Ralph Levy: Difference between revisions

Ralph Levy
Ralph Levy
Spouse	Miranda Speranza Masocco Levy

Browse history interactively

← Previous edit Next edit →

Content deleted Content added

VisualWikitext

Inline

Revision as of 16:53, 29 March 2009

Ralph Levy (December 18, 1920 – October 15, 2001) was an Emmy Award-winning American producer, film and television director.

Biography

Ralph Levy was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania. He directed episodes of several television shows, including I Love Lucy, Green Acres, The Beverly Hillbillies, Petticoat Junction, Trapper John, M.D. and Hawaii Five-O. Levy's film directorial career includes Do Not Disturb starring Doris Day, and Bedtime Story starring David Niven, Shirley Jones and Marlon Brando.

Levy won the 1960 Emmy Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy for The Jack Benny Program. Levy died in Santa Fe, New Mexico, exactly fifty years to the day after the premiere of the pilot episode of I Love Lucy that he directed.

External links

Please use a more specific IMDb template. See the documentation for available templates.
http://www.lucyfan.com/ralphlevy.html

@@ Line 13: / Line 13: @@
 ==Biography==
-Ralph Levy was born in [[Scranton, Pennsylvania]].  He directed episodes of several television shows, including ''[[I Love Lucy]]'', ''[[Green Acres]]'', '' [[The Beverly Hillbillies]], [[Petticoat Junction]]'', ''[[Trapper John, M.D.]]'' and'' [[Hawaii Five-O]]''.  Levy's film directorial career includes ''[[Do Not Disturb (1965 film)|Do Not Disturb]]'' starring [[Doris Day]], and ''[[Bedtime Story]]'' starring [[David Niven]], [[Shirley Jones]] and [[Marlon Brando]].
+Ralph Levy was born in [[Scranton, Pennsylvania]].  He directed episodes of several television shows, including ''[[I Love Lucy]]'', ''[[Green Acres]]'', '' [[The Beverly Hillbillies]], [[Petticoat Junction]]'', ''[[Trapper John, M.D.]]'' and'' [[Hawaii Five-O]]''.  Levy's film directorial career includes ''[[Do Not Disturb (1965 film)|Do Not Disturb]]'' starring [[Doris Day]], and ''[[Bedtime Story (film)|Bedtime Story]]'' starring [[David Niven]], [[Shirley Jones]] and [[Marlon Brando]].
 Levy won the 1960 Emmy Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy for ''[[The Jack Benny Program]]''. Levy died in [[Santa Fe, New Mexico]], exactly fifty years to the day after the premiere of the pilot episode of ''[[I Love Lucy]]'' that he directed.

v t e Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series
1950s	Peter Tewksbury for "Medal for Margaret" (1959)
1960s	Ralph Levy & Bud Yorkin for The Jack Benny Show (1960) Sheldon Leonard for The Danny Thomas Show (1961) Nat Hiken for Car 54, Where Are You? (1962) John Rich for The Dick Van Dyke Show (1963) Jerry Paris for The Dick Van Dyke Show (1964) No Award (1965) William Asher for Bewitched (1966) James Frawley for "Royal Flush" (1967) Bruce Bilson for "Maxwell Smart, Private Eye" (1968) Greg Garrison for "October 17, 1968" (1969)
1970s	Dwight Hemion for "The Sound of Burt Bacharach" (1970) Jay Sandrich for "Toulouse-Lautrec is One of My Favorite Artists" (1971) John Rich for "Sammy's Visit" (1972) Jay Sandrich for "It's Whether You Win or Lose" (1973) Jackie Cooper for "Carry On, Hawkeye" (1974) Gene Reynolds for "O.R." (1975) Gene Reynolds for "Welcome to Korea" (1976) Alan Alda for "Dear Sigmund" (1977) Paul Bogart for "Edith's 50th Birthday" (1978) Noam Pitlik for "The Harris Incident" (1979)
1980s	James Burrows for "Louie and the Nice Girl" (1980) James Burrows for "Elaine's Strange Triangle" (1981) Alan Rafkin for "Barbara's Crisis" (1982) James Burrows for "Showdown: Part 2" (1983) Bill Persky for "A Very Loud Family" (1984) Jay Sandrich for "The Younger Woman" (1985) Jay Sandrich for "Denise's Friend" (1986) Terry Hughes for "Isn't It Romantic?" (1987) Gregory Hoblit for "Pilot (Hooperman)" (1988) Peter Baldwin for "Our Miss White" (1989)
1990s	Michael Dinner for "Good-bye" (1990) James Burrows for "Woody Interruptus" (1991) Barnet Kellman for "Birth 101" (1992) Betty Thomas for "For Peter's Sake" (1993) James Burrows for "The Good Son" (1994) David Lee for "The Matchmaker" (1995) Michael Lembeck for "The One After the Superbowl" (1996) David Lee for "To Kill a Talking Bird" (1997) Todd Holland for "Flip" (1998) Thomas Schlamme for "Pilot" (Sports Night) (1999)
2000s	Todd Holland for "Pilot" (Malcolm in the Middle) (2000) Todd Holland for "Bowling" (2001) Michael Patrick King for "The Real Me" (2002) Robert B. Weide for "Krazee-Eyez Killa" (2003) Anthony and Joe Russo for "Pilot" (Arrested Development) (2004) Charles McDougall for "Pilot" (Desperate Housewives) (2005) Marc Buckland for "Pilot" (My Name Is Earl) (2006) Richard Shepard for "Pilot" (Ugly Betty) (2007) Barry Sonnenfeld for "Pie-lette" (2008) Jeffrey Blitz for "Stress Relief" (2009)
2010s	Ryan Murphy for "Pilot" (Glee) (2010) Michael Spiller for "Halloween" (2011) Steven Levitan for "Baby on Board" (2012) Gail Mancuso for "Arrested" (2013) Gail Mancuso for "Las Vegas" (2014) Joey Soloway for "Best New Girl" (2015) Joey Soloway for "Man on the Land" (2016) Donald Glover for "B.A.N." (2017) Amy Sherman-Palladino for "Pilot" (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel) (2018) Harry Bradbeer for "Episode 1" (2019)
2020s	Andrew Cividino and Dan Levy for "Happy Ending" (2020) Lucia Aniello for "There Is No Line" (2021) MJ Delaney for "No Weddings and a Funeral" (2022) Christopher Storer for "Review" (2023)