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Saturday, June 28, 2008


The Archive of American Television Interviews


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Listed Alphabetically


Listed By Profession


Advertising

Rod Erickson (Advertising Executive)

Joe Sedelmaier (Advertising Director)

 

Agent/Management

Berle Adams (Agent/Executive)

Larry Auerbach (Agent)

Bernie Brillstein (Agent/ Manager)

Dixon Dern (Professional Representative)

Ruth Englehardt (Agent/Executive)

6 .Irving Fein (Manager/Producer)

Priscilla Morgan (Agent/Executive)

Meta Rosenberg (Agent/Producer)

George Shapiro (Manager/Producer)

Lou Weiss (Agent/Executive)

 

Animation

Alex Anderson (Animator)

Joseph Barbera (Animation Executive)

Lucille Bliss (Voiceover Artist)

Art Clokey (Animator)

June Foray (Voiceover Artist)

Chuck Jones (Animator)

Bill Melendez (Animator)

Lee Mendelson (Producer)

Arthur Rankin, Jr (Animation Producer)

Phil Roman (Animator)

 

Art/Sets/Graphics

Howard Anderson, Jr. (F/X Executive)

Reza Badiyi (Title Visualizer)

Al Borden (Prop Master)

Ed Christie (Art Director)

Roy Christopher (Production Designer)

Louis Dorfsman (Art /Graphic Designer)

Peter Ellenshaw (Matte Artist)

Albert Heschong (Art Director)

Joseph Jennings (Production Designer)

Charles Lisanby (Production Designer)

John J. Lloyd (Production Designer)

Bob Markell (Set Designer/ Executive)

Jan Scott (Art Director)

Dick Stiles (Art Director)

 

Casting

Vince Calandra (Talent Executive)

Mike Fenton (Casting Director)

Eddie Foy III (Casting Director)

Mary Lynn Gottfried (Talent Coordinator)

Lynn Stalmaster (Casting Executive)

Ethel Winant (Casting Executive)

 

Crafts

George Barris (Custom Car Designer)

Kevin Clash (Puppeteer)

Bob Costello (Unit Manager)

Dr. Walter Dishell (Medical Consultant)

Dominick Dunne (Stage Manager)

Frank Inn (Animal Trainer)

Stewart MacGregory (Unit Manager)

Bob May (Puppeteer)

Barney McNulty (Cue Cards Expert)

Emily Meisler (Production Secretary)

Frank Nastasi (Puppeteer)

Heino Ripp (Technical Director)

Carroll Spinney (Puppeteer)

James Wall (Stage Manager)

 

Camera/Director of Photography

Wade Bingham (Cameraman)

Haskell Boggs (Director of Photography)

Thomas Del Ruth (Dir. of Photography)

Gerald Finnerman (Dir. of Photography)

Ed Resnick (Cameraman)

Joseph M. Wilcots (Dir. Of Photography)

Ben Wolf (Cameraman)

 

Costumes

Ray Aghayan (Costume Designer)

Bob Mackie (Costume Designer)

Nolan Miller (Costume Designer)

Rita Riggs (Costume Designer)

Noel Taylor (Costume Designer)

Ret Turner (Costume Designer)

 

Dance

Cyd Charisse (Dancer)

Tony Charmoli (Choreographer/Director)

Marge Champion (Choreographer)

June Taylor (Choreographer)

 

Director

Andy Ackerman (Director/Editor)

William Asher (Director/Producer)

Paris Barclay (Director)

Richard Bare (Director)

Joe Behar (Director - Daytime)

Earl Bellamy (Director)

Paul Bogart (Director)

Kirk Browning (Director)

Frances Buss Buch (Director)

James Burrows (Director)

Robert Butler (Director)

Hal Cooper (Director)

Richard Donner (Director)

Charles Dubin (Director)

John Frankenheimer (Director)

Lewis Gomavitz (Director/Producer)

Dwight Hemion (Director)

Arthur Hiller (Director)

Lamont Johnson (Director)

H. Wesley Kenney (Director/Producer)

Lynwood King (Director)

Sidney Lumet (Director)

Will Mackenzie (Director)

Delbert Mann (Director)

Leslie Martinson (Director)

Alan Neuman (Director)

Marty Pasetta (Director)

Arthur Penn (Director)

Russ Petranto (Director)

Daniel Petrie, Sr. (Director)

David Pressman (Director)

Gene Reynolds (Director/Producer)

John Rich (Director)

Jay Sandrich (Director)

Joseph Sargent (Director)

Thomas Schlamme (Director/Producer)

Jack Shea (Director)

James Sheldon (Director)

