 1959.
Angel Baby, Allied Artists, 1961.
Director and producer, Space Monster (also known as First Woman into Space, Flight beyond the Sun, Space Probe Taurus, and Voyage into the Sun), American International Pictures, 1965.
Writings;Television Series
(With others) The Wild Wild West, CBS, 1965-70.
(With others) Dirty Sally, CBS, 1974.
(With others) Fantastic Journey, NBC, 1977.
(With others) Logan's Run, CBS, 1977-78.
(With others) Dallas, CBS, 1979-89.
Private Benjamin, CBS, 1983.
The Dukes of Hazzard, CBS, 1984.
(With David Paulsen) Dangerous Curves (premiere episode), CBS, 1992.
Writings; Television Movies
Dallas: J. R. Returns (also known as Dallas: The Movie), CBS, 1996.
Writings; Screenplays
Space Monster (also known as First Woman into Space, Flight beyond the Sun, Space Probe Taurus, and Voyage into the Sun), American International Pictures, 1965.

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