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)