Garry Simpson (Producer/Director)

Ira Skutch (Director/ Stage Manager)

Sid Smith (Director/Producer)

Tony Verna (Director)

 

Editing

Mili Lerner Bonsignori (Editor)

Dann Cahn (Film Editor)

Stanley Frazen (Editor)

Alan Jaggs (Editor)

John Martinelli (Editor)

Theodore Rich (Editor)

Arthur Schneider (Editor)

John Soh (Editor)

Stanford Tischler (Editor)

George Watters (Editor)

 

Engineer

Dr. Robert Adler (Inventor)

Sam Christaldi (Engineer)

Elma Farnsworth (Widow, TV Inventor)

Les Flory (RCA Electronic TV Technician)

Thomas T. Goldsmith, Jr. (Engineer)

Loren Jones (Engineer)

Don Pike (Tech. Director/Color Engineer)

Romilly Rutherford (Engineer)

John Silva (Engineer)

Ray Dolby (AMPEX engineer/ Dolby Laboratories Founder)

 

Executive

Ted Bergmann (Executive)

Charles Cappleman (Executive)

William Clotworthy (Executive)

Barbara Corday (Writer/Executive)

Michael Dann (Executive/Producer)

James Day (Television Executive)

Roy E. Disney (Executive)

Michael Eisner (Executive)

David Gerber (Executive/Producer)

Leonard Goldberg (Producer/ Executive)

Leonard H. Goldenson (Executive)

Julian Goodman (Executive)

Donald Hall (Executive)

Stanely Hubbard (Broadcast Executive)

Herb Jellinek (Executive)

Robert Johnson (Executive/BET Founder)

Michael King (Executive)

Roger King (Executive)

Kay Koplovitz (USA Network Founder)

Perry Lafferty (Executive/Producer)

Dr. Jim Loper (Executive)

A.C. Lyles (Executive)

Newton Minow (FCC Chairman)

Leslie Moonves (Executive)

Thomas W. Moore (Executive)

Lloyd Morrisett (Executive)

Thomas Murphy (Executive)

Anne Nelson (Executive)

Sheila Nevins (Executive)

Don Ohlmeyer (Executive)

Frederick S. Pierce (Executive)

Ward Quaal (WGN Executive)

Sterling Quinlan (Station Manager)

Sumner M. Redstone (Executive)

Lee Rich (Executive/Producer)

Thomas Sarnoff (Executive)

Edgar Scherick (Executive/Producer)

Herbert S. Schlosser (Executive)

Alfred Schneider (Executive)

Lloyd J. Schwartz (Producer)

Fred Silverman (Executive)

Herbert F. Solow (Executive)

Frank Stanton (Executive)

Brandon Stoddard (Executive)

Sir Howard Stringer (Executive)

William Tankersley (Executive)

Grant Tinker (Executive/Producer)

Ted Turner (Network Creator/Executive)

Frederic Ziv (Syndication Executive)

 

Hair & Make Up

Rick Baker (Make-up Artist)

Irma Kusely (Hair Stylist)

Howard Smit (Makeup Artist)

Dick Smith (Makeup Artist)

 

Host

Steve Allen (Performer/Host)

Bob Barker (Host/Producer)

Josie Carey (Host)

Julia Child (Host)

Roy Clark (Host)

Nick Clooney (Newscaster/ Show Host)

John Conte (Host/Station Owner)

Phil Donahue (Show Host)

Monty Hall (Game Show Host)

Don Herbert (Show Host, Mr. Wizard)

Bob Keeshan (Creator/Host)

Jack LaLanne (Fitness Show Host)

Art Linkletter (Producer/Host)

Mitch Miller (Host/Conductor)

Regis Philbin (Host)

Fred Rogers (Creator/Host)

Soupy Sales (Show Host)

“Buffalo” Bob Smith (Show Creator)

Studs Terkel (Performer/Writer)

Joseph A. Wapner (TV Court Judge)

Andy Williams (Performer/Host)

 

Lighting

Imero Fiorentino (Lighting Designer)

William Klages (Lighting Designer)

 

Music

Lee Adams (Lyricist)

Buddy Baker (Composer)

Cliff Barrows (Music Director)

Alexander Courage (Composer)

Milton Delugg (Music Director)

Danny Epstein (Music Director)

Ray Evans (Songwriter/Composer)

Charles Fox (Composer)

Gerald Fried (Composer)

Herschel Burke-Gilbert (Composer)

Jerry Goldsmith (Composer)

Earle Hagen (Composer)

Lyle “Skitch” Henderson (Music Director)

Quincy Jones (Composer/Producer)

Jay Livingston (Songwriter/Composer)

