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Jack Arnold

Directing

Born October 14, 1912 · New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Died March 17, 1992

Also known as Jack Arnold Waks · John Arnold Waks

Biography

Jack Arnold (October 14, 1912 – March 17, 1992) was an American television and film director, best known as one of the leading filmmakers of 1950's science fiction films. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jack Arnold (director), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.​

Awards & recognition

  • The President's Memorial Award · 1985
  • Hugo AwardBest Dramatic Presentation · 1958
  • Academy AwardBest Documentary Feature Film · 1951 · nominated

Filmography36 titles

Perry Mason

1957Director

The Fall Guy

1981Director

Gilligan's Island

1964Director

The Incredible Shrinking Man

1957Director

McCloud

1970Director

Rawhide

1959Director

The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries

1977Director

The Bionic Woman

1976Director

Wonder Woman

1975Director

Make Room for Granddaddy

Director

Creature from the Black Lagoon

1954Director

Boss Nigger

1974Director, Producer

The Brady Bunch

1969Director

Man in the Shadow

1957Director

Mr. Lucky

Director, Producer

No Name on the Bullet

1959Director, Producer

Peter Gunn

1958Director

Into the Night

1985as Man with Dog

The Virginian

1962Director

The Monolith Monsters

1957Story

Tarantula

1955Director

Movin' On

Director

The Love Boat

1977Director

Bachelor in Paradise

1961Director, Story

The Mouse That Roared

1959Director

It Came from Outer Space

1953Director

Dusty's Trail

Director

Monster on the Campus

1958Director

This Island Earth

1955Director

Hello Down There

1969Director

Revenge of the Creature

1955Director

The Swiss Conspiracy

1976Director

Black Eye

1974Director

Hollywood in the Atomic Age - Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists!

2021as Self (archive footage)

The Wackiest Wagon Train in the West

1976Director

The Space Children

1958Director