1969 Primetime Emmy Awards

The 21st Emmy Awards

Main categories

Drama series

(Outstanding Dramatic Series)

* NET Playhouse (NET)

The Boss (Ironside) (NBC)
Judd For The Defense (ABC)
Cobra, Take Over (Mission: Impossible) (CBS)
FBI (The FBI) (ABC)
The Name of the Game (NBC)

Comedy series

(Outstanding Comedy Series)

* Mini-Max or the Incredible Adventures of the Maxwell Smart (Get Smart) (NBC)

Bewitched (ABC)
Dear Uncle Bill (Family Affair) (CBS)
Julia (Julia) (NBC)
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (The Ghost and Mrs. Muir) (NBC)

drama

(Outstanding Dramatic Program)

* Hallmark Hall of Fame (Teacher, Teacher) (NBC)

A Midsummer Night's Dream (CBS)
Heidi returns home (Heidi) (NBC)
Cobra, Take Over (Episode: The Death Row) (Mission: Impossible) (Episode: The Execution) (CBS)
Talking To A Stranger NET Playhouse (NET)
CBS Playhouse (Episode: The People Next Door) (CBS)

main actor

Leading actor in a drama series

(Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Series)

* Carl Betz as Clinton Judd in Judd For The Defense

Raymond Burr as Robert T. Ironside in Der Chef (Ironside)
Martin Landau as Rollin Hand in Kobra, Take Over (Mission: Impossible)
Peter Graves as James Phelps in Cobra, Take Over (Mission: Impossible)
Ross Martin as Artemus Gordon in wild madman West (The Wild, Wild West)

Leading actor in a comedy series

(Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Comedy Series)

* Don Adams as Maxwell Smart in Mini-Max or the incredible adventures of the Maxwell Smart (Get Smart)

Brian Keith as Uncle Bill Davis in Dear Uncle Bill (Family Affair)
Lloyd Nolan as Dr. Morton Chegley in Julia (Julia)
Edward Mulhare as Capt. Daniel Gregg in The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (The Ghost and Mrs. Muir)

Main actor (individual service)

(Outstanding Single Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role)

* Paul Scofield as Sir Emlyn Bowen in Male of the Species Prudential's On Stage

David McCallum as Hamilton Cade in Hallmark Hall of Fame (Episode: Teacher, Teacher)
Ossie Davis as Charles Carter in Hallmark Hall of Fame (Episode: Teacher, Teacher)
Bill Travers as Crichton in Hallmark Hall of Fame (Episode: The Admirable Crichton)

Leading actress in a drama series

(Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Series)

* Barbara Bain as Cinnamon Carter in Cobra, Take Over (Mission: Impossible)

Joan Blondell as Lottie Hatfield in Here Comes the Brides
Peggy Lipton as Julie Barnes in Twen-Police (The Mod Squad)

Leading actress in a comedy series

(Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Comedy Series)

* Hope Lange as Carolyn Muir in The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (The Ghost and Mrs. Muir)

Elizabeth Montgomery as Samantha Stephens in Bewitched (Bewitched)
Barbara Feldon as Agent 99 in Mini-Max or the incredible adventures of Maxwell Smart (Get Smart)
Diahann Carroll as Julia Baker in Julia (Julia)

Leading actress (individual performance)

(Outstanding Single Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role)

* Geraldine Page as Miss Sook in The Thanksgiving Visitor

Lee Grant as Kay Gould in Judd For The Defense (Episode: The Gates of Cerberus)
Anne Baxter as Betty-Jean Currier in The Name of the Game (Episode: The Bobbie Currier Story)

supporting cast

Supporting actor in a series

(Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series)

* Werner Klemperer as Colonel Wilhelm Klink in A Cage Full of Heroes (Hogan's Heroes)

Greg Morris as Barney Collier in Cobra, Take Over (Mission: Impossible)
Leonard Nimoy as Mr. Spock in Starship Enterprise (Star Trek)

Supporting actor (individual service)

(Outstanding Single Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role)

not forgiven

Ned Glass as Sol Cooper in Julia (Julia) (Episode: A Little Chicken Soup Never Hurt Anybody)
Billy Schulman as Freddie Putnam in Hallmark Hall of Fame (Episode: Teacher, Teacher)
Hal Holbrook as Chancellor Graham in The Bold Ones: The Lawyers (Episode: The Whole World is Watching)

Supporting actress in a series

(Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series)

* Susan Saint James as Peggy Maxwell in The Name of the Game

Agnes Moorehead in Endora in Bewitched (Bewitched)
Barbara Anderson as Officer Eve Whitfield in Der Chef (Ironside)

Supporting actress (individual service)

(Outstanding Single Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role)

* Anna Calder-Marshall as Mary McNeil in Male of the Species Prudential's On Stage

Nancy Kovack as Bret Nicols in Mannix (Episode: She Came In With The Tide) Mannix (Episode: The Girl Who Came In With The Tide)
Irene Hervey as Beatrice Brady in My Three Sons (My Three Sons) (episode: The O'Casey Scandal)
Pamela Brown as Lady Brocklehurst in Hallmark Hall of Fame (Episode: The Admirable Crichton)

Director

Directed a drama series

(Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Drama)

* David Green for CBS Playhouse (Episode: The People Next Door) (CBS)

Paul Bogart for CBS Playhouse (Episode: Secrets) (CBS)
Fielder Cook for Hallmark Hall of Fame (Episode: Teacher, Teacher) (NBC)

Directing a comedy series, variety show or music

(Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy, Variety or Music)

* Greg Garrison for The Dean Martin Show (episode October 17, 1968) (NBC)

Gordon W. Wiles for Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In (episode February 3, 1969) (NBC)
Bill Hobin for The Bill Cosby Special (NBC)

script

Script for a drama series

(Outstanding Writing Achievement in Drama)

* JP Miller for CBS Playhouse (Episode: The People Next Door) (CBS)

Allan Sloane for Hallmark Hall of Fame (Episode: Teacher, Teacher) (NBC)
Ellen M. Violett for CBS Playhouse (Episode: The Experiment) (CBS)