Vic Mizzy (Composer)

Tony Mottola (Composer/Musician)

Mike Post (Composer)

Fred Steiner (Composer)

Charles Strouse (Composer)

W. G. “Snuffy” Walden (Composer)

 

News/Doc./Public Affairs/Sports

Tom Bettag (News Producer)

Ed Bradley (Anchor/Correspondent)

David Brinkley (Anchor/Correspondent)

Stan Chambers (KTLA News Anchor)

Judith Crist (Film Critic)

Walter Cronkite (Anchor/Reporter)

Sam Donaldson (News Anchor)

Mike Douglas (Talk Show Host)

Hugh Downs (Anchor/Host)

Bob Doyle (News Producer/Director)

Betty Cole Dukert (Producer)

Roger Ebert (Film Critic)

Betsy Fischer (News Producer)

Ray Forrest (Announcer/Broadcaster)

Fred Foy (Announcer)

Reuven Frank (News Executive/Producer)

Murray Fromson (News Correspondent)

Frank Gifford (Sportscaster)

Curt Gowdy (Sportscaster)

Don Hewitt (Creator/News Producer)

Martin Hoade (Executive/Producer)

Lucy Jarvis (Documentary Producer)

Ted Koppel (News Anchor)

Jim Lehrer (News Anchor)

Robert MacNeil (Anchor/Host)

Jim McKay (Sports Broadcaster)

Ed McMahon (Host/Announcer)

Al Michaels (Sports Broadcaster)

Sig Mickelson (Executive)

Bill Monroe (Moderator/ Producer)

Bill Moyers (News Correspondent)

Nicolas Noxon (Documentarian)

Don Pardo (Announcer)

Dan Rather (News Anchor/Reporter)

Andy Rooney (Writer/Commentator)

Tim Russert (News Executive/Host)

Morley Safer (Correspondent/Anchor)

Pat Sajak (Host)

Marlene Sanders (Correspondent)

Bob Schieffer (News Anchor/Correspondent)

Max Schindler (News Director)

Daniel Schorr (Correspondent/Anchor)

Reese Schonfeld (News Executive)

Vin Scully (Sports Broadcaster)

Howard K. Smith (News Correspondent)

Lesley Stahl (News Correspondent/Anchor)

Alex Trebek (Game Show Host)

Robert Trout (News Correspondent)

Mike Wallace (Anchor/Correspondent)

Barbara Walters (Anchor/Host)

Joseph Wershba (News Correspondent)

Vanna White (Host)

 

Performers

Edie Adams (Actress)

Alan Alda (Actor/Writer/Director)

Julie Andrews (Performer)

James Arness (Actor)

Beatrice Arthur (Actress)

Edward Asner (Actor)

Milton Berle (Performer)

Barbara Billingsley (Actress)

Tom Bosley (Actor)

Peter Boyle (Actor)

Carol Burnett (Performer)

Sid Caesar (Performer)

David Canary (Actor - Daytime)

Phil Carey (Actor - Daytime)

George Carlin (Comedian)

Diahann Carroll (Actress)

Robert Conrad (Actor)

Tim Conway (Performer)

Joan Collins (Actress)

Richard Coogan (Actor)

Richard Crenna (Actor/Director)

Hume Cronyn (Actor)

Robert Culp (Actor)

Bill Daily (Actor)

Tyne Daly (Actress)

Bill Dana (Performer/Writer)

Ann B. Davis (Actress)

Ossie Davis (Actor/Writer)

Ruby Dee (Actress)

Phyllis Diller (Performer/Actress)

Elinor Donahue (Actress)

Barbara Eden (Actress)

Nanette Fabray (Performer)

Barbara Feldon (Actress)

John Forsythe (Actor)

Michael J. Fox (Actor)

Genie Francis (Actress – Daytime)

Dennis Franz (Actor)

Eileen Fulton (Actress - Daytime)

James Garner (Actor)

Betty Garrett (Performer)

Brad Garrett (Actor)

Anthony Geary (Actor – Daytime)

Marla Gibbs (Actress)

Lee Grant (Actress/Director)

Andy Griffith (Actor)

Robert Guillaume (Actor)

Larry Hagman (Actor)

Jonathan Harris (Actor)

Don Hastings (Actor - Daytime)

Patricia Heaton (Actress)

Katherine Helmond (Actress)

Sherman Hemsley (Actor)

Florence Henderson (Actress)

Pat Hitchcock O’Connell (Actress)

Monica Horan (Actor)

Ron Howard (Actor/Producer)

Kim Hunter (Actress)

Allison Janney (Actress)

Russell Johnson (Performer)

