
Arnold Laven
Director
Born: February 23, 1922 (87 years old)
Died: September 13, 2009
Place of birth: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Biography
Arnold Laven was an American film and television director and producer. He was one of the founders and principals of the American film and television production company Levy-Gardner-Laven. Laven was a producer of, among other things, the long-running western television series The Rifleman and The Big Valley. He also directed motion pictures, including Without Warning!, The Rack, The Monster That Challenged the World, Geronimo, Rough Night in Jericho, and Sam Whiskey. In the 1970s and early 1980s, Laven directed dozens of episodes of television series, including episodes of Mannix, The A-Team, Hill Street Blues, The Six Million Dollar Man, Fantasy Island, The Rockford Files and CHiPs.
Filmography (37)
- The Rockford Files (1974, ★ 7.6)
- The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962, ★ 7.9)
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955, ★ 7.8)
- The Glory Guys (1965, ★ 6.5)
- Rough Night in Jericho (1967, ★ 6.6)
- The Rack (1956, ★ 6.5)
- Vice Squad (1953, ★ 6)
- The Hunting Party (1971, ★ 6.1)
- Hollow Triumph (1948, ★ 6.6)
- Life, Liberty and Pursuit on the Planet of the Apes (1980, ★ 7.4)
- The A-Team (1983, ★ 7.5)
- The Scalphunters (1968, ★ 6.4)
- D.O.A. (1949, ★ 6.9)
- He Ran All the Way (1951, ★ 7.2)
- Baretta (1975, ★ 6.4)
- Mannix (1967, ★ 6.7)
- The Six Million Dollar Man (1974, ★ 7.3)
- The Vampire (1957, ★ 6.2)
- The Rifleman (1958, ★ 7.1)
- Ghost Story (1972, ★ 7.1)
- Hunter (1984, ★ 7.1)
- White Lightning (1973, ★ 6.1)
- The Magician (1973, ★ 6.7)
- Isis (1975, ★ 6.3)
- CHiPs (1977, ★ 6.8)
- Planet of the Apes (1974, ★ 6.9)
- Sam Whiskey (1969, ★ 5.6)
- Without Warning! (1952, ★ 5.9)
- Geronimo (1962, ★ 5.4)
- Down Three Dark Streets (1954, ★ 5.7)