Ralph Levy

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Ralph Levy (born December 18, 1919 in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , † October 15, 2001 in Santa Fe , New Mexico ) was an American film director and television producer , who was primarily responsible for his films Two successful seducers and Do not disturb! got known.

life and career

Ralph Levy, born in Philadelphia in 1919, was the son of a lawyer . Levy was drawn to theater and film from an early age , but bowed to family tradition and earned a degree from Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut . After serving in the Army , he first worked for the CBS as a sports director at Madison Square Garden and later as manager of the Masine Ballet Company. He then moved to television, where he appeared together with actor Ed Wynn in 1949 on the West Coast as a producer for live television shows. From 1950 to 1953 he produced 72 episodes of the George Burns and Gracie Allen Show . He then worked for ten years as a producer for Jack Benny for his show The Jack Benny Program .

Levy directed numerous television films and episodes of series in his career. In 1960 he received the Emmy in the category Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy which he shared with Bud Yorkin . Between 1944 and 1990 he directed numerous episodes of popular American television series, including Missus Goes A-Shopping (1944), The Ed Wynn Show (1949–1950), The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (1950–1954), The Jack Benny Program (1951–1961), Shower of Stars (1954–1957), The Beverly Hillbillies (1962–1968), From a Bird's Eye View (1970–1971) , Hawaii Five-Zero (1978-1980) or Trapper John, MD (1980). In 1990 he staged his last work for television with the pilot episode I Love Lucy: The Very First Show .

He made his film debut in 1964 with the comedy Two Successful Seducers with Marlon Brando and David Niven in the leading roles. A year later he made the film Do Not Disturb with actress Doris Day . . Rod Taylor and Sergio Fantoni played at their side .

Ralph Levy died on October 15, 2001 after a lengthy illness at the age of 81 in St. Vincent's Hospital in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Awards

  • 1960: Emmy for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy for The Jack Benny Program with Bud Yorkin

Filmography (selection)

Director

movie theater
watch TV
  • 1944: Missus Goes A-Shopping (TV series, 1 episode)
  • 1948: Winner Take All (TV series, 1 episode)
  • 1948: The Eyes Have It (TV series, 1 episode)
  • 1948: Places, Places, Places (TV series, 1 episode)
  • 1949: Campus Corner (TV series, 1 episode)
  • 1949: The Fifty-Fourth Street Revue (TV series, 1 episode)
  • 1949–1950: The Ed Wynn Show (TV series, 9 episodes)
  • 1950: The Alan Young Show (TV series, 2 episodes)
  • 1950–1954: The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (TV series, 74 episodes)
  • 1951: I Love Lucy (TV series, 1 episode)
  • 1951: The Dennis James Show (TV series, 1 episode)
  • 1951–1961: The Jack Benny Program (TV series, 64 episodes)
  • 1952: Life with Luigi (TV series, 1 episode)
  • 1952: Stars in the Eye (TV movie)
  • 1953: Omnibus (TV series, 1 episode)
  • 1954: General Foods 25th Anniversary Show: A Salute to Rodgers and Hammerstein (TV movie)
  • 1954–1957: Shower of Stars (TV series, 6 episodes)
  • 1955: The Easter Seal Teleparade of Stars (TV movie)
  • 1957: Playhouse 90 (TV series, 1 episode)
  • 1959: The Jack Benny Hour (TV movie)
  • 1961: The Bob Newhart Show (TV series, 1 episode)
  • 1962–1968: The Beverly Hillbillies (TV series, 3 episodes)
  • 1963: Harry's Girls (TV series, 1 episode)
  • 1964–1969: Petticoat Junction (TV series, 50 episodes)
  • 1965: Green Acres (TV series, 2 episodes)
  • 1965: The Jack Benny Hour (TV movie)
  • 1967: In the Wild West (TV series, 1 episode)
  • 1967: The Pruitts of Southampton (TV series, 1 episode)
  • 1967: Vacation Playhouse (TV series, 1 episode)
  • 1970–1971: From a Bird's Eye View (TV series, 12 episodes)
  • 1971: Shirley's World (TV series, 4 episodes)
  • 1978–1980: Hawaii Five-Zero (TV series, 4 episodes)
  • 1979: Detective School (TV series, 1 episode)
  • 1980: Trapper John, MD (TV series, 1 episode)
  • 1990: I Love Lucy: The Very First Show (TV movie)

producer

  • 1944: Missus Goes A-Shopping (TV series, 1 episode)
  • 1949: Campus Corner (TV series, 1 episode)
  • 1950–1951: The Alan Young Show (TV series, 4 episodes)
  • 1950–1953: The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (TV series, 72 episodes)
  • 1951: The Dennis James Show (TV series, 1 episode)
  • 1951–1961: The Jack Benny Program (TV series, 44 episodes)
  • 1952: Stars in the Eye (TV movie)
  • 1954: General Foods 25th Anniversary Show: A Salute to Rodgers and Hammerstein (TV movie)
  • 1954–1957: Shower of Stars (TV series, 4 episodes)
  • 1957: Playhouse 90 (TV series, 1 episode)
  • 1959: The Jack Benny Hour (TV movie)
  • 1961: The Bob Newhart Show (TV series, 5 episodes)

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Obituary for Ralph Levy in: The New York Times
personal data
SURNAME Levy, Ralph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American film director and television producer
DATE OF BIRTH December 18, 1919
PLACE OF BIRTH Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , United States
DATE OF DEATH October 15, 2001
Place of death Santa Fe , New Mexico , United States