Shirley Jones (Actress)

Eartha Kitt (Performer)

Jack Klugman (Actor)

Don Knotts (Actor)

Harvey Korman (Performer)

Angela Lansbury (Actress)

Jack Larson (Actor)

Cloris Leachman (Actress)

Anna Lee (Actress - Daytime)

Jack Lemmon (Actor)

Al Lewis (Performer)

Jerry Lewis (Actor/Performer)

Norman Lloyd (Producer/Director/Actor)

Loretta Long (Performer - Childrens)

Gavin MacLeod (Actor)

Sonia Manzano (Performer - Childrens)

E.G. Marshall (Actor)

Dick Martin (Performer/Director)

Jerry Mathers (Actor)

Rue McClanahan (Actress)

Bob McGrath (Performer - Childrens)

Jayne Meadows (Actress)

Anne Meara (Performer)

Ricardo Montalban (Actor)

Mary Tyler Moore (Actress)

Rita Moreno (Actress)

Harry Morgan (Actor)

Pat Morita (Actor)

Howard Morris (Actor)

David Newell (Performer)

Bob Newhart (Actor)

Leonard Nimoy (Actor)

Hugh O’Brian (Actor)

Carroll O’Connor (Actor)

Roscoe Orman (Performer)

Fess Parker (Actor)

Estelle Parsons (Actress)

Suzanne Pleshette (Actress)

Tom Poston (Actor)

Tony Randall (Actor)

Joyce Randolph (Actress)

Phylicia Rashad (Actress)

Frances Reid (Performer - Daytime)

Rob Reiner (Actor/Director)

Joan Rivers (Peformer/Writer)

Doris Roberts (Actress)

Cliff Robertson (Actor)

Mickey Rooney (Actor)

Rose Marie (Performer)

Marion Ross (Actress)

Isabel Sanford (Actress)

William Shatner (Actor)

Hazel Shermet (Actress)

Doris Singleton (Actress)

Erika Slezak (Actress - Daytime)

Dick Smothers (Performer)

Tom Smothers (Performer)

Jean Stapleton (Actress)

Mary Kay Stearns (Actress)

Nick Stewart (Actor)

Jerry Stiller (Performer)

Gale Storm (Actress)

Maxine Stuart (Actress)

Loretta Swit (Actress)

George Takei (Actor)

Keith Thibodeaux (Actor)

Marlo Thomas (Actress)

Daniel J. Travanti (Actor)

Dick Van Dyke (Actor)

Robert Vaughn (Actor)

Helen Wagner (Actress)

Ruth Warrick (Actress - Daytime)

Dennis Weaver (Actor)

Adam West (Actor)

Betty White (Actress)

Henry Winkler (Actor/Producer)

Jonathan Winters (Performer)

Jane Wyatt (Actress)

Alan Young (Actor/Performer)

Kim Zimmer (Actress - Daytime)

 

Producers

Charlie Andrews (Creator/Producer)

Bob Banner (Producer/Director)

William Bell (Soap Opera Creator/Writer)

Donald P. Bellisario (Creator/Producer)

Harve Bennett (Producer)

Rick Berman (Producer/Show Creator)

Lewis Bernstein (Producer)

Steven Bochco (Producer/Writer)

Bernie Brillstein (Manager/Producer)

James L. Brooks (Creator/Producer)

Ken Burns (Producer/Documentarian)

Stephen Cannell (Creator/Writer)

Steve Carlin (Producer, Game Shows)

Glenn Gordon Caron (Creator/Producer)

Marcy Carsey (Producer)

Gilbert Cates (Director/Producer)

Dick Clark (Producer/Host)

Bob Claver (Producer)

Henry Colman (Producer)

Joan Ganz Cooney (Creator/Producer)

Ken Corday (Daytime Drama Producer)

Fred de Cordova (Producer/Director)

Pierre Cossette (Producer)

Douglas S. Cramer (Producer)

David Dortort (Producer)

Ralph Edwards (Producer)

Diane English (Creator/Producer)

Norman Felton (Director/Producer)

Bob Finkel (Producer/Director)

Albert Freedman (Producer)

Harry Friedman (Producer)

Chuck Fries (Producer)

Greg Garrison (Director/Producer)

Michael Gelman (Producer)

Gary David Goldberg (Creator/Producer)

Robert Halmi, Sr. (Producer/Executive)

Paul Henning (Creator/Writer/Producer)

Roy Huggins (Creator/Producer/Director)

David Jacobs (Creator/Producer)

Robert Justman (Producer)

Marty Krofft (Producer)

Sid Krofft (Producer)

Norman Lear (Creator/Writer/Director)

