Served in the Psychological Warfare Branch of the U
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Army in Africa, Italy, France and Germany during World War II
First theatrical feature film was the 1957 crime drama Undersea Girl
Reportedly directed the majority of the episodes of Combat featuring heavy equipment such as jeeps, tanks and a steam locomotive, and was the only director to use high altitude shots
First writing credits were on the series The Rat Patrol, on the 3-part episode "The Last Harbor Raid" which he also directed
Directed dozens of episodes of popular TV series, such as Bonanza, Combat!, The Man From U
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, Charlie's Angels, Hawaii Five-O, ChiPs, and Ripley's Believe It Or Not, among many others