1984 | Directed Martin's last TV outing, the Showtime concert "Dean Martin in London" |
1983 | Teamed with the Martin show regular Dom DeLuise to executive produce the "Dom DeLuise & Friends" TV specials (ABC), and the subsequent short-lived syndicated sit-com "The Dom DeLuise Show" (1987-1988) |
1980 | Directed the "Dean Martin Christmas Special" (NBC) |
1976 | Executive produced and helmed the special "NBC: The First Fifty Years - A Closer Look," a celebration of 50 years of NBC broadcasting in radio and television |
1974 | Directed Dean Martin's popular "Celebrity Roast" specials (NBC) for such top stars as Orson Welles, Frank Sinatra and Ella Fitzgerald |
| Produced the variety series for singer Vic Damone (1971) and comedian Marty Feldman (1972) |
| Helmed the spin-offs "The Dean Martin Summer Show" (NBC, 1967), and "Dean Martin Presents the Golddiggers" (NBC, 1968-1970) |
1966 | Produced "The Rowan & Martin Show" (NBC), a variety series that would serve as the prototype for the hugley popular 1968 follow-up "Laugh-In" |
1965 | Produced and directed "The Dean Martin Show" (NBC) |
| Directed the TV specials starring Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, Jack Benny, George Burns, Lucille Ball, Bob Newhart and Jonathan Winters |
| Directed the features "Hey, Let's Twist" (1961) and the musical comedy "Two Tickets to Paris" (1962) |
1960 | Directed television's presidential debates between John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon |
| Had stints directing "The Milton Berle Show" and "Ford Television Theatre" in the 1950s |
1951 | Directed "The Kate Smith Evening Hour," a live program that aired five times a week |
1950 | Brought to New York by the legendary producer Max Liebman and NBC executive Sylvester "Pat" Weaver to direct "Your Show of Shows" |
1949 | Directed the police drama "Stand by for Crime," starring a young actor named Myron Wallace, better known as "60 Minutes" correspondent Mike Wallace |
1948 | Directed television coverage of the 1948 Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia |
| Began TV career as a "gofer" for WFIL-TV in Philadelphia |