Sheldon Leonard (Creator/Producer)

Richard Lewis (Producer)

Sam Lovullo (Producer)

Martin Manulis (Producer)

Garry Marshall (Creator/Producer)

Burt Metcalfe (Producer)

John Moffitt (Producer/ Director)

E. Roger Muir (Producer/Director)

Agnes Nixon (Soap Opera Creator/Writer)

Marian Rees (Producer)

Carl Reiner (Creator/Writer/Actor)

Phil Rosenthal (Show Creator/Producer)

Aaron Ruben (Writer/Producer/Director)

Stanley Rubin (Producer)

George Schlatter (Producer)

Lloyd J. Schwartz (Producer)

Sherwood Schwartz (Creator/ Writer)

William Self (Producer/Executive)

Esther Shapiro (Creator/Producer)

Richard Shapiro (Creator/Producer)

Gary Smith (Producer)

Aaron Spelling (Creator/Producer)

John Stearns (Show Creator/Actor)

Rachel Stevenson (Producer)

Bob Stewart (Game Show Creator)

George Sunga (Producer)

Tony Thomas (Producer)

Tom Werner (Producer)

Ellen Wheeler (Producer/Actress)

Dick Wolf (Show Creator/ Producer)

David Wolper (Producer)

Bud Yorkin (Creator/Producer/Director)

 

Publicity/Press

Army Archerd (Journalist/Host)

Esme Chandlee (Publicist)

Warren Cowan (Publicist)

George Faber (Publicist)

Frank Liberman (Publicist)

Hank Rieger (Publicity Executive)

John Strauss (Publicist)

 

Sound

Leo Chaloukian (Sound Engineer)

Robert Mott (Sound Effects Engineer)

Carroll Pratt (Sound Effects Engineer)

 

Stunts

Leslie Hoffman (Stuntwoman)

Gene LeBell (Stuntman)

Hal Needham (Stuntman/Supervisor)

 

Writer

Kay Alden (Producer/Writer - Daytime)

George Balzer (Writer)

Walter Bernstein (Writer)

William Blinn (Producer/Writer)

Harvey Bullock (Writer)

Allan Burns (Writer/Producer)

Bob Carroll Jr. (Producer/Writer)

Tucker Cawley (Writer/Producer)

Glen Charles (Writer/Creator)

Les Charles (Writer/Creator)

Madelyn Pugh Davis (Producer/Writer)

Sam Denoff (Writer/Producer)

Dorothy (D.C.) Fontana (Writer)

Horton Foote (Writer)

Tony Geiss (Writer)

Larry Gelbart (Writer/Producer/Director)

Everett Greenbaum (Writer)

Marge Greene (Writer/Actress)

Earl Hamner (Show Creator/Producer)

Seaman Jacobs (Writer)

George Clayton Johnson (Writer)

Lucille Kallen (Writer)

Hal Kanter (Writer)

Eddie Kean (Writer – Childrens)

Ernest Kinoy (Writer)

Mort Lachman (Writer/Producer)

Ring Lardner, Jr. (Writer)

William Link (Creator/Writer/Producer)

Abby Mann (Writer)

Ann Marcus (Writer - Daytime)

Richard Matheson (Writer)

JP Miller (Writer)

Paul Monash (Writer/Producer)

Tad Mosel (Writer)

Bill Persky (Writer/Producer)

Abraham Polonsky (Writer)

Del Reisman (Writer)

Larry Rhine (Writer)

Stanley Ralph Ross (Writer/Producer)

Bob Schiller (Writer/Producer)

Lew Schneider (Writer/Producer)

Mel Shavelson (Writer/Director)

David Shaw (Writer)

Sidney Sheldon (Writer/Show Creator)

Treva Silverman (Writer)

Leonard Stern (Writer/Producer)

Jeremy Stevens (Writer/Producer)

Mel Tolkin (Writer)

Bob Weiskopf (Writer/Producer)

Max Wilk (Writer/Historian)

 

Miscellaneous

Tammy Faye Bakker Messner (Host)

Erik Barnouw (Broadcasting Historian)

Carl “Mac” Brainard (Early ATAS Member)

Jerry Falwell (Religious Broadcaster)

Ruth Duskin Feldman (Quiz Panelist)

Kitty Carlisle Hart (Game Show Panelist)

Pat Robertson (Religious Broadcaster)

Robert Schuller (Religious Broadcaster)

Herbert Stempel (Quiz Show Contestant)

 


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° Completed as a co-venture with American Cinema Editors


¹ Completed as a co-venture with Women in Film


* Completed as a co-venture with American Comedy Archives


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